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Skyrim's PC Specs Will Slay Your System... I Mean, a Dragon

Posted on Tuesday, October 25 @ 09:58:55 Eastern by

Even Dovahkin might have to head to his local hardware shop for a quick upgrade in light of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's Minimum and Recommended PC Specs. Gamebryo engine this is not and you'll need the oomph necessary to take on all the dragons, mages, and warriors on November 11th.

Minimum PC Specs:
Operating System: Win XP/7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
CPU: Dual Core 2GB
Memory: 2GB RAM
Video Card: DirectX9c video card w/ 512MB RAM

Recommended PC Specs:
Operating System: Win XP/7
CPU: Quad-Core Intel/AMD CPU
Memory: 4GB RAM, 6GB Hard Drive Space
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card
Video Card: DirectX9 video card with 1GB memory. GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher

Is your rig ready to take on the Dark Brotherhood and more next month?
Related Games:   The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 10:04 am
    "CPU: Dual Core 2GB" I think you mean GHz.
    0 3
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 10:06 am
    My system could easily handle that, not that it matters, I bought the game for the 360.
    0 0
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 10:14 am
    Now I know what I need to upgrade to, thanks.
    0 0
  • Merlin
    Merlin
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 10:17 am
    le sigh another game that still supports xp and the DX 9 platform. i wonder if it even has any DX 11 support.

    And yes i can be a bit of a PC snob I admit it and I'm damn proud of it.
    0 0
  • the_mighty_toast
    the_mighty_toast
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 10:20 am
    I played Oblivion on the 360, and feel I missed out on something. I loved the game, payed for all the (relevant) DLC, and enjoyed it....but after looking through the mods available, I cant help but feel that I missed out on being able to mod. So this time around, Im getting Skyrim for the PC.

    Wired 360 plugged into the laptop, set on maximum setting + 50 foot hdmi hooked up to the 58" TV = win. I tried Oblivion on a friends computer, and hated the controls compared to the xbox controller. Now I can have the best of both worlds
    0 0
  • the_mighty_toast
    the_mighty_toast
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 10:21 am
    Wired 360 controller, that is. Missed a word.
    0 0
  • Squiggy
    Squiggy
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
    Let's hope the PC version has proper controller support, then. Oblivion on PC had only nominal 'support' and didn't work right at all. You had to have a program like Joy2Key or XPadder translating your controller buttons and sticks as keystrokes and mouse movement if you wanted it to play properly with a controller.

    Either way I'm sticking to a mouse and keyboard.
    0 0
  • Odbarc
    Odbarc
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 11:29 am
    I think my computer can run it.

    I think I want to get this... but I've never finished or even half heartedly played Oblivion really.
    0 0
  • t1pz0r
    t1pz0r
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 11:34 am
    My system will slay that game! Of course I got a whole new system to play this specific game so I guess that was the plan all along
    0 0
  • quiknkold
    quiknkold
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
    I'm good, though I plan to upgrade my gfx card and power supply in the near future anyway so I think I can wait(*GASP!*)
    Theres too too too many games coming out this season and I think I want get those out of the way before I delve head first into Skyrim. Still need to New Game + the Arkham City, Try Harder Difficulty against the Lambent, Weild a Skyward Sword, Win a couple WWE Championships, Save Princess Peach in 3D, and do whatever the hell it is Nathan Drake is balls deep in this time. Skyrim needs to wait
    0 0
  • quiknkold
    quiknkold
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
    I'm good, though I plan to upgrade my gfx card and power supply in the near future anyway so I think I can wait(*GASP!*)
    Theres too too too many games coming out this season and I think I want get those out of the way before I delve head first into Skyrim. Still need to New Game + the Arkham City, Try Harder Difficulty against the Lambent, Weild a Skyward Sword, Win a couple WWE Championships, Save Princess Peach in 3D, and do whatever the hell it is Nathan Drake is balls deep in this time. Skyrim needs to wait
    0 0
  • MrrClean
    MrrClean
    Joined: Aug 2010
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
    This is why I have never really bothered with PC gaming, all the really cool new games require some horendous beast of a PC to run, and those cost lots of money. My PS3 can run every PS3 game ever made, and everyone that ever will be made, end of story. So much simpler, not to mention cheaper...
    2 1
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Oct 26th, 2011 at 4:07 am
    I agree. I've had my 360 since 2007 and I've invested the cost of an additional controller and a wireless modem. Since 2007, I've also had the same PC. If I had kept up with keeping it gaming ready for every new beast game that had come out I'd have invested more money than I care to spend.
    1 0
  • spanky1113
    spanky1113
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
    Everything is good. GPU is at 1280MB, so I may throw another in there (or pick up a 2GB for cheap on Cyber Monday) but I'll be fine not TOTALLY maxing out the graphics.
    0 0
  • hopiamani
    hopiamani
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
    Seems pretty tame to me. They have a 4890 as the recommended card, lol.
    0 0
  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
    But... it basically is the Gamebryo engine. It's about as different from Fallout as Fallout was from Oblivion. I dunno, basically looks like the same game to me, not interested. And I loved Oblivion.

    Also, a 4890 isn't really a bad card even now. With Radeons the last three numbers are more important for the most part as the first number is just the series, so a 4890 is actually better than say, a 5200.
    0 0
  • hopiamani
    hopiamani
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Oct 27th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
    I know that. I am a hardware enthusiast and I like to post on overclocking websites (hardocp, evga, extremeoverclocking) which is probably why I laughed at a 4890. Sorry for any 4890 owners who got offended.
    0 0

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