Skyrim system specs

[Drunken Monkey]

Minimum Hardware Requirements:


•OS: Win XP/7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)

•CPU: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor

•RAM: 2GB

•GPU: DX9c video card w/ 512MB RAM

•6GB free HDD Space

•DirectX compatible sound card

•Internet Access for Steam activation


Recommended Hardware Requirements:

•OS: Win XP/7

•CPU: Quad-Core Intel/AMD CPU

•RAM: 4GB

•GPU: DX9 vid card w/ 1 GB. GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher

•6GB free HDD Space

•DirectX compatible sound card

•Internet Access for Steam activation

 

[Frenchy]

not that high, im kinda surprised tbh.

 

[JSG10]

Was thinking the same thing. Shouldn't have a problem running it then

 

[Frenchy]

i dunno i think mine might struggle , oh wait, lol no it wont lolol

 

[Drunken Monkey]

The Min specs get you playing. The recommended specs let you play on High, not on Ultra. You'll want beefier rig for that."

i doubt ultra settings are going to be that high either

 

[NMEBowen]

its another console port what do you expect.

 

[Frenchy]

its another console port what do you expect.

Actually I dont believe it is, like with battlefield it has been optimized for console, but was not ported to pc, it was ported to console.

 

[NMEBowen]

i thought i saw somewhere it was a console port, was oblivion a console port?

 

[Frenchy]

i thought i saw somewhere it was a console port, was oblivion a console port?

Obliviion was yeah, im pretty sure I read that it was PC then ported to console (talking about skyrim), I may be wrong though.

 

[NMEBowen]

just took a look skyrim is indeed ported to pc, http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/08/e...-skyrim-interview-consoles-are-our-lead-skew/

 

[Frenchy]

just took a look skyrim is indeed ported to pc, http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/08/e...-skyrim-interview-consoles-are-our-lead-skew/

Fair enough, either way porting doesnt = bad game. Porting a game from xbox to PC really isnt all that bad, code is pretty similar, the main difference being graphics, for which normally settings will be increased in the game engine and higher res textures provided. Obviously there is other work involved but the youd think by the amount of people who complain about "console ports" that is always a bad thing, when really it isnt at all, id say more than anything it depends on the company and developer involved rather than the fact it was originally designed for a console.

 

[NMEBowen]

oblivion obviously wasnt a bad port but i was purly pointing out the lower pc requirements for the games as xbox only has 256mb of ram and vram so pc specs obviously arnt going to be that high.

 

[Dayve]

Skyrim's a console game ported to PC yeah, lots of games are though, doesn't mean it will be bad. All I need is for them to completely change that disgusting console oriented UI for the PC version and I'm good.

 

[Bullseye]

So, after this years I've been left behind by specs. Would I be able to run this game fluently with a GT555M @ 2GB and a, i7 processor?