No chance of running Skyrim on this PC?

Drake5 · 12 Feb 2012 at 15:54

My specs are E6750 @ 2.6Ghz. 4GB DDR2 Ram & 4850 512MB. Playing at a res of 1920x1080.

Could I get Skyrim playing on this smoothly looking half decent?

KillBoY_UK · 12 Feb 2012 at 16:03

at that I res unlikely, a lower res with a better CPU sure at low details

ANN1H1LAT0R · 12 Feb 2012 at 16:55

I doubt it very much not looking half decent anyway. I'd say you may be able to get it running at low settings with no AA or AF at that resolution but even then I would bet money is would be choppy and it would not look half decent it would be OK but it depends on your definition of decent is lol. Skyrim is very CPU dependant

Here is a link to a benchmark for Skyrim

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skyrim-performance-benchmark,3074-4.html

Not looking good for you Im afraid

Sorry if this doesnt really help

NZXT30 · 12 Feb 2012 at 16:57

at 1080p almost impossible. your card is only twice more powerful than what's inside an xbox360 and we know it can barely handle skyrim at 720p with low-medium settings.

Drake5 · 12 Feb 2012 at 16:59

Ok cheers guys, didn't think so. Guess an upgrade is on the cards when I can afford!

ANN1H1LAT0R · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:03

NZXT30 said:
at 1080p almost impossible. your card is only twice more powerful than what's inside an xbox360 and we know it can barely handle skyrim at 720p with low-medium settings.

It handles Skyrim extremely well and its more like High settings it runs at. No love for consoles here lol

Drake5 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:05

ANN1H1LAT0R said:
It handles Skyrim extremely well and its more like High settings it runs at. No love for consoles here lol

I have to echo this. Got about 140 hours on Skyrim on the 360 and it does handle it really well and it looks great to.

NZXT30 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:08

ANN1H1LAT0R said:
It handles Skyrim extremely well and its more like High settings it runs at. No love for consoles here lol

its 720p, 20-30 fps and low-medium settings if that is extremely well for you i dont know what else to say.

ANN1H1LAT0R · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:08

140 hours and you want to start from scratch...Brave guy lol

Just remember for Skyrim you'll need to consider your CPU more as its more demanding on the CPU than the GPU. Come back here with a budget and I am sure all the great people here will be able to help in no time

ANN1H1LAT0R · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:10

NZXT30 said:
its 720p, 20-30 fps and low-medium settings if that is extremely well for you i dont know what else to say.

Lol it is 720p...check

But its not at all 20-30fps its smooth and having looked at Skyrim on both systems I'd definately argue about the medium settings. There are effects the 360 runs that arent used in medium on the PC

The PS3 struggles with Skyrim so Im not sure if your getting mixed up and consoles are much better optimised than you think it would seem lol

NZXT30 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:14

ANN1H1LAT0R said:
Lol it is 720p...check

But its not at all 20-30fps its smooth and having looked at Skyrim on both systems I'd definately argue about the medium settings. There are effects the 360 runs that arent used in medium on the PC

The PS3 struggles with Skyrim so Im not sure if your getting mixed up and consoles are much better optimised than you think it would seem lol

its never above 30fps with many reported fps dips so yeah 20-30fps is accurate. I dont know why you are even arguing about this.

Evilsod · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:14

Conveniently forgetting all the background stuff when running it on PC which is going to rip into the specs...

Not a chance its going to run at 1080. I've got better specs that that (q6600 and 9600 gso even if they are both old and crap) and 1080 has terrible slow-down in places even with low settings and max view distance on items/objects/actors. 720 it runs a lot better though still occasionally suffers from low fps.

NZXT30 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:18

Evilsod said:
Conveniently forgetting all the background stuff when running it on PC which is going to rip into the specs...

Not a chance its going to run at 1080. I've got better specs that that (q6600 and 9600 gso even if they are both old and crap) and 1080 has terrible slow-down in places even with low settings and max view distance on items/objects/actors. 720 it runs a lot better though still occasionally suffers from low fps.

lol your gpu is more than 30% slower than the OPs and you expect skyrim to run smoothly at 1080p?

Alpherah · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:21

Skyrim FPS test 360 vs PS3.

Notice how the 360 version never drops below 30 FPS?
/argument

Martini1991 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:23

NZXT30 said:
at 1080p almost impossible. your card is only twice more powerful than what's inside an xbox360 and we know it can barely handle skyrim at 720p with low-medium settings.

No it's not.

My friend runs Skyrim fine on 1680x1050 on a 5770.
What's holding you back is VRAM, so you can't use higher textures etc.

I'm loving the comments like

OP could run medium settings at 1920x1080 quite probably.

ANN1H1LAT0R · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:27

Lol its definately turning into a flame war haha

I'd say though the CPU is a limiting factor as Skyrim is CPU dependant. It'll never hit decent looks at 1080p thats for certain

NZXT30 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:27

Martini1991 said:
No it's not.

My friend runs Skyrim fine on 1680x1050 on a 5770.
What's holding you back is VRAM, so you can't use higher textures etc.

I'm loving the comments like

OP could run medium settings at 1920x1080 quite probably.

yes it is and the 5770 is much more powerful so i dont know why you even mention it.

ANN1H1LAT0R said:
Lol its definately turning into a flame war haha

I'd say though the CPU is a limiting factor as Skyrim is CPU dependant. It'll never hit decent looks at 1080p thats for certain

what flame war we havent called each other names just discussing.

Martini1991 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:29

NZXT30 said:
yes it is and the 5770 is much more powerful so i dont know why you even mention it.

Xenos = 48 shaders, the 4850 = 800 shaders, that's over 10 times the amount of shaders.
The 5770 < 4870.
5770 is between the 4850 and 4870.

Clock the 4850 a little for a few extra frames.

PC gamers... Lol..

NZXT30 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:31

Martini1991 said:
4670 is 3 times more powerful than Xenos.
4850 is more powerful than the 4670.
The 5770 < 4870.
5770 is between the 4850 and 4870.

Clock the 4850 a little for a few extra frames.

4850 = 8800gtx which is 80% more powerful than a x1950 at 720p. use real performance numbers and dont compare apples to oranges.

Martini1991 said:
Xenos = 64 shaders, the 4850 = 800 shaders, that's over 10 times the amount of shaders.
The 5770 < 4870.
5770 is between the 4850 and 4870.

Clock the 4850 a little for a few extra frames.

PC gamers... Lol..

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_5770/30.html

5770 = 4870

martini = retard. now its a flame war.

Martini1991 · 12 Feb 2012 at 17:33

I edited to include actual figures.