The BIG Skyrim Thread

[Hells Malice]

I never bother with mods, and I play with a 360 controller...but I still prefer the idea of playing it on the master system.

 

[YayMii]

For single player games, I tend to pirate. But Bethesda deserves my monies, so I preordered it for 360. I'm still going to pirate it on the PC, just for portability. It's not like it's a loss to them, anyway. And I have 2 copies of Oblivion (both 360, but one's GOTY).

 

[Satangel]

I sure hope the PC version sells enough to warrant another simultaneous release for TES VI! That's my main fear, this is an ideal 'pirate' game, but the developers really don't deserve that IMHO. They put all this work in this title, supporting PC to the fullest with their development tools, I feel really bad when pirating this.

I'm pirating it though, BUT when I've played it enough to really rate it, I'll buy it.

 

[Zalda]

in 1 week it's officially out, yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

 

[prowler]

I pre-ordered Skyrim a long time back and I didn't think I'll have enough money for it right now, turns out I do
Just need to return this hoodie that I stupidly bought (I don't like it..).

It sucks that DLC is exclusive for 360 for a week until other systems get it. oh well, gives PS3/PC users more chance to play it all!

 

[Satangel]

I pre-ordered Skyrim a long time back and I didn't think I'll have enough money for it right now, turns out I do
Just need to return this hoodie that I stupidly bought (I don't like it..).

It sucks that DLC is exclusive for 360 for a week until other systems get it. oh well, gives PS3/PC users more chance to play it all!

It's a month IIRC, so that sucks even more
But hey, I don't really care about that, Oblivion DLC wasn't all that great and it wasn't really worth looking forward to it anyway.

 

[prowler]

Ah yeah, it is one month ):
Skyrim DLC is supposed to be on a scale of Fallout 3 and New Vegas DLC.
I hope they release Horse Armour though, for the lols.

 

[Satangel]

Ah yeah, it is one month ):
Skyrim DLC is supposed to be on a scale of Fallout 3 and New Vegas DLC.
I hope they release Horse Armour though, for the lols.

More like it, but still not really want I want/willing to pay a lot for. GTA IV EFLC was what I call DLC, that was really worth the effort/money.
I am already looking forward to Skyrim the Complete Collection though, Skyrim + all the DLC + several patches for a nice price = win.

 

[Satangel]

Interesting link that compares the graphics of Oblivion with those of Skyrim. Also added this to the first post.

Graphical comparison

 

[naglaro00]

Kinda worried about my PC not being able to play it decently at medium settings, but I guess it doesn't hurt to try, huh? This game just looks too bloody awesome to pass up.

Here are my specs; keep in mind I built this about three years ago (around Christmas) (try to hold back any built up laughter, I know my rig sucks)

CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 (Wolfdale) 3.0GHz (MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1)
GPU: eVGA GeForce 250 GTS 1GB GDDR3
RAM: 4096MB DDR2 SDRAM PC26400 1333MHz
OS: Windows 7 Home Edition
HDD: 600GB Western Digital HDD (primary) + 120GB Maxtor HDD (secondary)

It isn't that bad. I think you should be able run it at low/medium, no problem. You'll at least run it, that's a start

If that can run Skyrim at low/med, how about mine?

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 5600
GPU: GeForce 9600 GT (i got it overclocked which barely has effects)
RAM: 2 GB RAM

The monitor's res is 1920*1080

System Requirements Lab says that it passes Skyrim's minimum requirements but I don't trust it

I can get the PS3 version but I'd rather play on the PC

 

[Satangel]

Kinda worried about my PC not being able to play it decently at medium settings, but I guess it doesn't hurt to try, huh? This game just looks too bloody awesome to pass up.

Here are my specs; keep in mind I built this about three years ago (around Christmas) (try to hold back any built up laughter, I know my rig sucks)

CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400 (Wolfdale) 3.0GHz (MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1)
GPU: eVGA GeForce 250 GTS 1GB GDDR3
RAM: 4096MB DDR2 SDRAM PC26400 1333MHz
OS: Windows 7 Home Edition
HDD: 600GB Western Digital HDD (primary) + 120GB Maxtor HDD (secondary)

It isn't that bad. I think you should be able run it at low/medium, no problem. You'll at least run it, that's a start

If that can run Skyrim at low/med, how about mine?

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 5600
GPU: GeForce 9600 GT (i got it overclocked which barely has effects)
RAM: 2 GB RAM

The monitor's res is 1920*1080

System Requirements Lab says that it passes Skyrim's minimum requirements but I don't trust it

I can get the PS3 version but I'd rather play on the PC

That's low at best I think. The CPU is barely above the minimum. I'm also pretty sure you aren't capable of running the game at that resolution with that GPU.
You will be able to run it though.

PS3 version will probably look better.

 

[YayMii]

Do you guys think my MBA will be able to run it at Medium? My specs are in my sig.
I'm just concerned about the Intel 3000, and how it'll hold up. If it helps, I can run Oblivion at max settings (excluding antialiasing, but who needs that when you have a higher DPI).

 

[f3ar000]

my configuration is nearly exactly the same as the_randomizer's on my desktop (Im upgrading to 4 gigs of ram tomorrow for 20 bucks)
but my poor old outdated lappy is gonna have issues with:
2.54 Ghz Core 2 duo
Nvidia Geforce 9600M GT
4gigs DDR2

 

[Deleted User]

http://systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/download.aspx?name=The%20Elder%20Scrolls%20V:%20Skyrim&id=11231

 

[naglaro00]

That's low at best I think. The CPU is barely above the minimum. I'm also pretty sure you aren't capable of running the game at that resolution with that GPU.
You will be able to run it though.

PS3 version will probably look better.

What if I replace the CPU with an Athlon II X2 245?

Would it make a difference?

Also, if not on fullscreen, how about on 1440*900? 1280*720? What would the game look like?

I'd get it for the PC if at least the 1280*720 looks better than on the PS3

Spoiler

Sorry, I'm no tech expert

 

[Satangel]

Do you guys think my MBA will be able to run it at Medium? My specs are in my sig.
I'm just concerned about the Intel 3000, and how it'll hold up. If it helps, I can run Oblivion at max settings (excluding antialiasing, but who needs that when you have a higher DPI).

my configuration is nearly exactly the same as the_randomizer's on my desktop (Im upgrading to 4 gigs of ram tomorrow for 20 bucks)
but my poor old outdated lappy is gonna have issues with:
2.54 Ghz Core 2 duo
Nvidia Geforce 9600M GT
4gigs DDR2

That's low at best I think. The CPU is barely above the minimum. I'm also pretty sure you aren't capable of running the game at that resolution with that GPU.
You will be able to run it though.

PS3 version will probably look better.

What if I replace the CPU with an Athlon II X2 245?

Would it make a difference?

Also, if not on fullscreen, how about on 1440*900? 1280*720? What would the game look like?

I'd get it for the PC if at least the 1280*720 looks better than on the PS3

Spoiler

Sorry, I'm no tech expert

I'm no tech expert either guys, sorry. Just Google the part you think will struggle running Skyrim and you'll find out. Else just run it at the link brandonspikes mentioned.

 

[Hells Malice]

I swear there was a better site, but.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx


Apparently I kick the Recommended requirements ass.
Good to know.
That site, and any like it are infinitely better than everyone posting their damn rig.

 

[Deleted User]

I swear there was a better site, but.

http://www.systemreq...cyri/intro.aspx


Apparently I kick the Recommended requirements ass.
Good to know.
That site, and any like it are infinitely better than everyone posting their damn rig.

I just linked that :/

Also, Pre-ordered from Direct2Drive, paid 49 after discount!

 

[Hells Malice]

/didn't see that since there were still 2 recent replies to PC spec posts

I don't plan on paying for Skyrim until it's regular PC game price ($49). Trying to charge a premium for the game is something CoD does, i'm not buying into that even if it is worth the price.
I just checked Direct2Drive since you said that....still says it's like $54 for me after discount.

 

[Deleted User]

/didn't see that since there were still 2 recent replies to PC spec posts

I don't plan on paying for Skyrim until it's regular PC game price ($49). Trying to charge a premium for the game is something CoD does, i'm not buying into that even if it is worth the price.
I just checked Direct2Drive since you said that....still says it's like $54 for me after discount.

I can find a 15% discount for you. give me a sec.
Nvm, they took that feature out.