Last minute decision making: will my PC play skyrim well?

[Bobblast1886]

Sorry if this ins't the right section of this board to post this, but I have little time left to decide on which Version of the game I want,and I need some advise on if my PC will be able to play skyrim at optimal performance and graphics (using the ATI 5770 card).

(Yes, I've checked the specification page, but its vague, and doesn't really help me out, so I'll post my complete details below).

My system specs are as follows, (rough details obtained through using a programme, so ignore the extra details and just find whats relevant)

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Operating system:

Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) (build 7600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 6/29/2010 8:30:19 PM

PROCESSOR:

2.80 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X4 820
512 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
4096 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Not hyper-threaded

CIRCUT BOARD:

Board: PEGATRON CORPORATION VIOLET6 6.01
Serial Number: 103526170000807
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 5.14 01/19/2010

SYSTEM MODEL:

HP-Pavilion AY748AA-ABA p6320y 
System Serial Number: MXU00601SY
Enclosure Type: Desktop

MEMORY:

8192 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' has 2048 MB

DISPLAY:

ATI Radeon HD 5700 (5770) Series [Display adapter]
LG W2340 [Monitor] (23.1"vis, s/n SerialNumber, January 2010)

DRIVES:

1000.10 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
932.90 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

hp DVD-RAM GH40L SCSI CdRom Device [Optical drive]

Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5
Generic- SD/MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
Ut163 USB2FlashStorage USB Device [Hard drive] (1.03 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 
WDC WD10 EADS-65M2B0 SCSI Disk Device (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAV51390834, SMART Status: Healthy

My Computer is able to play oblivion on max settings flawlessly, and fallout new vegas on "high" settings relatively smoothly, with some slight FPS drops and gitter here and there, but nothing too noticeable.


I just need to know if its worth getting it for the PC, or if I should stick with the PS3 ( like the mods, but I can live without if my PC isn't able to handle it)

Thank you very much!

[Frogmander]

Just compare it to the system settings posted all around the forums/wiki. Not all the information given was needed

[Zero_The_Dark]

If my comp can run it on "Medium smoothly and on High with the occasional stutter." with these specs
64 bit windows 7
Intel I7-2630 QM Quad core 2.0 GHz
8 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GT555M Graphics card
I'm sure you will be golden.

[Frogmander]

Mine should be able to run it fine
2.13GHz
windows 7 64bit
Nvidia GTX 460
6GB ram

And that should be fine for ultra even, yours should be fine for ultra as well

[Elune]

You'll be able to run it on the PC fine OP.

[Bobblast1886]

Just for Clarification and comparison:

Is the 4980 ATI card Stronger or similar to the 5770?

which is better?

[Elune]

The 5770 is more powerful.

[MARS]

Mine should be able to run it fine
2.13GHz
windows 7 64bit
Nvidia GTX 460
6GB ram

And that should be fine for ultra even, yours should be fine for ultra as well

This is not fine for Ultra. Not with that CPU.

[dubq]

Yeah, minimum specs state Dual Core 2.0GHz.. definitely not ultra-level.