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Im seeing alot of posts asking if they can run the game. Since many of you might not know there is an webpage called Can You RUN It witch basically compares your PC Specs with the game ones.

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

Just type in Skyrim and you will see the result.

Huh...this tells me I pass Recommended standards...color me surprised, every gfx card comparison I've seen says mine is a middle-low type...go me?

Slightly over the minimum requirements. Yes!

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Haha!

I've already manually compared mine with ze recommended, basically mine is double the rec.

From what I've read by examining my own specs with the specs required, I could possibly get away with playing Skyrim on my laptop. To be safe, I'll play it on the 360 and get it for the PC later. Why get the same game again for the PC? So I can screw around with the console, that's why.

It doesn't want to load for me.

I got "Fail"
and reached under minimum! Haha. Unfortunately my computer would actually be able to run the game, but the CPU is too slow.

Mars wrote:It doesn't want to load for me.

Do you have an ActiveX or Java plugin?

I've got Java.

Mars wrote:I've got Java.

Just try to update via. the link provided on the site you should be fine then.

The stupid thing isn't cooperating. Got Java for my Chrome, just being stupid.
D:

Ah well, I'll find out in a week.

Firefox all the way.

Hah! Just tested if I could run Oblivion (which I've been playing for over 300 hours on this machine) I got the same results as for Skyrim!
Perhaps I should buy Skyrim on the release day after all. Although I do not reach recommended sys reqs for Skyrim with anything but CPU speed and OS...

I meet minimum, but thats about it. So what should I do, Xbox instead?
Oh wow. I would have to spend over 1 grand to meet the recommended

Barely passed minimum requirements...

FAILED.

Hey i have run this and it says i pass the minimam requirements, but i would like a human opinion on whether its worth me getting it for pc, i would also be planning to record this for my youtube channel, which is why im considering it for pc in the first place.

Laptop Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5 M460
CPU Speed: 2.53 Ghz
Ram: 3.9
Windows 7
Video Card: NVidea GeForce GT 420M
Sound Card: NVidea HD Audio

Thanks

born2beagator wrote:I meet minimum, but thats about it. So what should I do, Xbox instead?
Oh wow. I would have to spend over 1 grand to meet the recommended

No you don't. You can buy a new PC that will max it for well under $1k.

born2beagator wrote:I meet minimum, but thats about it. So what should I do, Xbox instead?
Oh wow. I would have to spend over 1 grand to meet the recommended

Never!!! As long as u meet the requirements u will still run it about the same as on the 360 plus u can mod/console and upgrade later to blow xbox graphics away.

I just half between recommended and required, I'm happy with that atm tho can't afford to upgrade right now in a month or so I will just buy a GTX 560Ti and crank up the graphics.

C2D E8200 2.66 @ 3.60GHz
6GB Corsair xms2
EVGA GTS250 SC 512
EVGA 750i FTW mobo
OCZ Fatality 550W PSU
Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1

Yeah, but My comp is notorious for slowing down during games, plus my Xbox is on a 50 inch 1080p Flatscreen, as long as the graphics are close to what I have seen in the demos, I will be fine. Never really been one to mod either.

Passed by a mile, and them some more.

I don't think its accurate. I passed all the minimum settings, and every one of the recommended settings, except one: It said I failed the Video Card setting. It says I need a ATI Radeon HD 4890 with 1 GB RAM or higher, I have a ATI Radeon HD 5450 with 3.7 GB. Which it acknowledged.

So take its report with a grain of salt....

elsergio wrote:... It said I failed the Video Card setting. It says I need a ATI Radeon HD 4890 with 1 GB RAM or higher, I have a ATI Radeon HD 5450...

The way I understand it, the first digit on a Radeon card model is simply the number of times AMD re-labeled their same ol' low/mid-end series of GPUs.

Dark Spark wrote: The way I understand it, the first digit on a Radeon card model is simply the number of times AMD re-labeled their same ol' low/mid-end series of GPUs.

The industry has a nasty habit of doing that, but no, not this time with AMD.
If you take some 6xxx card that has the same horsepower as some 5xxx card you get something that uses less electricity
The 5xxx series has features (like allowing you to use 3 screens) that the 4xxx series doesn't have.

If you are ONLY interested in the horsepower then yeah, you should ignore the numbering scheme.

Phil 231 wrote:Hey i have run this and it says i pass the minimam requirements, but i would like a human opinion on whether its worth me getting it for pc, i would also be planning to record this for my youtube channel, which is why im considering it for pc in the first place.

Laptop Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5 M460
CPU Speed: 2.53 Ghz
Ram: 3.9
Windows 7
Video Card: NVidea GeForce GT 420M
Sound Card: NVidea HD Audio

Thanks

plz can you guys help me out?

Phil 231 wrote:

Phil 231 wrote:Hey i have run this and it says i pass the minimam requirements, but i would like a human opinion on whether its worth me getting it for pc, i would also be planning to record this for my youtube channel, which is why im considering it for pc in the first place.

Laptop Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5 M460
CPU Speed: 2.53 Ghz
Ram: 3.9
Windows 7
Video Card: NVidea GeForce GT 420M
Sound Card: NVidea HD Audio

Thanks

plz can you guys help me out?

I would say you will be fine on med/med-high settings and able to record ok. But you are on a laptop and I know nothing about them. I just simply refuse to game on a laptop, so mine is just a lil ol weak one with no chance of even thinking of running a game lol.