TES 5: Skyrim

Holy wow, I want to play this game. I know the requirements aren't set yet (from what I could find, at any rate). But do you think my system can handle it on any settings?

i7-2630QM
1GB GDDR5 Radeon HD 6490M
6GB DDR3

 

You'll probably be able to play it, just not at max settings. I'd speculate something along the lines of low-medium at 720p to achieve 25-35 fps.

Cheers!

 

As you said, there are no official system reqs out yet, but I bed you'll be able to play it with that hardware, although I'm sure you'll have to compromise on some settings.

If it's any indication, I can run Oblivion comfortably on my netbook with a 1.6GHz dual-core Atom CPU and integrated ION graphics.

 

oblivion scaled down immensely, you will be fine

 

The only system that ships with that stuff is the 15" MacBook, correct?
If so you should also invest in a cooler once TES5 hits the market, as any thermal throttling will affect final performance.
But you should be okay as the GDDR5 version is comparable to AMD Mobility Radeon HD 550v or Nvidia GeForce GT 325M.
(According to Notebookcheck)

 

Man the graphics in the videos of Skyrim so far looks astonishing. I am gonna run it on 1080p and everything on full settings. Gonna be sweet

 

it's an HP dv6 quad edition.

so lowish to medium settings ya'll think?

 

Who knows? This is supposedly a new engine, so we don't really have anything to compare it to.

 

"New" as in they took the Gamebryo engine and recoded things here and there to accommodate better (2011 level) hardware. It was obvious because they were talking about Skyrim and the Gamebryo engine a long time ago when they just announced the game, there was outrage because everyone hated the Gamebryo engine especially for such an AAA title in 2011, so a few days later they tweeted that it is suddenly a new engine.

 

If the initial releases of Morrowind and Oblivion are any indication, Bethesda will likely force the majority of non high-end PC owners to upgrade their systems to get the game to run at close to maximum detail.

The good news would be Oblivion like Morrowind before it scaled down nicely depending on hardware, how much will be revealed in November when it's officially released.

 

I plan on building myself a brand new awesome system this fall, stoked for this.

 

For those of you that have been saying how nice the videos of the game look, which I personally agree with, keep in mind that all of those videos so far, are running on an Xbox 360. FAR below what an average pc is capable of.

SO...I'm guessing that this new engine is going to be pretty scaleable. And since what's running on an Xbox looks damn nice, I'm definitely expecting my average pc (quad extreme, nvidia 280's sli), which trounces an Xbox, to be able to run the game as well as, or better, than the vids we've been seeing.

Just my $0.02 worth.

 

Unless it's poorly optimized for PC which, in my opinion, is more than likely to happen. Bethesda likes them consoles.

 

This is being made alongside consoles, so alot of design choices are being made with those platforms in mind. That said from slowing down the video and rewatching 100 of times, this is a DX9 game(obviously because it was running on a 360), there is no tesselation, just the use of normal maps and parallax maps. They've used these shadow effects more effeciently which will help make the game look better, but shouldn't destroy your lappy, I'd look at New Vegas and base it off of that.

 

New Vegas wasn't developed by Bethesda, though.

 

Regardless I think its a good indicator ofwhat system performance will be, its just a modified version of the FO3 engine, regardless of developer.

 

It should be better optimized than FO3 and FNV; it is confirmed that Skyrim will make use of DX11's optimization features.

 

So wait I am confused. Are they still using the Gamebryo Engine as the core?

 

Bethesda has developed its own proprietary engine, which they are calling the "Creation Engine"

I imagine it will be similar to Gamebryo in some ways, but obviously from the gameplay trailer huge improvements in some areas.

 

That is what I thought until people here mentioned Gamebryo. >.<

 

All I've heard from Bethesda themselves is that Skyrim is using a brand new engine. I hear plenty of speculation that it will be based on Gamebryo, but nothing confirmed.

 

I heard it was built from the ground up in an interview from gamepro or gameinformer, don't remember which. But again designed for consoles in mind, so most if not all mid to high end cards should cake walk this game. There may be a feature or two that uses dx11 pipeline but my bet is this game is based in dx9, regardless game looks awesome and cant cant wait.