can i run skyrim? (hope im in the right section)

[MRcrispyyo]

hello! just signed up but i was wondering if my desktop is worthy enough to run skyrim heres the specs
AMD athlon IIX2 235e processor (2 CPU's) 2.7GHz
6144mb ram
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
OS windows 7 home premium 64 bit
approx total memory 2280 MB
if i missed somthing lemme know cuzz i really wanna play skyrim

 

[toyota]

you have integrated video so you will not be running Skyrim or any other modern game. sounds like you an oem pc so you will need a new power supply before getting any decent graphics card. of course once you get a decent graphics card, your cpu will not give you very good experience on decent settings.

 

[MRcrispyyo]

thats crazy because when i played the BF3 beta it ran smoothly as possibly with good FPS (dunno if graphics differed from beta to realeased) but i might of made a bad assumption that my pc would of been able to run skyrim (heartbroken) but thanks for the upfront info i really appreciate it

 

[toyota]

you did not run BF 3 on 6150 integrated graphics. you must a have a different graphics card in there but any graphics card that can handle BF 3 would esily handle Skyrim.

 

[Chinoman]

Forget the graphics card. Is that processor even fast enough to run BF3?

 

[toyota]

Forget the graphics card. Is that processor even fast enough to run BF3?

that cpu will run BF 3 but would probably struggle in spots for multi player. the OP must be confused about his gpu though as the 6150 will not give 5 fps in BF 3 if it even starts at all.

 

[lehtv]

It might run alright on that CPU at a low resolution and low quality settings.

 

[toyota]

It might run alright on that CPU at a low resolution and low quality settings.

cpu has nothing to do with the resolution. his 6150 stands no chance of playing any modern game.

 

[Chinoman]

It might run alright on that CPU at a low resolution and low quality settings.

Really? I wanna know what OP's experience was like then. I also wanna know why he listed two different numbers for memory.

 

[happy medium]

Skyrim system requirements



The following are the official minimum requirements:

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
2GB System RAM
6GB free HDD Space
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
DirectX compatible sound card
Internet access for Steam activation


With a 75$ video card upgrade it will run great.
It might run on his IGP gpu.

It looks like integrated graphics will run it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT8Mb6Z-iKs

 

[toyota]

you obviously have no idea how slow a 6150 is. the MINIMUM card even for Fallout 3 was a 6800 which is about 5-6x faster than an integrated 6150.

the op makes no sense here anyway as he claimed to run BF 3 on the 6150 which is impossible.


EDIT: and the 3200 in that Skyrim video is MUCH faster than a 6150. its probably about in between a 6600 and 6600gt which sounds about right for the 30fps that guy is getting on low settings at 640x480 in that Skyrim video.

 

[happy medium]

and the 3200 in that video is MUCH faster than a 6150

Well a 6150 will play Modern warfare 4 and a few other good games, my hd 3200 has some trouble with them.

If the question is, will the Skyrim game run on the lowest settings ,I'm gonna have to say yes.

 

[toyota]

Well a 6150 will play Modern warfare 4 and a few other good games, my hd 3200 has some trouble with them.

If the question is, will the Skyrim game run on the lowest settings ,I'm gonna have to say yes.

no it wont. a 6150 will NOT even play Fallout 3 smoothly at 640x480. I know because I tried to play it just for fun. a 6150 is not even in the same league as the already pitiful 3200. I have had 2 computers with a 6150 and have also used a 3200 and 4200.

 

[Pacman4]

Why do people buy such shitty PC's, and why do they tolerate such low IQ for games.....

 

[happy medium]

I think this game scales better.
The requirenments dont even require a video card.

 

[toyota]

I think this game scales better.
The requirenments dont even require a video card.

again you have no clue how slow a 6150 is. so do you really think this game has only 1/5 the video card requirements of Fallout 3? and you just saw a video of a 3200 barely playing the game on low at 640x480 and that 3200 is probably 3-4 times faster than a 6150.

 

[lehtv]

cpu has nothing to do with the resolution. his 6150 stands no chance of playing any modern game.

Resolution and CPU performance both affect FPS. Lowering the resolution increases your FPS so a slower CPU will be better off on a low resolution.

I did not say anything about whether his 6150 was good enough, I was talking about the CPU.

Really? I wanna know what OP's experience was like then. I also wanna know why he listed two different numbers for memory.

The OP would not be able to run it with the integrated GPU, but the CPU when paired with an appropriate GPU, could well be enough given low settings

 

[Arkaign]

Yeah the 6150 is a lot slower than the current and recent Intel IGPs. It's circa 2006, and wasn't fast back then either.

 

[Arkaign]

Resolution and CPU performance both affect FPS. Lowering the resolution increases your FPS so a slower CPU will be better off on a low resolution.

I did not say anything about whether his 6150 was good enough, I was talking about the CPU.



The OP would not be able to run it with the integrated GPU, but the CPU when paired with an appropriate GPU, could well be enough given low settings

This is true. That CPU, while certainly not high end, is up to running Skyrim moderately well with a recent discrete card of say 4670 and higher.

 

[toyota]

Resolution and CPU performance both affect FPS. Lowering the resolution increases your FPS so a slower CPU will be better off on a low resolution.

I did not say anything about whether his 6150 was good enough, I was talking about the CPU.



The OP would not be able to run it with the integrated GPU, but the CPU when paired with an appropriate GPU, could well be enough given low settings

that does not make sense. a slower cpu is not better off at a lower resolution.

and I was not clear earlier. I was saying that if the cpu was too slow then lowering the res will not make any difference. and according to benchmarks that cpu will not run the game all that great on higher settings if he was to get a decent gpu.

 

[nenforcer]

The 6150 is a slideshow renderer and great at putting up still images to the screen.

 

[MacLeod1592]

Skyrim is looking to be a pretty big rig buster. The shadow detail setting seems to be whooping a lot of rigs out there from some posts Ive read on a couple other forums.

For 1920x1080, its looking like youll want a 6950 or GTX560Ti minimum. Kinda nice though to see new games pushing the graphics envelope lately with BF3 being no push over.

 

[lehtv]

that does not make sense. a slower cpu is not better off at a lower resolution.

So, a PC with a slow CPU is better off on a high resolution? HF with your low framerates 8)

For 1920x1080, its looking like youll want a 6950 or GTX560Ti minimum.

Not really... my 560 Ti runs the game at 40-60fps on high/ultra 4xAA with modded longer shadow distance and a couple of other things that slightly decrease performance. I've got object fade quite near but it doesn't affect image quality, the objects usually fade in before you see them anyway. A slower GPU will run the game smoothly as long as you're willing to lower settings a bit

 

[toyota]

So, a PC with a slow CPU is better off on a high resolution? HF with your low framerates 8)

if your cpu only allows you to get 30 fps then lowering the res will make no difference. so again lowering your res because you have a slow cpu makes no sense.

 

[toyota]

The 6150 is a slideshow renderer and great at putting up still images to the screen.

yeah I am just amazed at some people in this thread thinking it can run Skyrim or even the OP claiming he ran BF 3. we talk about upgrading slow video cards all the time but a 6150 will make even an 8600gt look amazing. a 6150 does good to ever deliver more than a slideshow for modern games.