why wouldn't it be? I played pure casters in Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion just fine.. I doubt it would change now. It can be tougher at low levels... but its not that hard to do. You really need to stick to a type of class though and not try to be a jack-of-all trades no matter what you want to play. If you want to have a different type of character, play the game again with a different type of character.
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why wouldn't it be? I played pure casters in Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion just fine.. I doubt it would change now. It can be tougher at low levels... but its not that hard to do. You really need to stick to a type of class though and not try to be a jack-of-all trades no matter what you want to play. If you want to have a different type of character, play the game again with a different type of character.
Going to grab Skyrim today, I can get console or PC. Has anyone tried this with MBP 2010 i7, with the Nvidia 512mb 330M????
Anyone try older iMac? Hows the performance?
I have an early 08' iMac 3.06 C2Duo, 512 8800gs, 4gb ram, it meets the minimum specs but I was wondering if anyone has seen how it performs and what setting you've got it at.
Thanks
I have an early 08' iMac 3.06 C2Duo, 512 8800gs, 4gb ram, it meets the minimum specs but I was wondering if anyone has seen how it performs and what setting you've got it at.
Thanks
This article might be of use.
I downloaded from steam and I still think the forums are down but is there a manual for this sucker?
Jay
This game runs beautifully on a MBP 2011 with the 1gb 6750. So glad I didn't get it on Xbox because of the awfull load times compared to running it on a PC.
I just selected the default medium quality, didn't really dig into the tweaks and settings. No AA and AF though.
I played the game a little more and tried the high setting (again no AA and AF). It runs roughly the same as medium but the object's viewing distance is better. It can get a little sluggish with many grass and trees though (e.g. at the first town)
Looks like someone is working on making a Wineskin port... I don't have the game myself yet, and cannot read Russian 
I don't think it'll take too long before there are hobby ports of Skyrim just like there have been with hundreds of games.
I don't think it'll take too long before there are hobby ports of Skyrim just like there have been with hundreds of games.
Just played for about an hour on 27" 2011 iMac i7 6970m 1GB.
Ultra settings @ 2560x1440 with AA and AF turned OFF plays flawlessly (not sure what FPS but seems like 60+). However, turning on AA at native resolution causes some stuttering...still playable but really not worth it, as the AA doesn't add much anyway at that resolution. 1920x1080 with full AA and AF works flawlessly, but not sure why you'd want to play at the lower resolution on a 27" screen. Bottom line, if you were worried about Skyrim performance on your shiny new iMac, do not fear, though you won't be able to max EVERYTHING out without taking a performance hit.
I am noticing some graphical glitches here and there....some of the shadows look downright awful. Not sure if this is the same across the board or if its specific to the 6970m. Not a lot of ways to tweak the shadows out of the box it appears, so hopefully someone figures out a way to tweak them via the INI file or whatever...I remember with Oblivion the game frankly looked better with certain shadows removed entirely.
Hate to nitpick though -- overall the game is gorgeous
Ultra settings @ 2560x1440 with AA and AF turned OFF plays flawlessly (not sure what FPS but seems like 60+). However, turning on AA at native resolution causes some stuttering...still playable but really not worth it, as the AA doesn't add much anyway at that resolution. 1920x1080 with full AA and AF works flawlessly, but not sure why you'd want to play at the lower resolution on a 27" screen. Bottom line, if you were worried about Skyrim performance on your shiny new iMac, do not fear, though you won't be able to max EVERYTHING out without taking a performance hit.
I am noticing some graphical glitches here and there....some of the shadows look downright awful. Not sure if this is the same across the board or if its specific to the 6970m. Not a lot of ways to tweak the shadows out of the box it appears, so hopefully someone figures out a way to tweak them via the INI file or whatever...I remember with Oblivion the game frankly looked better with certain shadows removed entirely.
Hate to nitpick though -- overall the game is gorgeous
OK, I've checked the Device Manager, everything is fine there, tried to update the graphics card drivers via Device Manager and they said they were up to date. When I try and update AMD Catalyst it says it cant find the relevant hardware in the machine and the install quits. Windows is completely up to date to.
I'm getting quite annoyed with it all, this mac, for the money, should be running the game like everyone else, and it just isnt and I have no idea why
EDIT: Just tried it again, 15fps on 1440x900 on low detail. Unplayable.
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actually, after installation, when you run the game, it detects your hardware spec, then gives you graphic setting. I think that it is more important than just website's data info. in my case, I got ultra setting. it runs great. so far I spent 8 hours. so happy with it.
actually, after installation, when you run the game, it detects your hardware spec, then gives you graphic setting. I think that it is more important than just website's data info. in my case, I got ultra setting. it runs great. so far I spent 8 hours. so happy with it.
It would be nice to know what hardware you're playing it on.
I'm dying to play this game on my new MBP. Should I buy it for PC and run it with BootCamp, or is there a better way?
Me too, I was going to ask the same thing. I could pick up a copy of Windows at BestBuy and use Boot Camp if it will run on my MBP (see specs in my sig.) Wonder if that will work?
In the last go around, Oblivion, the PC version was far superior to the console version because of add-ons, lots and lots of add-ons that improved game play. These were not available in the console version. I assume the same situation exists with Skyrim.
If someone knows this is wrong, please shout out!
If someone knows this is wrong, please shout out!
I'm running it on this system and it's fine. OC'd 4850, 2560x1440, 0xAA, 4xAF, Most settings on high with a couple on medium. I have't bothered with a fps test but it seems to run great.
From what I can tell the 3D engine isn't particularly demanding, more of an upgraded Fallout/Oblivion engine then a Metro style system hammer.
I have the i5 2500 and Radeon 5770, which seems to have held up fairly well in that article. It starts choking on that ultra level, though. I usually wait for the first patch or two, but I may make an exception for this one. I did hear that they had a day 1 patch, though. Figures.
Good afternoon guys-
I have an early 2011 15" HR AG with:
2.0 ghz i7
8 GB of G Skill DDR3 RAM @ 1333 mhz
500 GB HDD @ 7200 RPM
ATI Radeon HD 6490M
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit running in Boot Camp
As you can see I didn't opt for the high end version (I'm not a PC gamer all that much), but I want to know if I'll be able to run Skyrim at all in Boot Camp?
Thanks in advance.
I have an early 2011 15" HR AG with:
2.0 ghz i7
8 GB of G Skill DDR3 RAM @ 1333 mhz
500 GB HDD @ 7200 RPM
ATI Radeon HD 6490M
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit running in Boot Camp
As you can see I didn't opt for the high end version (I'm not a PC gamer all that much), but I want to know if I'll be able to run Skyrim at all in Boot Camp?
Thanks in advance.
How much VRAM does your video card have? Min specs are 500MB. My guess is the more than a 50/50 chance the game will run on 240MB, but it would be better if someone confirmed that.
Thank you very much for the response!
My GPU has 256 MB of VRAM, so it's a relatively low end discrete card. Some google searches tell me that people speculate that Skyrim won't smoothly, but I thought I'd ask here if anyone has tried.
Cheers,
ABadSanta
There are now Cider and Wineskin wrappers to play Skyrim so no Windows is required... can find them over at Portingteam.com forums.
http://forum.portingteam.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=9348
http://forum.portingteam.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=9348
I just have to do a trial and error but if anyone has a 2010 Macbook with 2.4Ghz dual core duo, 4GB RAM, NVidia 9400M w/ 256MbVram, Bootcamp running Windows XP, let me know if you can run Skyrim well enough to play. I am dying to play the game.
As for comparisons of the game between Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind, I only saw Walkthroughs of the game on Youtube but from what I see, it is gorgeous and has the standard Bethesda open world gaming concept which is what gives it a huge draw and lots of replayability. Morrowind has a steep learning curve, anyone who ever played it will know what I mean. Oblivion was made easier for people to play with and from I see, Skyrim is streamlined easier too for people to get into it. It makes sense though because as you make it easier, you can get people more interested in the game and from what I can see, a lot of Fallout 3 fans who prob never played the Elder Scrolls games before are now playing Skyrim in droves. I miss however so much the levitation spells and the Mark/Recall spells from Morrowind that makes navigating the terrain so fun back in Morrowind. Since Oblivion, those spells are nixed.
As for comparisons of the game between Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind, I only saw Walkthroughs of the game on Youtube but from what I see, it is gorgeous and has the standard Bethesda open world gaming concept which is what gives it a huge draw and lots of replayability. Morrowind has a steep learning curve, anyone who ever played it will know what I mean. Oblivion was made easier for people to play with and from I see, Skyrim is streamlined easier too for people to get into it. It makes sense though because as you make it easier, you can get people more interested in the game and from what I can see, a lot of Fallout 3 fans who prob never played the Elder Scrolls games before are now playing Skyrim in droves. I miss however so much the levitation spells and the Mark/Recall spells from Morrowind that makes navigating the terrain so fun back in Morrowind. Since Oblivion, those spells are nixed.