I know that most of you are salivating over getting your hands on what could be the most anticipated RPG release this year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.  How many of you plan on heading out to your local game store to pick up a copy for your PC?  Hold on there cowboy.  You might want to know what the minimum and maximum requirements are and thanks to Bethesda’s Pete Hines, you can now find out if your little rinky dink computer can handle such a beastly game.

Minimum Requirements

• OS: Win XP/7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
• CPU: Dual Core
• RAM: 2GB
• GPU: DX9c video card w/ 512MB RAM
• Internet Access for Steam activation

Maximum Requirements

• OS: Win XP/7
• CPU: Quad-Core Intel/AMD CPU
• RAM: 4GB
• GPU: DX9 vid card w/ 1 GB. GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher
• Internet Access for Steam activation

via IGN and Bethesda Blog

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All thing considered the min requirements aren't too bad. I'm curious how well it will scale. Surprised to see it will be a steam activate game though.

All thing considered the min requirements aren't too bad. I'm curious how well it will scale. Surprised to see it will be a steam activate game though.

At least it's better than requiring Origin activation. I didn't think there would be much doubt, but I should be able to max this out . Though I may have to lower antialiasing a bit for smoother framerates if I'm streaming it.

Kevin shut up.

I never knew how to read my specs and compare them. Lol.

but I should be able to max this out .

Same here

Depends what max you're referring to. If its anything like the last engine maxing out can mean a bunch of different things. Haha. Won't have any problem with the in game settings though.

@GG

That's why they created system requirements lab website.

That's why they created system requirements lab website.

I know what they mean and I still use it. Makes it easy. lol

I hope this game is not as easy as all the previews are making it seem.