The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim System Requirements: Can You Run It?
- Developer:
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Publisher:
- Bethesda Softworks
- Release date:
- 11 November 2011 (12 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.5 / 5 (1243 votes)
- Hardware demand level:
- 0.5 / 10 - not demanding
- Buy:
- gog.com
Official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim system requirements for PC
These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.
Minimum requirements
- Graphics card:
- NVIDIA GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD 7870 2GB
- CPU:
- Intel i5-750/AMD Phenom II X4-945
- Memory:
- 8 GB
- File size:
- 26 GB
- Operating system:
- Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
- DirectX:
- DX9
Recommended requirements
- Graphics card:
- NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB /AMD R9 290 4GB
- CPU:
- Intel i5-2400/AMD FX-8320
- Memory:
- 8 GB
- File size:
- 26 GB
- Operating system:
- Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
- DirectX:
- DX9
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim performance on your PC
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim performance on your GPU
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
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