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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim system requirements

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Developer:
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher:
Bethesda Softworks
Release date:
Metacritic rating:
94 / 100
Our user rating:
4.5 / 5

Official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim system requirements

These are the PC specs advised by developers to run at minimal and recommended settings. Those requirements are usually very approximate, but still can be used to determine the indicative hardware tier you need to play the game.

Minimum system requirements

Graphics card:
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
CPU:
Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
Memory:
2GB
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
DirectX:
DX9

Recommended system requirements

Graphics card:
DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher)
CPU:
Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
Memory:
4GB
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
DirectX:
DX9

Minimum system requirements

Recommended system requirements

Graphics card:
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
Graphics card:
DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher)
CPU:
Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
CPU:
Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
Memory:
2GB
Memory:
4GB
File size:
no data
File size:
no data
Operating system:
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Operating system:
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
DirectX:
DX9
DirectX:
DX9

User rating

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