Skyrim: how well will an ATI 5770 be able to play the game?

(this question is a repost to get more answers)



I have an HP desktop, and my specs are as follows (to the extant that I know them)



AMD Phenom quad core processer (x4) with 820 Megaherts? I don't know. it just says 820 something.

8 gigabytes of ram (Gdr 3 )

Motherboard is built in, and I don't know the model, but just how important is the motherboard anyway?

PSU: 650 watt

ATI radeon 5770 graphics card (with one gigabyte of GDDR 5 ram)

about 1 tera byte of HDD space



The computer works like a charm, it is able to play oblivion on "very high" settings flawlessly, and fallout New Vegas plays at "high" and "very high" settings FAIRLY WELL, A little gitter, and some slight FPS drops here and there, but NOTHING noticeable or unbearable.



My only concern is that when playing games like fallout, the GPU's temperature can reach up to about 69 C degrees, not sure if thats a bad thing?



I went to system requirements lab website, and it says I met the RECOMMENDED requirements to play the game (not sure what that means).



CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF I'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY SKYRIM AT LEAST ON HIGH SETTINGS AND SMOOTH PERFORMANCE?



or should I just ditch it and go for the PS3? what are the pros and cons of each system?Skyrim: how well will an ATI 5770 be able to play the game?
We can not see how smooth game will perform until it comes out. Because it depends on how optimized the game is. And this is also depends on your screen resolution. You better wait until someone like tomshardware.com makes benchmarks of the game and see how smooth it runs on a 5770.

If you go for a PS3 you will miss possible DirectX 11 features. But if you are running the game on a high resolution, sticking to the 5770 might not run the game at maximum settings either.

Since you have good hardware on your pc you could buy a ATI Radeon HD 6950 for around 220 bucks from ebay. and I'm sure it will run Skyrim maxed out even on full HD [1920x1080] . And by doing a simple bios trick you can unlock an ATI HD 6950 into a ATI HD 6970 [Because both cards are based on AMD's new Cayman core which is their first graphics processor to use a VLIW4 shader configuration.]

Check the source for more info.

btw, buying a PS3 also has its advantages.. you can play superb games like Uncharted 3, MK9 etc. which are not available for PC, and also almost every PC game out there. However when comparing a maxed out PC graphics with a PS3 , PC graphics looks beautiful than PS3 because PS3 still uses old directx 9. And latest pc graphics cards can show you the beauty of directx 11 game graphics. However to get max settings on a PC you need a good graphics card. You can either buy a good grahics card just like i mentioned or you can go for ps3. its your choice.Skyrim: how well will an ATI 5770 be able to play the game?
yes lowering your screen resolution would increase FPS [frames per second] so you will be able to higher graphics quality.

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Skyrim: how well will an ATI 5770 be able to play the game?
A 5770 won't play Skyrim on fully maxed out settings, You probably have to settle for mostly medium settings with maybe a couple settings on high. Skyrim is much more demanding than Oblivion or New Vegas. A GPU temp o 69 degrees is nothing to worry about at all.

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