DeadOctopi
Premium Member
Well, I've been out of the "keeping up on gaming and computer hardware" for like, the better part of a decade. The last time I upgraded my PC was to dump a better CPU, RAM amount/speed, and GPU into my self-built pc to play WOW with a little less lagging or stuttering. That was a while ago.
I looked at the "can you run it" sites and I apparently met the minimum requirements. When they say "It'll let you run the game." They probably meant to tack on "but don't expect to play any of it."
Let's put it this way. The opening ride in on the cart? Looked like a stop motion animation. Probably less than 15 fps.
So....I jumped on Amazon to piggyback on some last-minute (30 mins until midnight) "cyber monday" deals and ended up with the following.
A new 600W PSU - Antec
GTX 550 Ti 1GB Video Card
A new 550GB SATA Drive (7200 rpm WD caviar) [may upgrade to SSD if it's a "must have" situation]
8GBs of 1600MHz DDR3 memory - Corsair
AMD Phenom II x4 840 3.2GHz
New MOBO to support new CPU/Vid Card/ Etc.
I'm aware I didn't end up with "ultra setting, turning everthing up to max" components, but I'm hoping I landed towards the "high" settings at least. The game is beautiful, but I'm not a guy who notices all the little glares/shadows unless it's in a screenshot. I can deal with cutting back for FPS above 12.
Is there something I overlooked in my zeal to upgrade? Some glaring hole that's going to ruin my day? I'm SO out of the loop when it came to CPUs, especially. There were just so freakin' many of them to browse.
Been poking around on Youtube, I assume I'll be OK with those components, considering there's some pretty good looking vids running with less RAM/GPU power.
Any insight? Thanks.
NOTE: I know my CPU lacks a L3 Cache, which I hear kinda throttles things a bit, but at the same time, I'm unaware if most games even make use of that much. I'm a little worried since Skyrim sounds pretty CPU dependent. I'm just a little green on the subject at the moment.
I looked at the "can you run it" sites and I apparently met the minimum requirements. When they say "It'll let you run the game." They probably meant to tack on "but don't expect to play any of it."
Let's put it this way. The opening ride in on the cart? Looked like a stop motion animation. Probably less than 15 fps.
So....I jumped on Amazon to piggyback on some last-minute (30 mins until midnight) "cyber monday" deals and ended up with the following.
A new 600W PSU - Antec
GTX 550 Ti 1GB Video Card
A new 550GB SATA Drive (7200 rpm WD caviar) [may upgrade to SSD if it's a "must have" situation]
8GBs of 1600MHz DDR3 memory - Corsair
AMD Phenom II x4 840 3.2GHz
New MOBO to support new CPU/Vid Card/ Etc.
I'm aware I didn't end up with "ultra setting, turning everthing up to max" components, but I'm hoping I landed towards the "high" settings at least. The game is beautiful, but I'm not a guy who notices all the little glares/shadows unless it's in a screenshot. I can deal with cutting back for FPS above 12.
Is there something I overlooked in my zeal to upgrade? Some glaring hole that's going to ruin my day? I'm SO out of the loop when it came to CPUs, especially. There were just so freakin' many of them to browse.
Been poking around on Youtube, I assume I'll be OK with those components, considering there's some pretty good looking vids running with less RAM/GPU power.
Any insight? Thanks.
NOTE: I know my CPU lacks a L3 Cache, which I hear kinda throttles things a bit, but at the same time, I'm unaware if most games even make use of that much. I'm a little worried since Skyrim sounds pretty CPU dependent. I'm just a little green on the subject at the moment.