PC upgrades for Skyrim

[detrunks]

My specs:
Asus M4A790XTD
3.3 ghz chip - athlon x2 265
HD Radeon 4850
6GB ram

What do I need to upgrade so that I should buy Skyrim on my PC becuase the graphics/gameplay is much better, rather than my Xbox?

thanks in advance

 

[Route44]

The best bet is to wait until after the game is released but I did find this:

Minimum System Requirements

* OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
* CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or Althon X2 2.0 GHz
* RAM: 3 GB
* HDD: 15 GB
* Graphics: 512 MB card
* Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
* DirectX: Version 9.0c


Recommended System Requirements

* OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
* CPU: Core 2 Quad 3 GHz
* RAM: 3 GB
* HDD: 15 GB free disk space
* Graphics: 512 MB Graphics Memory
* Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
* DirectX: Version 9.0c

Supported Graphics Cards:

Minimum – 8800 GT
Recommanded – Geforce GTX 460/Radeon 5850


* It appears your system should run it fine. If you want to upgrade you could go a Phenom II quad core and a GTX 460 or ATI 6850. Right now the AMD quad cores are selling cheap.

With the latest BIOS you could even run a 6 core but a quad should do you fine. See this link: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1515656

*** Just make sure you do your homework on your motherboard to double check any changes you want to make. My personal opinion is to save up your money and build a new system within a year because your hardware is above the minimum requirements as it is with your cpu the only possible need to go to a quad core.

 

[detrunks]

cool - thx for the response

 

[Route44]

You're welcome and let us know what you decide. Many of us here are looking forward to Skyrim as well. :grinthumb