Considering this is a console game, yes it should run phenomenally on that computer.

I would be absolutely surprised if that doesn't run like a dream on that rig setup.

Dude you'll be fine. PC go!

Troll thread? I'm curious, because your computer is generations ahead of the 360, and I'm sure you know this.

witcher 2 = dx11
skyrim = dx9 
it should run great, though bethesda is not the greatest when it comes to optimization

@natural_deadhead said:

Thank you for the info. I shall preorder now. Not a troll thread at all. I just needed some reassurance. I couldn't run The Witcher 2 very well :/

Yeah as above says, witcher really needed a dx11 card to actually run well. Skyrim should run fine on that, though I'm going to be a little skeptical and say you'll be able to run high but if there is an ultra mybe not.

Hello. I'm trying to decide whether I should purchase Skyrim for PC or for X-box. The main reason I'm hesitant while deciding is I'm not sure if I can run it on max settings with my current setup.  If there is anyone who knows about these kinds of things that can help me I would really appreciate it. Thanks.  My setup.  Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @2.80GHz 8GB DDR3 RAM Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

No problems.

@natural_deadhead said:

Hello. I'm trying to decide whether I should purchase Skyrim for PC or for X-box. The main reason I'm hesitant while deciding is I'm not sure if I can run it on max settings with my current setup.  If there is anyone who knows about these kinds of things that can help me I would really appreciate it. Thanks.  My setup.  Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @2.80GHz 8GB DDR3 RAM Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Hi, I am setting you this asinine question, which I already know the answer to, as a means to impress people.  Seriously, though, if you're having problems running The Witcher 2, I cannot fathom why. I'm running a Phenom X4 955 Black, an HD4870 and 4GB DDR3 - my framerate is near perfect and all I did was turn off motion blur and Uber-sampling.

Is Skyrim supporting DX11? If it is your PC won't run it at "Max" settings but it will look fine.

Todd Howard (I think) said it was "mostly a DirectX 9 game".

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

witcher 2 = dx11

Nope.

@Tru3_Blu3 said:

Considering this is a console game, yes it should run phenomenally on that computer.

Well, that'll be as long as it's a good port. I don't even dare to count all the shoddy console-to-PC ports that run terribly even on hardware that is many times better the recommended. That said, he shouldn't have any problem running the game in the higher, if not highest, settings with that hardware.

@m0rdr3d said:

Go PC with that setup. The best graphics, the mods, Steam Achievements, and the 360 controller.... Ahhhhhh.

Do you have reliable information that confirms that Skyrim will be a Steamworks game with Achievements, or is it just a wild assumption? Neither Morrowind nor Oblivion had Steam Achievements and, so far, the Steam page for Skyrim lists "Single Player" as its only feature.

@m0rdr3d said:

Go PC with that setup. The best graphics, the mods, Steam Achievements, and the 360 controller.... Ahhhhhh.

Do you have reliable information that confirms that Skyrim will be a Steamworks game with Achievements, or is it just a wild assumption? Neither Morrowind nor Oblivion had Steam Achievements and, so far, the Steam page for Skyrim lists "Single Player" as its only feature.

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

witcher 2 = dx11

Nope.

Maybe you need a new card because this is a new engine remember. Im running games with a 450 gts and im running games at 60 frames just barely, and this is overclocked too! so I would get something more up to date or take the safe route and go xbox :)

Even if your computer was worse, it'd still be better on PC than on Xbox.

witcher 2 = dx11 skyrim = dx9  it should run great, though bethesda is not the greatest when it comes to optimization

@avidwriter said:

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

witcher 2 = dx11 skyrim = dx9 it should run great, though bethesda is not the greatest when it comes to optimization

dx9 really? WTH didn't they at least go with 10? Will PC get 10? I mean I'm not a graphics whore but they'd get more out of 10. Also Witcher 2 is dx11 in the next patch?

Why bother with 10...?

The 295 is getting a bit old, but you should be fine.

@natural_deadhead:   Oh look at me I've got a ridiculously jacked computer. Let me flex my computer muscles at everyone's scrawny ass computers and ask if my muscles are big enough. I know they are but I'll say they aren't so that they feel even more inferior and thus gaze upon my computer with even more awe.  I hate you *continues playing on his scrawny macbook laptop*

                   

I can run The Witcher 2 at like 50 FPS on a 9800GT, 2.35ghz processor and 4gb ram, how do people have problems with it?

                   

               

The witcher 2 was most certainly dx9.

The witcher 2 was most certainly dx9.

@withateethuh said:

The witcher 2 was most certainly dx9.

wow....you guys are right.   wtf, how can a game look so amazing using dx9?

Go PC, you'll have a better experience and you'll get all the mods, which adds value

@lilburtonboy7489 said:

@withateethuh said:

The witcher 2 was most certainly dx9.

wow....you guys are right.   wtf, how can a game look so amazing using dx9?

Because DX versioning isn't necessarily indicitive of visual quality.