Elder Scrolls series: console vs PC

bayonetbrant · December 22, 2013, 06:07:44 PM

My nephew is looking for some info on the differences btw playing Elder Scrolls on PC vs xBox

Part of the concern is how powerful the rig needs to be to run on a PC.

Any input / thoughts?

Thanks!

Staggerwing · December 22, 2013, 07:15:36 PM

My rig does fine with Oblivion and Skyrim. It's an i3 (older type) with 4 gig ram and an Nvidia GT 430 card. Oblivion looks better on my PC than on my PS3. I don't have Skyrim for the PS3 so can't compare that one.

Bison · December 22, 2013, 07:30:42 PM

Not to mention the billions of mods you can add to either of the games and just add to the incredible replayability. As Stagger already said Elder Scroll games are not very demanding. Also the Morrowind is very fun too.

mikeck · December 22, 2013, 07:35:57 PM

Console cannot begin to compare to the PC for skyrim. There are so many mods available that I can't imaging playing without. Heck, just the ones that improve the graphics are great let alone all of the extra content. Plus the DLC's

donkey_roxor · December 22, 2013, 08:29:41 PM

I've got a Core 2 Duo and a Radeon 4850, and Skyrim runs pretty well, albeit not at max settings. It's definitely playable.

JasonPratt · December 22, 2013, 10:41:26 PM

Skyrim is very playable on PS3 and looks great. The mods can't be used, but I've got upwards of 200 mods for the PC Skyrim and have played it no hours. ;) Whereas I clocked 250 hours on vanilla Skyrim PS3 without even any of the three official DLC.

So, y'know, mods are great only if they can be, and are, used.

(Having said that, some games look and run better on PS3 than on XB360, and vice versa, and I'm not in a position to compare Skyrim directly about that.)

bayonetbrant · December 22, 2013, 11:22:25 PM

Jason - in this case, PS3 or 4 isn't an option. They have an xBox but are curious about PC specs

mikeck · December 22, 2013, 11:52:32 PM

When it first came out, i ran it on a pretty mid range rig with no issues. My old comp had a dual core with a 1gb nvidia card and 4 gb ram (windows xp). I had the graphics turned up pretty high two.

I would say of you have a decent processor made in the last 5 years (maybe an i5 or i7 multi core 2.3 ghz or better), 4 gb ram and a card with 1gb memory, you shouldn't have any issues.