The Elder Scrolls V System Requirements

12th August 2021 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
Memory: 2GB System RAM
Hard Disk Space: 6GB free HDD Space
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

Official Recommended Requirements

Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
Memory: 4GB System RAM
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher)

PC System Analysis For The Elder Scrolls V Requirements

The Elder Scrolls V is using the Creation Engine game engine. Your PC will need a graphics card thats as powerful as a GeForce GTX 260 v4/Radeon HD 4890 and it should be paired with either a Phenom II X4 920/Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz CPU to match the The Elder Scrolls V recommended system specs. This PC setup will deliver 60 Frames Per Second on High graphics settings on 1080p monitor resolution. You should also have 4 GB system memory. You should also have 1 GB system memory for min specs. You will require a DirectX 10.00 GPU. This means you will require a 13 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

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Genres: Sandbox , RPG

	Minimum	Recommended	Ultra
Processor	Celeron E1200 Dual-Core 1.6GHz	Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz	Core i7-860 Quad 2.80GHz
Processor	Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+	Phenom II X4 920	Phenom II X4 980
Graphics Card	Quadro FX 380 LP	GeForce GTX 260 v4	Nvidia GeForce GTX 480
Graphics Card	Radeon HD 3600 Series	Radeon HD 4890	Radeon R9 270 v2
VRAM		500MB	1.953125GB
RAM	1 GB	4 GB	8 GB
OS	Windows XP 32-bit	Windows XP 64-bit	Windows 7 64-bit
DirectX	9	10	10
HDD Space	6 GB	6 GB	12 GB

The Elder Scrolls V PC Release Date:

11 Nov 2011

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4skintimmmmmmm

17:54 Aug-15-2022

Core i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz

UHD Graphics 620

4.00 GB RAM

MikewooHello3746

19:18 Apr-22-2022

CPU: Intel Core i5-9600 3.7GHz

Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 TI 4GB

Ram: 32GB

Lukerator

PC Specs

16:48 Apr-05-2021

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS on medium at 1080p?

Core i5-4288U 2.6GHz Iris Graphics 5100 Desktop 8GB

14.2857% of 7 people think this can run

Can I run ?

Merrona

PC Specs

19:45 Dec-18-2020

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V?

Core i3-10320 4-Core 3.80GHz UHD Graphics 630 4GB

90.9091% of 11 people think this can run

Can I run ?

Vpirulito

PC Specs

00:07 May-09-2019

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 30FPS on high at 720p?

Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz GeForce GTX 650 1GB 4GB

90% of 10 people think this can run

Can I run ?

Neehier

PC Specs

14:49 Apr-06-2019

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V on high at 1080p?

Ryzen 3 2200G GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 16GB

100% of 16 people think this can run

If I try to run at 'High' it drops to 50fps quite often.

Is that normal?

I'm trying to run at 75fps which works fine on Medium.

SpyroShock

PC Specs

14:27 Dec-25-2020

your CPU is probably bottlenecking the 1060 which is too powerful for it

WizTaylor35

PC Specs

23:35 Jan-03-2019

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS on ultra at 1080p?

FX-6300 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti MSI Gaming X 4GB 8GB

81.25% of 16 people think this can run

Can I run ?

ultraDragon69

PC Specs

12:38 Feb-01-2019

There might be a bottleneck coz of your cpu

darthvader45

PC Specs

20:04 Dec-14-2018

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS on ultra at 1080p?

Core i9-8950HK 6-Core 2.9GHz GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mobile 32GB

89.4737% of 19 people think this can run

Can I run ?

ultraDragon69

PC Specs

12:38 Feb-01-2019

even at 4k bro

Sugljesa

PC Specs

23:37 Nov-16-2018

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS on medium?

Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Intel HD Graphics 530 Desktop 8GB

83% of 12 people think this can run

Can I run ?

FallenDanish

PC Specs

00:54 Sep-02-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS?

Core i5-3230M 2.6GHz Intel HD Graphics 4000 Mobile 8GB

38% of 26 people think this can run

So I recently purchased this here laptop to see if I can use it for both college work and college gaming. The site says I could run this game well, but the game auto-detection and introductory gameplay says otherwise. Am I missing something

scribbles

PC Specs

07:57 Nov-02-2017

probably of the integrated intel graphics?

mcmxciv

PC Specs

16:50 Oct-07-2018

Intel HD Graphics 4000 can hardly get the game running.

boyvsbee

PC Specs

14:35 Mar-03-2021

might run at 35-40 on low 800x600, i had aintel hd graphics bay trail and run it at 25 fps low 640X480

Nibert6

PC Specs

00:39 Aug-24-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V on high at 720p?

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ Radeon HD 5670 1024MB 3GB

73.6842% of 19 people think this can run

Can I run ?

mcmxciv

PC Specs

16:52 Oct-07-2018

If you can get by with around 45-50 fps, then this one is playable at 720p. There is some CPU bottlenecking in this configuration, though.

DeadMetheny

PC Specs

01:33 Jul-18-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS on ultra at 1080p?

Athlon II X4 640 GeForce GTX 770 MSI TwinFrozr Edition 8GB

94.4444% of 18 people think this can run

Can I run ?

gabi505

PC Specs

06:08 Jun-18-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS on high at 720p?

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Radeon HD 6670 4GB

78% of 23 people think this can run

Can I run ?

johaken

PC Specs

17:51 Jun-11-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 30FPS on ultra at 1080p?

Core i7-6700K 4-Core 4.0GHz GeForce GTX 1070 EVGA ACX 3.0 8GB Edition 16GB

94% of 32 people think this can run

Can I run ?

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psychoman

PC Specs

17:54 Jun-11-2017

4k ultra with tons of FPS
or 1080p ultra with tons of FPS, you choose.

GuilhermeG

PC Specs

21:57 Nov-29-2017

Maybe 800x600 low 24 FPS.

xpxfxgx

PC Specs

10:50 Jun-01-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 60FPS on ultra at 1080p?

Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Radeon R9 290 Asus DirectCU II OC Edition 16GB

89% of 19 people think this can run

Can I run it with Enb and Texture Mods ( in 1080p Res ) 60Fps stable without drops?

spyrosaras98

PC Specs

09:21 May-10-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 30FPS on high at 1080p?

Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Intel HD Graphics 530 Desktop 8GB

12% of 25 people think this can run

Can I run ?

Note: Ram is DDR4
Note 2: Please don't tell me to change GPU, i need new PSU to power a GPU

mcmxciv

PC Specs

16:55 Oct-07-2018

You can get to 30 FPS if you dial the resolution down to 720p or even 800x600.
You can get a GTX 1050. It's a low-power card that can handle these games well.

GodCorleone

PC Specs

07:38 Apr-30-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V at 30FPS on medium at 1080p?

Core i5-5257U 2.7GHz Iris Graphics 6100 Mobile 8GB

29% of 14 people think this can run

Can I run ?

Mu3am1l

PC Specs

21:34 Apr-01-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V?

Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz Intel Q45 Express Chipset 2GB

47% of 17 people think this can run

Can I run ?

yospeh123

PC Specs

15:00 May-01-2017

I voted yes because i exactly have the same procie and once i had to played with g41 chipset (when my vga was need to be fixed) it could played but with a little lag and blurry (around 15 - 20).
u should be around 20 because Q45 is slightly better than g41

MicroGamming05

PC Specs

20:26 Mar-12-2017

soo, I not sure how that Q9400 scores a 7, and my CPU scores a 5, and then it says I can run it in high, but iam running it in high with AA on and getting stable 30 fps

selticus1978

PC Specs

14:06 Jan-29-2017

Can I run The Elder Scrolls V?

Core i7-6500U 2-Core 2.5GHz GeForce 940MX 2GB 12GB

100% of 21 people think this can run

Can I run ?

Flikeb

PC Specs

15:10 Feb-21-2017

your CPU ram and VGA can run it very well

selticus1978

PC Specs

00:48 Oct-11-2017

Hi there, will i be able to run skyrim with the High res texture pack ? I can run the vanilla at 60 fps solid with not a single frame drop