Hello people, pretty soon I have decided to finally start saving up for a new system again. I haven't gotten Skyrim, because decided I want to be spoiled with it as I can and run it as beautifully and smoothly as I can.
In lieu of this, the main goal: To be able to run Skyrim, with Bethesda's high-res texture pack, at or near Max graphics. I'm not a stickler for getting the best of the best, but I want to be able to run at or near max, pretty smoothly. With this I'll hopefully be able to run anything that comes in my path in the next several years.
Here's the basics of my system NOW:
Asus P5KC mobo
NvIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 @2.4GHz
3.3 GB of RAM (DDR2)
520W'er Power
Any tips on what I should get? I don't want to spend thousands of dollars but still want l33t performance. Lets say around $800 budget max. I want to get cheap, and I've been considering the 560 Ti, but I also want to be able to run close to max as I can, and some videos I've seen running it seemed a little too choppy for what I want to go for. Running max with smooth performance is my primary goal (as with everyone's I'm sure...but hey, easy goal!).
Thank you
EDIT: COMPLETE! With awesome results, and little expense. See my last post if interested in details. Thanks everyone!
In lieu of this, the main goal: To be able to run Skyrim, with Bethesda's high-res texture pack, at or near Max graphics. I'm not a stickler for getting the best of the best, but I want to be able to run at or near max, pretty smoothly. With this I'll hopefully be able to run anything that comes in my path in the next several years.
Here's the basics of my system NOW:
Asus P5KC mobo
NvIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 @2.4GHz
3.3 GB of RAM (DDR2)
520W'er Power
Any tips on what I should get? I don't want to spend thousands of dollars but still want l33t performance. Lets say around $800 budget max. I want to get cheap, and I've been considering the 560 Ti, but I also want to be able to run close to max as I can, and some videos I've seen running it seemed a little too choppy for what I want to go for. Running max with smooth performance is my primary goal (as with everyone's I'm sure...but hey, easy goal!).
Thank you
EDIT: COMPLETE! With awesome results, and little expense. See my last post if interested in details. Thanks everyone!