The end of this month will see the release of the remaster of one of Bethesda's most-loved games, with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition finally releasing on October 28th. Now the system requirements are out, and like the game, they've been upgraded significantly from the game's original release.
Skyrim was released in the second half of the year of 2011, and its minimum specs included a 2.0 GHz dual core, 2GB of RAM and at least a DX9.0c-compliant video card with 512MB of RAM. Amazing to think that about 5 years ago, the requirements were that low. Of course, time and technology moves on and so we can expect Special Edition to require a lot more.
Here are the requirements, both minimum and recommended in case you want to compare your machine to them:
Minimum:
- Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
- Intel i5-750/AMD Phenom II X4-945
- 8GB RAM
- 12 GB free HDD space
- Nvidia GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD 7870 2GB
Recommended:
- Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
- Intel i5-2400/AMD FX-8320
- 8GB RAM
- 12 GB free HDD space
- Nvidia GTX 780 3GB /AMD R9 290 4GB
Bethesda have already announced that people who already own all of the Skyrim parts (that is the base game and all 3 DLC packs) will be getting Special Edition free. That includes everyone who bought the base game and DLC separately and the people who (like me) purchased the Legendary Edition which is a bundle of all four parts.
Special Edition will retail for around $60, while Legendary is around $40 right now. If you want to save money, you've still some time before the release date.