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Old 11-10-2011, 09:12 PM   #21
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I have it already paid for with trade in credit at Game Stop. I'm leaning toward not picking it up, though, because I won't have time to play it for at least a month. By then I could just buy a used copy. I got the call earlier about arriving at 10PM and leaving with the game at midnight. Very tempting...
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Lame looks like I'll need a new video card before I can play this
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Yep. Hope to upgrade the computer next Christmas. Then I'll buy my copy for 25 bucks with the expansion packs.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:37 AM   #24
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Yep. Hope to upgrade the computer next Christmas. Then I'll buy my copy for 25 bucks with the expansion packs.
Hard to justify $60 for a game when I can wait a bit and snag the GOTY edition from Amazon for $20 or so.
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Going to wait on buying this game, bought Oblivion when it was GOTY with all the expansions. By then all the little bugs were fixed.

Plus, I don't want to spend the thousand or so dollars to upgrade my mid quarter 2010 rig.
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Old 11-11-2011, 01:33 PM   #26
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Default Re: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

I'm going to wait at least a couple months for bug-fixes, too. Besides, still more to do in Oblivion, in the meantime.

It'll probably be a good year before we see bargain-bin pricing on this one, though.
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Going to wait on buying this game, bought Oblivion when it was GOTY with all the expansions. By then all the little bugs were fixed.

Plus, I don't want to spend the thousand or so dollars to upgrade my mid quarter 2010 rig.
Shouldn't cost thousands, I upgraded at almost that EXACT same time. I only need a new video card which will be $250-$700 depends on what I go with. I'll probably spend $350-$400 (middle of the range) and that should be good for 2-3 years (not playing everything on MAX).
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Great game. In 7 hours of playing I've only run into one bug - it crashed on me. I have only done a couple of quests. I've spent most of that time exploring and crawling through dungeons. Gorgeous game and the controls are spot on.

EDIT: I am playing on High on my computer.

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I try to upgrade parts every 2 years...I usually do GPU's one year and then everything else the next year.
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Shouldn't cost thousands, I upgraded at almost that EXACT same time. I only need a new video card which will be $250-$700 depends on what I go with. I'll probably spend $350-$400 (middle of the range) and that should be good for 2-3 years (not playing everything on MAX).
My ( Had to go and C/P ) N250GTS TwinFrozr 1G OC GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP are acting up and I installed two of them on my rig, so that's why it might be a bit pricy, but I'm looking at rebuilding/implemented better circulation.

Plus, have to buy three monitors. . .

Stupid latest n' greatest upgrade tech bug
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That video card will really play it on high?

No $hit I see them for like $95 bucks.

I've got 4 gigs of ram I'm probably going to get 8 gigs but do you get anything out of having 16 gigs of ram?
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Gotta do more research, wee.

Maybe I'll just do my usual thing and salvage monitors, I don't need new ones anyway. . .
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That video card will really play it on high?

No $hit I see them for like $95 bucks.

I've got 4 gigs of ram I'm probably going to get 8 gigs but do you get anything out of having 16 gigs of ram?
That card SLI'd will run it on high. Two of them in tandem

Really - the 16 gigs is over kill on ram. 8 gigs would be more than enough. But I figure if something is worth doing it is worth overdoing.
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That card SLI'd will run it on high. Two of them in tandem

Really - the 16 gigs is over kill on ram. 8 gigs would be more than enough. But I figure if something is worth doing it is worth overdoing.
Thanks Alex. I figured that much

Interesting, I was told (by some stupid site I will no longer trust) that I couldn't play it.

I installed it, it told me I could indeed play it on medium quality. Fine by me for now.

WOW are the graphics stunning. I might have problems later in the game, who knows but I'll look into snagging a pair of those video cards or maybe some other one(s) sometime soon.

Thanks though
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Old 11-13-2011, 09:46 AM   #34
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DAMMIT! I did what I always do and outsmarted myself yet again.

I trained up sneak early and gimped myself. I think I can recover if I can figure out how to train up archery and 1h just a little more, to hit a couple of those perks.

quick question though: Any of you guys have trouble with the "Find the redguard woman" quest line? Without spoiling anything: The pickpocketed jail cell key won't open the cell. I'm stumped.
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Hmmm didn't do that side quest yet. I'm level 9 right now. So far it seems my build is going great.
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Old 11-13-2011, 08:57 PM   #36
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I've been playing it a bit on the PS3 and I will probably not have time for MW3 (which I also have) for a long time. I'm up to a level 15 now and have not even scratched the surface.
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Damn man, that's awesome!
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I was just noodling around after the first couple main quests (got to High Hrothgar and that's about it.) I did the Companions line up to... a point, then stopped. Then I started "Walkin da erf" (in the immortal words of Jules Winfield) and came across the mage's guild. Their quest line is just awesome. So I sorta got sucked in to that.

I... I don't think I have any depth perception left.

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