What kind of system do you need for the Skyrim texture pack?

[FearoftheNight]

Totally loving skyrim but wouldn't mind some extra eye candy. Would the desktop in my sig do it?

 

[IcePickFreak]

Shouldn't be a problem. I run the Skyrim HD texture pack (not the official DLC one, but the real HD mod-community made ones) along with a bunch of other mods (Static mesh replacer etc, I'm at around 50 mods atm) on a Q9450 @ 3.6ghz 8gb ram w/a 1gb GTX 285. If you're talking about the official DLC texture pack, then definitely not an issue, it's lower res than the mod community made one.

 

[Qbah]

My 1GB HD5850 runs out of VRAM @1920x1080, Ultra with FXAA (no AA) when using the official HD DLC. On occasion I get pauses of up to 10-15 seconds. Usually everything's OK. I just learned to ignore that - the extra eye candy really shows

 

[Atomic Playboy]

From what I've heard and seen, you're better off finding community made texture packs than using the official DLC. The official DLC is a very minor improvement at the cost of a tremendous hit to your VRAM usage. It's not worth it compared to using a handful of mods to improve various textures and models.

 

[FearoftheNight]

ah ok. I'm running 1920 x 1080 with my 6850 OCed at almost 6970 speeds..if that makes a diff...I have 1 gig of VRAM.

 

[JimmiG]

I noticed no performance degradation when installing the official HD texture pack.