'It’s like watching Star Wars and genuinely thinking, ‘what about those poor Death Star construction workers?’ You’re missing the point: Skyrim is a huge and engaging world to explore and it treats you with great moments, from your first dragon encounter to finally being able to craft dwarven armour.'
We've updated our Skyrim benchmark to include the official high resolution texture pack, available as a free DLC. We set the game to its 'Ultra' setting and record a sixty second manual play through just outside the town of Whiterun during a thunderstorm. We use a section where we are able to run forward in a straight line for a minute without being attacked so the benchmark remains consistent, and use the third person camera view.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
1,920 x 1,080 4x AA 16x AF w/ high res texture pack, DirectX 9
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 1GB
AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB
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88
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96
70
87
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82
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79
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73
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2,560 x 1,600 4x AA 16x AF w/ high res texture pack, DirectX 9
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 1GB
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77
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54
66
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
5,760 x 1,080 4x AA 16x AF w/ high res texture pack, DirectX 9