'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, 8x AA, 16x AF, 'Ultra' Settings, w/ High Res Texture Packs
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB
EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX2 4GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G 4GB
ASUS Strix GTX 970 DirectCU II OC 4GB
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB
AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB
AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
AMD Radeon R9 285 2GB
AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB
AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB
AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB
AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB
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145
102
133
87
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85
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102
77
94
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90
64
82
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2,560 x 1,440, 8x AA, 16x AF, 'Ultra' Settings, w/ High Res Texture Packs
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB
EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX2 4GB
ASUS Strix GTX 970 DirectCU II OC 4GB
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G 4GB
AMD Radeon R9 285 2GB
AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB
Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB
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127
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107
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109
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74
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
3,840 x 2,160, 8x AA, 16x AF, 'Ultra' Settings, w/ High Res Texture Packs