Does The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have an FPS cap?

Yes. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim caps the frame rate at 60 FPS by default, so a faster graphics card will not show more than 60 FPS.

What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at 1080p?

By our estimate (±30%), the GTX 1650 is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 60 FPS. No published benchmark of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

Can a GTX 1650 run The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim?

By our estimate it gets about 60 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 60 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.

Measured FPS benchmarks

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim FPS

2011
88/100 · 4,355 ratings
Capped at 60 FPS

Role-playing

Measured · 13 results13 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 3/13

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released in 2011. We list 13 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 13 graphics cards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 3 of 13 times.

Frame rate cap: 60 FPS. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim limits the frame rate to 60 FPS by default, so no graphics card shows more than that. Our estimates stop at 60 FPS too.

Measured results

Published · with sources

60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.

GTX 470Ultra44Notebookcheck
Radeon HD 6870Ultra43Notebookcheck
GTX 580MUltra32.9Notebookcheck
Radeon HD 6970MUltra30.6Notebookcheck
GTX 570MUltra26Notebookcheck
GTX 560MUltra21.3Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8Ultra21Notebookcheck
Radeon HD 6770MUltra15Notebookcheck
GT 555MUltra13.4Notebookcheck
Mobility Radeon HD 5650Ultra10Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 630Ultra9.7Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 620Ultra9Notebookcheck
Intel HD 4000Ultra6Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, GTX 470, averages 44 FPS; the slowest, Intel HD 4000, 6 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

3/13 within ±30% · median +58%

Each dot is one published result: how far our model's figure for the same card and setting was from it. The shaded band is ±30%.

All 13 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
GTX 470	1080p Ultra	44 FPS	≈60 FPS	+36%
Radeon HD 6970M	1080p Ultra	30.6 FPS	≈49 FPS	+60%
Radeon HD 6870	1080p Ultra	43 FPS	≈47 FPS	+9%
GTX 570M	1080p Ultra	26 FPS	≈41 FPS	+58%
GTX 580M	1080p Ultra	32.9 FPS	≈41 FPS	+25%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p Ultra	21 FPS	≈36 FPS	+71%
GTX 560M	1080p Ultra	21.3 FPS	≈31 FPS	+46%
Intel UHD Graphics 630	1080p Ultra	9.7 FPS	≈30 FPS	+209%
Intel UHD Graphics 620	1080p Ultra	9 FPS	≈26 FPS	+189%
Radeon HD 6770M	1080p Ultra	15 FPS	≈25 FPS	+67%
GT 555M	1080p Ultra	13.4 FPS	≈18 FPS	+34%
Mobility Radeon HD 5650	1080p Ultra	10 FPS	≈13 FPS	+30%
Intel HD 4000	1080p Ultra	6 FPS	≈11 FPS	+83%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

RTX 409060game cap
RTX 5070 Ti60game cap
Radeon RX 9070 XT60game cap
RTX 407060game cap
Radeon RX 7800 XT60game cap
RTX 4060 Ti60game cap
RTX 406060game cap
RTX 306060game cap
Radeon RX 660060game cap
GTX 165060game cap

Cards that run The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈60 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈60 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈60 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

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No player reports for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim yet.

Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

CPU: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
RAM: 2 GB