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

By our estimate (±30%), the Radeon RX 6600 is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 93 FPS. No published benchmark of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

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

By our estimate it gets about 87 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 56 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition?

Steam lists NVIDIA GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD 7870 2GB graphics, Intel i5-750/AMD Phenom II X4-945 and 8 GB of RAM as the minimum.

FPS estimates

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition FPS

2016
88/100 · 428 ratings

Role-playing
Adventure
RPG

Estimates only · ±30%

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition was released in 2016. No published benchmark of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition is in our dataset yet, so every FPS figure on this page is an estimate. Steam lists NVIDIA GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD 7870 2GB as the minimum graphics card, an entry-level card by today's standards.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

No measured data yet. We have not found a published benchmark of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition with a source we can link. The figures below come from our model and carry a ±30% band. How the estimate works.

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

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

RTX 4090360model max
RTX 5070 Ti293205–381
Radeon RX 9070 XT294206–382
RTX 4070219153–285
Radeon RX 7800 XT187131–243
RTX 4060 Ti168118–218
RTX 406013393–173
RTX 306010876–140
Radeon RX 66009365–121
GTX 16505639–73

Cards that run The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition 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≈97 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈103 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈147 FPSAmazon

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD 7870 2GB
CPU: Intel i5-750/AMD Phenom II X4-945
RAM: 8 GB