Should I play Skyrim on medium settings on my crappy laptop, or buggy PS3?

Let me start by saying, please honest opinions on which will give a better experince, lets keep this friendly.

My pc is a 2 year old Toshiba laptop, 512 video card, 4.00GB ram, Intel Core 2 duO CPU 2.00Ghz.

I have skyrim for both PS3 and PC (i got them both as gifts). I can only play Skyrim on medium settings on my PC

After playing both for 10 minutes, this is my conclusion:

Ps3: better lighting, better colors, smoother movements and better FPS

PC: washed out colors, choppy movement, bad fps, lower textures (medium settings)

Now is the PS3 version really as bad as everybody says? Would it save me time to just play on PC and avoid all the problems that people are talking about?

PS3. Bethesda are working on patches as we speak. In a couple weeks I bet the ps3 version will be just fine. Aside from the normal bugs and glitches that are present in these kinds of games.

you'll be running the game at low with those specs get it on ps3 when the patches come out

Xbox 360 if you have one. KC_Hokie

Sorry, don't have a 360

In this situation I'd say play the PS triple version. If you do start to have these frame rate/lag problems and it becomes un-bearable then you could also switch to the PC version later.

you should just skip on the game and not touch it till March next year, should be $19 by that time and you'll know the game hopefully will be patched up, in my opnion i would say skip it as a whole and dont even play it

If you can have a stable FPS rate on the laptop,at least on Low settings,I recommend playing it on the laptop since it will give you mod support,also the game is less buggy on the PC...

you should just skip on the game and not touch it till March next year, should be $19 by that time and you'll know the game hopefully will be patched up, in my opnion i would say skip it as a whole and dont even play it

finalstar2007

if it runs smoothly on medium, then laptop.BrunoBRS

On medium settings on my laptop, it runs at about 15-20 fps, but consistently. On low, its really really bad

you should just skip on the game and not touch it till March next year, should be $19 by that time and you'll know the game hopefully will be patched up, in my opnion i would say skip it as a whole and dont even play it

finalstar2007

If you read my original post, It says that I got them both as gifts. I have them both. I even tried them out, and gave you information on how they looked. look at my original post

PC You would have to be crazy it to buy it on PS3, Obsidion pretty much confirmed the game won't even be fixed on PS3. Use your Ps3 for exclusives not multiplatsgrassotall

As I stated in the original post, I already have them both for ps3 and pc. I got them as gifts. I just don't want to waste 60 hours of my life by gettting lagged out by the PS3. But, at the same time, my PC runs it on medium at around 15-20 fps and it looks like crap relative to my ps3 version

I'd "risk" it and go with the PS3. At least it will run better...initially.

Xbox 360 if you have one. KC_Hokie

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]if it runs smoothly on medium, then laptop.porlino87

On medium settings on my laptop, it runs at about 15-20 fps, but consistently. On low, its really really bad

In your case, play the PS3 version and hope that the patches hit before you hit that dreaded unplayable scenario so many people are talking about. If for some reason the patches don't hit and you want more Skyrim you have the PC version as a back-up.

I actually just returned my unopened ps3 version because of all the talks of the game-breaking bug. I'll probably regret it when and if they can patch it. But at least now I run it on my laptop on low/medium settings with decent framerate. Just thing though, with the pc version you get the benefits of mods. So that's one advantage. I wanted it for the ps3 because I wanted to be able to sit down on a couch and play it on my big screen. I just settled with doing that with my laptop and using my ps3 controller. Same effect + beenfits of mods.

But the only difference between our situation is that 20 FPS on your laptop doesn't sound too pleasant. I don't htink I'd be able to play it for long if I was running 20 fps. So really the decision is to either put faith in Bethesda and hope the patch will ultimately fix the problem or suffer it on the pc with choppy gameplay but the benefits of mods. Your choice. Good luck.

Looks like you should just play the PS3 version. May God have mercy on you.

[QUOTE="porlino87"]

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]if it runs smoothly on medium, then laptop.Diviniuz

On medium settings on my laptop, it runs at about 15-20 fps, but consistently. On low, its really really bad

no, AA is off. I basically chose "medium" and had to turn off AA and all reflections

Looks like you should just play the PS3 version. May God have mercy on you.

Ross_the_Boss6

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1214198p1.html

These tips supposedly cause Skyrim to work better on the PS3.

I haven't tried it myself but it might work.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Xbox 360 if you have one. mrmusicman247