Do Fallout and Skyrim have the same required specs?

[YourMom]

I have both Fallout and Skyrim, but I can run Skyrim 20x better than Fallout (I can't even run Fallout). So I know this is a weird question but what are the required specs for skyrim and fallout?

[Colonel Crossfire]

Skyrim


MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
Memory: 2GB System RAM
Hard Disk Space: 6GB free HDD Space
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

RECOMMENDED:
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
Memory: 4GB System RAM
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher)

Skyrim Special Edition

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
Processor: Intel i5-750/AMD Phenom II X4-945
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD 7870 2GB
Storage: 12 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit Version)
Processor: Intel i5-2400/AMD FX-8320
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB /AMD R9 290 4GB
Storage: 12 GB available space

Fallout 4

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent
Storage: 30 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent
Storage: 30 GB available space

[Colonel Crossfire]

Also I wouldn't go by minimum and recomended specs. They are often quite inaccurate.

[Shadow]

Skyrim SE and FO4 have almost similar.

[Oparator Stalker]

In short Fall Out 4 is more demanding, I ran Sky Rim on way less on my old system, not even close to the min. But I built a new system so I could Run Mad Max and Fall Out 4. I never built a system for the sake of a game before, but these are my two games, and I knew they would never work on the old system at all.

[Oparator Stalker]

How ever I have not tried Sky RIm online, I do not have that...

[Colonel Crossfire]

Originally posted by Sherbet Lemon:

Skyrim SE and FO4 have almost similar.

I've found FO4 much more demanding than Skyrim SE mainly due to terrible optimization in the down-town boston area and horrific memory leaks that require hard-reboots to fix.

[DEVOLVE MINHA CACHAÇA!]

Fallout 4 and Skyrim both share the same Creation Engine as their backends, but Fallout 4's is a more modern, and more powerful version of it, so it has higher requirements (and less optmization like @Colonel Crossfire said above).

[huge penis swallower]

Nobody will ever be able to run the city areas in fallout 4.

[Colonel Crossfire]

Originally posted by FloorSkin:

Nobody will ever be able to run the city areas in fallout 4.

Pretty much. Just be glad if it's a stable 25.

[raubrey]

It looks like you're playing Original Skyrim, if you were playing Special Edition 64-bit the comparison would be much closer and you should be able to run it.
It sounds like you don't meet the minimum specs and/or have an integrated GPU (prior to the latest I7-8XXX series)

You could try Beth Ini configurator but I am not expecting much, in your case.

You look to be eligible for a refund < 2hours playtime.