Skyrim has been released on pretty much every platform available, and thanks to its age, the game can run on even the more basic laptops. This game, in particular, is incredibly mod-friendly and it's easy to find thousands of community-made mods available, but often require a more powerful system. Where do you start then? We've rounded up some of the best laptops for playing Skyrim: Special Edition.
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Skyrim: Special Edition isn't an intense game to run, but it still needs a dedicated GPU of some sort. You could likely get away with integrated graphics from Intel, but an MX150 GPU from NVIDIA or AMD Ryzen CPU with integrated Radeon graphics is a must. All the laptops we've included in our collection will run Skyrim: Special Edition just fine. If you're still struggling to decide, we can help a little further.
The ASUS Vivobook S is excellent for not only Skyrim but general use too. It's not the best gaming laptop around, and you won't be able to turn up Skyrim graphics settings to highest values, but it will run the game at a stable 30 frames per second (FPS). For the price, you get an 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U CPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 1080p display, NVIDIA MX150 GPU, and 256GB SSD.
If you want to take your Skyrim: Special Edition experience to a whole new level, the Alienware m15 R2 is a better choice. Not only is it perfectly matched for the game, but it allows you to enjoy other, more demanding PC games too. If gaming is your thing, there are plenty of overall best gaming laptops to check out.
