Will my pc run Skyrim smooth?

not sure about the graphics card , but the rest can handle it. And skyrims not too bad unless you use mods.

Medium at best.

I'll give you a helpful tip: go to http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

In this website you'll find a list of games, and you can test your computer to see if it has the requirements to run the game. It's what I use everytime I have doubts if my computer is capable of running a certain game.

This will clear up your doubts, trust me.

That graphics card is really bad, I don't think you'll get much power out if it at all.

Graphics card is one series higher than my old laptop, I used to play it there, you should be able to run it golden mate.

You should be able to play it at low settings with no lag I guess :/

Fairly sure the 5450 is better than (or at least pretty similar to my gpu) and it runs with custom settings midway between medium and high for me. Everything else in your computer is fine I think.

Your Graphics card should be fine, probably be able to run on medium pretty smoothly without a problem. Lower render distance all that good stuff. lol

I doubt you can even run Skyrim on low smoothly.

I have a fairly similar system.
i5-650
4gb DDR3 Ram
HD 6850

I had to overclock the CPU to 4.0 GHz to make Skyrim run with 60 fps at all times, but other than that it works perfectly.
Everything but Shadows and Item Draw Distance are maxed out, quite a few mods and the HD Texture DLC are running with it.

You probably want to disable v-sync and cap the fps to 60 with 3rd Party Software(Dxtory would be my choice)

search it on youtube.

Skyrim is not an intense game. It still the same game as oblivion with slightly updated textures. The game is only 5 gigs which tells you a whole lot about the quality of graphics. A game like RAGE (as shit as it is) was 20 gigs and the textures were quite amazing when they chose to load.

With a 64 bit os you should have more ram. It isn't required but it is good. Your gpu is also lacking but you should be able to run it fine. If not, I'm sure there are optimisation mods similar to those in minecraft.

It's very well optimized, I have a shittier graphics card (HD 4350) than you and for me it runs so smooth on normal/medium graphics with low shadows

I have a similar PC you will be able to play on high even with a few texture packs(I used one that modified plants/trees/water/and weather, a polygon increasing mod(makes objects appear smoother) and a custom hi res race) played on high with a intel q7700 proccessor(2.4Ghz), 4GB Ram, and a Radeon HD 6670 on a 64-Bit Vista OS there were a few spots where my FPS dropped but for most the game I went mostly lag free

my computer might be old enough that it might be DDR2 Ram.. it was a cheap pre-built from Dell after all

type in "can i run it" into google that website is pretty good at this sorta stuff

i always go here when i or any of my friends wonder.

im getting mixed comments , getting me psyched.

I ran it on my shitty net book (on low settings) so you should be good.

There are about 10 different sites you can check your PC performance for pretty much any game. You shouldn't ask a forum, you're guaranteed mixed responses because some people know your graphics card and some people don't and just want to sound smart.

Yeah, you'll be able to play it. Smoothly for an extended period of time is a different question though.
When I played I had to exit the game every so often to reduce the stupid lag that would eventually accumulate for whatever stupid reason. (Vanilla and Modded)
There are quite a few mods to prevent/fix that, none of which really worked.

And before anyone asks.
Intel Core i7 965 3.20
6gb ram
64bit vista
GTX 460.

Skyrim is well optimized. I play lag free in medium on my shitty computer (Core Duo 1.7, 1GB RAM, HD2400PRO)

i play it 60 frames per second on high graphics with a hd 6670 so your graphics will probably be able to handle it, also remember to update your bios if you can.

Seems more or less similar to what I had, should be able to play medium setting easy, high settings reasonably well but maybe with some difficulty.

you can run skyrim on Medium quality without any mods installed(speaking from own EXP) and am 100% sure as i got all better but the graphics card was the same when i played it first(using a friends account)

Sigh just download demo or pirate it and check if it will run if yes then buy it simple as that