Skyrim Auto-Detects Graphics to Medium

[MetaDragon]

So i purchased Skyrim, and holy cow, am i in-love. Anyway, i noticed something when i started the program for the first time. When Skyrim auto-detected my video settings, it set my graphics and medium. Now this not seem like a big deal, and i'm not real worried about it, but my new PC is more than capable to run Skyrim on Ultra. So i went in a set it manually to what i wanted.

So i need to ask, is there something on my PC that sucks, that i am not seeing?

I mean even with everything set to max, i don't lag, lose frame rate, or anything. Everything runs smoothly, and looks beautiful.

Here are my specs:

Nvidia GeFource GTX 580
Intel Quad Qore 2500K Processor
760GB HD Space
Windows 7 Home Premium
Direct x 11
Video Driver: 8.17.12.8538

 

[dokk2]

Could have been 'cause your video driver is one generation out of date,,[8558, is current] could be 'cause it Skyrim was originally wrote for consoles and ported to the PC as an afterthought,,take your pick, who cares ,your happy and that is all that counts...

 

[diellur]

I've got the same specs as you except I have a 560Ti. It auto-detected Ultra for me, so you should have no issues running at that. As has been said, likely to be a driver issue.

 

[MetaDragon]

Could have been 'cause your video driver is one generation out of date,,[8558, is current] could be 'cause it Skyrim was originally wrote for consoles and ported to the PC as an afterthought,,take your pick, who cares ,your happy and that is all that counts...

Yeah you are probably right. I know i shouldn't worry about something like this, but i just wanna make sure i am running Skyrim at it's best. I wanna get the most out of this game. Ya know what i mean?

 

[MetaDragon]

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