Morrowind:Technical Information

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Contents 1 Morrowind's Hardware Needs 2 Official Hardware Requirements 2.1 System Requirements: 2.2 Supported Video Card Chipsets: 2.3 Recommended System: 3 Operating System 4 Troubleshooting

[edit] Morrowind's Hardware Needs

Morrowind is now an older game, but it can still cause problems on very low end computers. Basically any computer produced within the last year or two should be capable of running Morrowind, and any computer with a discrete graphics card (basically any graphics not provided by Intel) produced in the last few years will get playable frame rates. On the processor side, any computer produced in the last five years should have little trouble reaching the 'Recommended System' requirements. This page exists more for history's sake than an active attempt to keep the performance of newer hardware updated in regards to Morrowind.

[edit] Official Hardware Requirements

[edit] System Requirements:

• Win ME/98 (128 MB RAM), Win XP/2000 (256 MB RAM)
• 500 MHz Intel Pentium III, Celeron, or AMD Athlon processor
• 8x CD/DVD-ROM Drive
• 1 GB free hard disk space
• Windows swapfile, DirectX 8.1 (included)
• 32MB Direct3D Compatible video card and DirectX 8.1 compatible driver
• DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
• Keyboard
• Mouse

[edit] Supported Video Card Chipsets:

• NVIDIA GeForce 4
• NVIDIA GeForce 3
• NVIDIA GeForce 2
• NVIDIA GeForce 256
• NVIDIA TNT2
• ATI Radeon 8500
• ATI Radeon 7500
• ATI Radeon 7200
• ATI Radeon

[edit] Recommended System:

• 800 MHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
• 256 MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS, or ATI Radeon 7500 or faster video card.

[edit] Operating System

Morrowind will run on Windows 98 or later, including Windows Vista. For Windows Vista problems, please see this thread on the official forums. For users of non-Microsoft Operating Systems, getting Morrowind to run can be a bit more complex. Linux users need to use Wine to emulate Directx. Mac owners will only be able to run Morrowind through Boot Camp, which requires an Intel based Mac and a copy of Windows.

[edit] Troubleshooting

Morrowind is a bit picky about system configurations, and it is known to have frequent Crash-To-Desktop (CTD). These are the results of a memory leak in the game that has never been closed according to rumors, though Bethesda has never confirmed this. There's a thread on the official forums that deals with many common ways to minimize the number of crashes: Step-by-Step CTD (crash) Troubleshooting