The minimum PC requirements, as tweeted by Bethesda's Pete Hines:

Dual-core CPU, 2.0 GHz or faster
2 GB RAM
DirectX 9.0c video card with 512 MB RAM
Windows XP/Vista/7 [32 or 64-bit]
Internet access for Steam activation

And the recommended specs:

Quad-core CPU
4 GB RAM
DirectX 9.0c video card with 1 GB RAM - GTX 260/Radeon 4890 or higher
6 GB HDD space
Windows XP/Vista/7, internet access, etc.

"The Min specs get you playing. The recommended specs let you play on High, not on Ultra," he wrote. "You'll want a beefier rig for that."

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim comes out on November 11 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.