Would this be ok?

AMD AthlonXP 2600+ 2.07 Ghz
1.5 Gb RAM
ATI radeon X800 SE 256Mb

Hmm.. if i were you, i'd probably clock my CPU a bit more, or even buy a new one. But this is just my opinion, what isn't worth much. Ask Dex if ye wanna be sure.

clock?

Check here.

YEp, that al seems too complicated an dangerous. ill manage with my setup.

Well, I'm going to be playing Oblivion on the 360, but I just ordered a new laptop. I guess it's a moot point, but here are the specs.

Gateway’s 7510GX Notebook PC
Athlon™ 64-Bit 3700+ FSB 1600, 1GB (512MB x 2) DDR333 (PC2700) ATI Mobility Radeon X600 (PCI Express) 256 MB 100GB hard drive.


Now, I realize that laptops aren't exactly your ideal gaming platforms. I'm pretty confident that I can run Oblivion, it's just a matter of how well. I imagine that I'll lose some performance on the hard drive. Thoughts??

Actually your performance loss with be a combo from generic ram/slower hd/somewhat dated graphics (though it is good for a laptop).

However, I share your comfidence in being able to run Oblivion

I have built my new computer today and it is hawt.

CPU:athlon 64 3200 2.0ghz
RAM:2 gigs
Vido card: 6800gt 256ram

it runs BF2 rome total war and hl2 on full settings so i think that i will be ok with oblivon

Dont suggest overclocking to someone who doesnt fully understand it, you can kill/damage your processor. You will be alright with a 2600+. You will have to buy a new heatsink to overclock it, and it really isnt worth the trouble unless oblivion runs slow and it is necessary. You have to know how to monitor temperatures. And achieve stability while doing so.

Didn't you at one moment say you're like 13 or what Nice talking there mait!

can I buy your old one? and what else was improved? I am going to finally post my computer's statsso be ready to laugh.....or cry that someone still uses these things...

cpu- pentium 3 - 866 Mhertz
ram- 128 and 128 add-on (256)
gfx- Nvidia Geforce 4 ( XD or something....) with 64 g-ram
hard drive- 30 gigs
OS- windows 2000
dunno what the sound card is.

I don't really need critizism, I know how bad it is....I lag even playing guild wars on the lowest available settings. I intend to get pretty much, or wholely..a new computer. Does anyone know a custom build site that is credible and on the cheap end....aka not dell.com, lol. I would appreciate any helpful comments and info.

Hello,
Where As ill probly be playing oblivion on the 360 i got from the pepsi contest seeing it definatly has more power then my pc. But im just wondering how you all think my PC would stand up to it? I just got done looking at the specs requirments for it and im definetly thinking maybe not lol.

My Computer is...
CPU: AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Ram: 1024mb
Video Card:GeForce 7800GS 256mb - AGP 8X
Sound: Is onboard

Yeah man go to www.ibuypower.com. I have had 3 friends and a few customers get theirs from there after my suggestion and they have had 0 problems. O yeah and its pretty cheap for what you get

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone had a list of the cheaper (but compatable with oblivion) video cards. I had found one before, but I forgot to bookmark and can't find it anywhere on google. Thanks in advance.

How does my system stack up?

Intel P4 2.66Ghz 512k 800FSB Boxed CPU
AX4SG-N S478 P4 ATX 800mhz FSB Board (Intel Video + LAN) 512MB
PC3200 400mhz DDR Compucase 6A19 Mid-tower w/300 ATX
3.5" FDD
Serial/ATA 150mb/s 120GB 7200rpm HDD
Mitsumi DVD+R/+RW Drive
MS Windows XP Pro.
VX700 Viewsonic 17" LCD Monitor w/speakers 1280x1024, 500:1, 25ms

Okay, to be honest, upgrading isn't really an option. I'm a poor, poor student. However, I'd thought I'd show you my system anyway, so that you can laugh at me and then hopefully tell me how (or if) Oblivion will run:

Intel 4 2.55 Ghz processor
512 MB RAM
Radeon 9600 128 MB
a crappy turtle beach soudn card...

Will I even be able to run it? And if I do, what kind of graphics and framerate am I in for?

My, this thread is getting long. OK, so my question is:

Exactly how important is a processor to the performance of a game? 2 GHz is required but I only have 1.5 (I have a laptop, you see, and slower processors are put into laptops because they drain the power supply quickly). Everything else I have is perfect though (1 GB of RAM, 128 MB on graphics card from FX series). Since I have 2x as much RAM as is required, will that make up for where the processor is lacking?

Its hard to tell you as each game is different in that regard. They have said Oblivion will need a really good graphics card to show the best performance. A slower processor might not affect graphics as much if you have a good card, but you might see slow downs in other areas. For example, when new area is loading and the computer has to process this new info, perhaps you might see a longer delay or perhaps a few hiccups at that time. I kind of look at the processor as a "master volume" on your volume toggle. Almost everything has to pass through the processor at some point so it just sort of affects overall speed.

As for the few posts above that are asking about specific systems and how well it will run.. Your guess is as good as anyone elses. Just sort of see where your system falls within the recommended specs and decide if each component is above or below what they are asking.

Hmm...
This is all I know about my pc:
Amd Athlon 64
3500+
2.21GHz, 1,00GB ram
I think it's a couple of geforce 6800 gt or something

What exactly do this meen?

Are you being serious? You have a top off the line PC right there mister! The only think I cannot think highly surpasses recommendations is the RAM with "only" one Gb.. But heck, that PC will run Oblivion as smoth as can be. How can you not know that?