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Ambberfox
post Sep 4 2005, 12:48 AM
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we still don't know what type of hardware will be required to run Oblivion smoothly on a PC but it's probably a fact that a lot of people right now are concerned about that their system might be too slow or lack certain other requirements.
What I thought is that anyone who wants to get some advices could post some informations about his system in this thread - only the main hardware-components, please - and then we could try to help that person with deciding what components need an upgrade - or if a completely new system is needed wink.gif


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Neela
post Sep 28 2005, 09:07 PM
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I currently have

P4 2.8Ghz CPU
1.5 Gigs Ram
Geforce 5200 FX

I ran that 3dmark benchmark program and only got about 1000 marks for video so I think my video card has got to go....

I want to buy this before Oblivion...
Geforce 7800 GTX
This has been the cheapest I have found so far for top of the line stuff.

I just have to figure out now if my motherboard/powersupply will run it.

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post Sep 28 2005, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE(Neela @ Sep 28 2005, 05:07 PM)
I want to buy this before Oblivion...
Geforce 7800 GTX
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if i had that much moey to spend a graphics card i would just buy the 360.

a point someone made a while ago: playing OB in your office chair on a 16" monitor, or playing OB on a 52" (mine tongue.gif) high def Tv with speakers that are 4 feet tall (mine also tongue.gif ) and on a very big couch?


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Ambberfox   Upgrade Your Pc   Sep 4 2005, 12:48 AM
Ambberfox   in case nobody is against it I'd like to start...   Sep 4 2005, 12:56 AM
ShogunSniper   *clears throat* not to good with cpu's but, i...   Sep 4 2005, 01:26 AM
Ambberfox   Hm, I'd say it's a little above average....   Sep 4 2005, 09:49 AM
Wurlon   Heh this is what I'm looking at, the regular x...   Sep 4 2005, 03:15 AM
King Death   I'll probaly get it for the 360 even though my...   Sep 4 2005, 04:08 PM
Ambberfox   somehow I've got the impression that I'm t...   Sep 4 2005, 04:46 PM
Wurlon   Nah I want to , but it will be awhile.... as I ha...   Sep 4 2005, 04:57 PM
Megil Tel-Zeke   Nah lol, i want it for the PC. CPU: P4 3.4 GHz Ht...   Sep 4 2005, 04:52 PM
minque   nono....I´ll play it on pc......hopefully the on...   Sep 4 2005, 05:09 PM
Megil Tel-Zeke   Well minque, what are your comps stats?   Sep 4 2005, 05:13 PM
minque   let´s see Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz 512 Ram 80 Gb HD NVI...   Sep 4 2005, 05:21 PM
Ambberfox   The CPU seems to be ok but I'd suggest more ...   Sep 4 2005, 05:34 PM
minque   Well the ram i am very well aware of.....and will...   Sep 4 2005, 05:55 PM
Ambberfox   Only updating the drivers will unfortunately not h...   Sep 4 2005, 06:06 PM
Megil Tel-Zeke   hmm my comp should be fine right?   Sep 4 2005, 06:29 PM
minque   ok..so how many MB has mine then? I know nothing...   Sep 4 2005, 06:38 PM
Ambberfox   hm, I guess it's a 128mb-card. Before buying...   Sep 4 2005, 06:45 PM
Ambberfox   as long as we don't know the official requir...   Sep 4 2005, 06:39 PM
minque   Why yes i will..thanks for your helpful comments t...   Sep 4 2005, 07:12 PM
DoomedOne   Megil I have the exact same statistics as you   Sep 5 2005, 12:41 AM
Fuzzy Knight   Hmm, I'm building a new PC - Gonna order the p...   Sep 5 2005, 01:56 PM
Megil Tel-Zeke   that monitor doesn't have DVI input only analo...   Sep 5 2005, 02:53 PM
Fuzzy Knight   Hmm, well I dont know if I'm going for that ex...   Sep 5 2005, 02:55 PM
Megil Tel-Zeke   I have the samsung syncmaster 173p which is cne...   Sep 5 2005, 03:02 PM
Fuzzy Knight   Nahh.. I dont want AMD, thought about it but I...   Sep 5 2005, 03:13 PM
Khaan   Well my pc's never going to be near xbox-360 s...   Sep 5 2005, 09:09 PM
Fuzzy Knight   Made a new list today, here's the "gaming...   Sep 6 2005, 06:45 PM
Channler   Meh Stats: Motherboard: Asus N8-somthing Chip: At...   Sep 7 2005, 04:21 AM
Fuzzy Knight   Well you have good time - When the system requirm...   Sep 7 2005, 02:40 PM
Chumbaniya   I think my PC should be fine for oblivion. Here...   Sep 8 2005, 01:00 PM
Fuzzy Knight   Hmm, well the screen I'm going to buy for my n...   Sep 8 2005, 04:12 PM
Ambberfox   umm, this thread went slightly into the wrong dire...   Sep 8 2005, 04:42 PM
Redvsbluefan0   My current stats: -2.4Ghz AMD Athelon 3000+ XP pr...   Sep 9 2005, 07:11 AM
molia   amd athlon64 3200+ (sk939) gigabyte k8 triniton (n...   Sep 11 2005, 10:42 AM
Channler   Yea, your gonna def need a newer vid card.. I...   Sep 12 2005, 10:39 PM
Infiltrator   My current PC that I plan on keeping once I get ob...   Sep 12 2005, 08:11 PM
pringles2233   I know that my current system will not run the gam...   Sep 25 2005, 10:23 PM
Ambberfox   I'm afraid 2 Ghz won't even be enough fo...   Sep 25 2005, 10:59 PM
pringles2233   would a cpu with 3GHz run it? if anyone could m...   Sep 25 2005, 11:17 PM
Alexander   I plan to get a new computer at the end of this mo...   Sep 25 2005, 11:05 PM
Infiltrator   Mind you, 2 ghz Athlon XP will be like 3 Ghz P4...   Sep 26 2005, 12:24 AM
Argo   i can only hope that my AMD64 3200+ 1024 MB RAM ...   Sep 26 2005, 07:29 AM
Fuzzy Knight   I've finally managed to get my final PC List f...   Sep 26 2005, 08:46 PM
HardCode   This will be the weak part of the system. Perhap...   Sep 26 2005, 10:35 PM
Ambberfox   sweet! how much would that lil' machine co...   Sep 26 2005, 09:33 PM
minque   Now what kind of monstrosity pc would that be? j...   Sep 26 2005, 09:55 PM
Fuzzy Knight   Wasn't that hard.. Had a stick and a bank was...   Sep 27 2005, 01:44 PM
Konradude   Ugh....check mine out. Don't kill me cos my co...   Sep 28 2005, 05:32 PM
Ambberfox   that's pretty much what I have,too. Except f...   Sep 28 2005, 05:36 PM
Konradude   Yeah, my parents won't do anything to the comp...   Sep 28 2005, 08:19 PM
Ambberfox   I think so, yes. But certainly with most detail ...   Sep 28 2005, 08:37 PM
Kaleem   Um.... sorry but no. Can you even play Morrowind ...   Oct 2 2005, 02:21 AM
Fuzzy Knight   Thats a good idea... If u lack some money and act...   Sep 29 2005, 09:58 AM
Kaleem   http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=125647...   Sep 29 2005, 12:30 PM
Imperial Slaver   I don't have the luxury of sraying at home too...   Sep 29 2005, 02:59 PM
Fuzzy Knight   Pretty sure it will manage to play Oblivion on lo...   Sep 29 2005, 05:39 PM
Moth   Gahahaha, there's no way this'll play Obli...   Oct 2 2005, 05:26 PM
Fuzzy Knight   Hmm... Well well, I'm pretty sure you could n...   Oct 3 2005, 02:22 PM
Moth   I tend to save a lot, so I've built up £290 (...   Oct 3 2005, 07:24 PM
Infiltrator   Here's a very helping thread regarding system ...   Oct 4 2005, 09:52 PM
Neela   Well I did some research finally regarding whether...   Dec 1 2005, 07:35 AM
Sir Radont   I had that EXACT same dilemma once upon a time. ...   Dec 1 2005, 04:08 PM
Fuzzy Knight   A little late news, but not here :P Because some t...   Dec 1 2005, 07:33 PM
Neela   Thanks Sir Radont... I hadnt found any power suppl...   Dec 2 2005, 06:16 AM
molia   GeForce 7900 is soon to come out, and this means v...   Dec 6 2005, 09:09 PM
ShotFromBehind   Alright well to start with let me add that I repai...   Dec 6 2005, 11:13 PM
molia   nice overall specs. and about bashing of the two t...   Dec 8 2005, 01:54 PM
Discobiscut   I have a ATI 256mb 9800XT 2.8 intel cpu 1gb ram I...   Dec 13 2005, 05:10 AM
Neela   I am not much of a hardware person really... but I...   Dec 13 2005, 07:02 AM
Neela   Well... my goodies arrived 51 hours after I ordere...   Dec 16 2005, 08:59 AM
Nashi_Tai   I just built my computer over the summer, on a tig...   Dec 23 2005, 12:12 AM
Chobeo   I'm going to show my age a little with this on...   Jan 6 2006, 01:00 AM
mplantinga   You can do that, to a certain extent. It is possib...   Jan 6 2006, 01:09 AM
Neela   Also... about a week before Oblivion is released I...   Jan 6 2006, 03:39 AM
DoomedOne   Would that make me lose anything?   Jan 6 2006, 08:08 AM
Marxist ßastard   Reinstalling doesn't necessarily mean reformat...   Jan 6 2006, 09:21 AM
minque   Very good tips here! I am only sad that I can´...   Jan 6 2006, 03:54 PM
Sir Radont   :lol: Can't say I've ever heard that ...   Feb 17 2006, 03:48 PM
Marxist ßastard   Four networked desktops? If the people behind the...   Jan 6 2006, 09:53 PM
minque   yeah...my girls have each a pretty good comp, then...   Jan 6 2006, 11:25 PM
Jonajosa   Case/Power Supply 500 -watt ATX Prcessor AMD Athl...   Jan 8 2006, 06:33 AM
Marxist ßastard   I appreciate your generosity in listing your big...   Jan 8 2006, 10:54 AM
Jonajosa   What I gave you was a quote from PC gamer. If th...   Jan 10 2006, 12:09 AM
Ragnar   I currently have an ADM ATHLOn X2 64 3800(dual cor...   Jan 11 2006, 03:47 AM
dwemer lizard   aye buy a nuw 1 :D   Jan 11 2006, 03:15 PM
burntsierra   Ok, before you make another post, take a look ...   Jan 11 2006, 05:56 PM
Ragnar   New computer or new graphic card? what kind of g...   Jan 11 2006, 10:45 PM
Neela   The computer seems fine... at least the processor ...   Jan 12 2006, 04:09 AM
Darkwing   The differences between 128 and 256 isn't actu...   Jan 13 2006, 01:49 PM
DaedraMaster   hey ive got the following intel p4 1.4ghz proc 12...   Jan 16 2006, 03:05 AM
Bofra   Well, I would retire that PC entirely, the only ...   Feb 18 2006, 11:10 AM
stefan   My system meets the recommend requirements except ...   Feb 3 2006, 11:55 PM
Olin   You'll meet the requirements fine :). the 66...   Feb 4 2006, 09:10 AM
ThePerson98   6800 should run it great. 6600 will run it fine....   Feb 16 2006, 02:45 AM
Holosiren   There's a reason why I'll have to buy an X...   Feb 16 2006, 12:14 AM
LinkBOX   meh...... ill have to do like i did with my old pc...   Feb 18 2006, 06:05 AM
Joeri   i upgraded my computer recently from: - 1.7ghz Int...   Feb 18 2006, 12:03 PM
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