Upgrade Your Pc, The "Upgrade your PC 4 Oblivion"-Thread Options

[Ambberfox]

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

[Neela]

The computer seems fine... at least the processor seems plenty fast.. but a 64mb graphics card is very very dated.

As someone who just updated their graphics card this is what you will need to do..

First find out what type of graphics card interface your motherboard supports. More than likely it will be an AGP or PCI-express. Once you know this you can start browsing for cards. I would recommend Newegg.com if you are shopping online. Just use their search feature to look for your interface type/amount you are willing to spend/etc. A 256mb card is going to be pretty standard now, but there is still a bunch of 128mb cards out there. You can even buy 512mb cards now, but they are pricey.

Then its just a matter of examining how much you want to spend vs. the features you want. Personally I would go for one that supports SM 3.0(Shader Model). The devs for Oblivion have said that they take advantage of it to improve performance.

Also be sure to read about any recommendations for the card. I just bought a Geforce 6800GT... and it recommended at least a 300mw power supply. I checked with Dell and found out mine wouldnt cut it. So i bought a new one of Power supply too at the same time.