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

[pringles2233]

I'm afraid 2 Ghz won't even be enough for the minimum requirements, instead of a new hard drive I'd suggest a better CPU 

would a cpu with 3GHz run it?
if anyone could maybe post a link to a better cpu it would be very helpful

[Infiltrator]

Mind you, 2 ghz Athlon XP will be like 3 Ghz P4...

[Argo]

i can only hope that my

AMD64 3200+
1024 MB RAM

and my trusted

X800 XT Platinum

will run this game!




...oh wait! i think it will! =

[Fuzzy Knight]

I've finally managed to get my final PC List for my building project... My parents is the only barrier between me and pure pwnage of every game! They think it comes out a little to expensive but we'll see

•AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz Socket 939, 512KB, BOXED m/vifte
•Asus A8N-SLI Premium, nForce4 SLI,Socket -939, Super Cooling pipe, PCI-Ex16
•TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB Dual Pack Kit w/two matched PC3200 CL2.5 DDRs
•Asus GeForce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 2xDVI-I EN7800GTX, PCI-Express, ViVo/HDTV
•Samsung 19" LCD Syncmaster 930BF TCO-99 700:1, DVI-D, 4ms, 1280x1024
•NorthQ Strømforsyning 4775 ATX 500W Silent, 140mm Fan, 12-17dBA, 20/24pin
•Western Digital Caviar 200GB IDE ATA/100 8MB 7200RPM
•NEC DVD recorder ND-3540A IDE Black OEM DVD+R/+RW/DVD-R/-RW (Dual layer)
•Logitech G5 Laser Mouse, USB
•Logitech OEM Ultra X Flat Keyboard PS/2, High End Silver Finish, Bulk
•Thermaltake Kandalf Sort, Aluminium Super tower

Hope the PC will do its duty in the coming time

[Ambberfox]

sweet! how much would that lil' machine cost you? And how did you earn the money for it?

This post has been edited by Ambberfox: Sep 26 2005, 09:40 PM

[minque]

I plan to get a new computer at the end of this month or the next, I'm getting one with all the bells and such to make sure I won't have to worry about it nor running a game for the next 3 years at least

Now what kind of monstrosity pc would that be? jeeez...I just hope this one will do because i have no money to buy a new one this year

[HardCode]

•Western Digital Caviar 200GB IDE ATA/100 8MB 7200RPM

This will be the weak part of the system. Perhaps go with a Serial ATA since you are going to spend a gazillion septims anyway

[Fuzzy Knight]

sweet! how much would that lil' machine cost you? And how did you earn the money for it? 

Wasn't that hard.. Had a stick and a bank was nearby... The PC will cost me around 17 440,- NKRs, around 1744 £ or around 2 732 $ I think

This will be the weak part of the system. Perhaps go with a Serial ATA since you are going to spend a gazillion septims anyway

Yeah I know... I've already changed that part to a Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM, got some advice from my oncle about it...

But its not 100% sure I'm going for that case right now, gets a little bit expensive so I might just buy a pretty good Aluminium with 2x120mm fans for 700 NKRs and just have that a little while

This post has been edited by Fuzzy Knight: Sep 27 2005, 01:45 PM

[Konji]

Ugh....check mine out. Don't kill me cos my computer's rubbish though.


512MB RAM
AMD ATHLON™ XP 2600+,~1.7GHz
GeForce FX 5200

[Ambberfox]

Ugh....check mine out. Don't kill me cos my computer's rubbish though.
512MB RAM
AMD ATHLON™ XP 2600+,~1.7GHz
GeForce FX 5200

that's pretty much what I have,too. Except for the graphic card, I've got a GF FX 5900XT I'm currently saving some money for various upgrades

[Konji]

Yeah, my parents won't do anything to the computer....they'll just wait until either the family or the computer dies. So...will it run ob?

[Ambberfox]

So...will it run ob?

I think so, yes. But certainly with most detail sliders set to minimum

[Neela]

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.

[ShogunSniper]

I want to buy this before Oblivion...
Geforce 7800 GTX

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 ) high def Tv with speakers that are 4 feet tall (mine also ) and on a very big couch?

[Fuzzy Knight]

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 ) high def Tv with speakers that are 4 feet tall (mine also ) and on a very big couch?

Thats a good idea... If u lack some money and actually dont have that much money for all upgrades but want to play OB its better to just buy the 360

[Kaleem]

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1256478

Notice I overclocked my processor to 2.9 ghz on air also .

If anybody needs overclocking tips, Ill be glad to help.

Im Damn sure Ill be able to run Oblivion on high and then some.

[Imperial Slaver]

I don't have the luxury of sraying at home too long, as I'm always on business trips, but think that Oblivion will own...

Just got 3G laptop the other day, it has the following specs

P4 3.2
1024 DDR RAM
Radeon 9700 128mb craohics card
80GB harddrive.

I know it isn't smoking, but it's a laptop.

All I want to know is will it run Oblivion at lower settings.

NB: A laptop is the only feasable option for me, so desktop and 360 are out of the question for now

[Fuzzy Knight]

I don't have the luxury of sraying at home too long, as I'm always on business trips, but think that Oblivion will own...

Just got 3G laptop the other day, it has the following specs

P4 3.2
1024 DDR RAM
Radeon 9700 128mb craohics card
80GB harddrive.

I know it isn't smoking, but it's a laptop.

All I want to know is will it run Oblivion at lower settings.

NB: A laptop is the only feasable option for me, so desktop and 360 are out of the question for now

Pretty sure it will manage to play Oblivion on low settings ye..

[Kaleem]

Yeah, my parents won't do anything to the computer....they'll just wait until either the family or the computer dies. So...will it run ob?

Um.... sorry but no.
Can you even play Morrowind decently with that set-up? Balmora must be a nightmare,lol.
I have heard rumors that the x-box 360 will play Oblivion fine but at low frame rates.

If anyone with a limited budget is planning an upgrade, I highly suggest upgrading your processor instead of your graphics cared. Why?

Because...

1.) Oblivion will be CPU intensive as oppossed to GPU intensive like Morrowind was.

2.) You want the game to be playable(ie. No chugging and low framerates)
instead of shiny and pretty which is what most graphics upgrades accomplish.

I had a 3.0 Intel pentium 4 processor with a ATI X800XL. I then bought a 7800gtx.
I noticed some improvements in frame rates with various intensive games and benchmarks but not much. I then Upgraded to a 2.4 AMD processor and WOW what a
difference! My performance almost doubled and this was on stock settings.

3.) A processor upgrade involves more work but it can be much cheaper than buying
a new graphics card.

A AMD2.0 processor. Which could easily be overclocked to 2.8 or even 3.0 with
the proper aftermarket heat sink.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103537
The best motherboard on the planet IMO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813136159
by the way, Intel sucks for games.

This post has been edited by Kaleem: Oct 2 2005, 02:48 AM

[Moth]

Gahahaha, there's no way this'll play Oblivion. Luckily, I plan on upgrading. Any advice? ;D

Pentium 4 2.5GHz
512MB RAM
Radeon 9200 SE [128MB]