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[Marxist ßastard]

The Xenon CPU is a custom processor based on PowerPC technology...  at 3.5+ GHz.  The Xenon CPU can issue two instructions per clock cycle...

Not much information here. Comparisons by clock speed don't work too well even within architectures, let alone between a PowerPC chip and an X86 chip. All I can say is not to let the clock speed startle you just yet, seeing as how the IPC is somewhat low.

The CPU includes three independent processors (cores) on a single die.

So you might -- just might -- see optimizations in the code for SMP systems.

The Xenon GPU is a custom 500+ MHz graphics processor from ATi.

The graphics card will be pretty much circuit-for-circuit an ATi R520, the exception being a noted lack of memory (see below).

Xenon has 256+ MB of unified memory...

After the video card has taken its piece, the thing has a sum total of 8k system memory.

Get ready for Pong: 360.

A look at what's being emanated from the horse's mouth largely confirms these specifications, with the exception of doubling the memory capacity, and adds a benchmark:

Overall System Floating-Point Performance:  1 TFLOP

This would seem to indicate to you that the system is processor-heavy, in comparison to PCs that get a couple dozen GFLOPS. You have been deceived. Console benchmarks of this nature include all system components -- not just the processor, as in PCs -- and thus effectively simulate what would happen if code used the graphics card to calculate the sum of 2.5 and 1.5. Also, this benchmark is on par with BogoMIPS in usefulness, seeing as how it only measures pure floating-point performance.

I would ask you to compare that figure with the Playstation 3's declared 2 TFLOP rating, but I digress.

[Dilvish]

Microsoft's goal is probably to beat the gaming performance of even very high-end PCs with the new Xbox. The new consoles will lead the pack for a while. PCs won't be left behind for long though.
The minimum system requirements for Oblivion are what's most important to many of us PC gamers now.

[Kissimurra]

Well, thansk for the info Marxist ßastard.

Enough said for me.

[Akrid]

Oh NOes!!!!

I got;

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce FX Go5600
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ALIENWARE
System Model: Area-51
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 283MB used, 2642MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c

I only got a 5600! and I still overheat at a temp of 60-70 on adverage. Im gunna need a new PC?

[Switch]

You definitely need a new graphics card. The FX5600, if it's anything like the 5200, sucks quite badly. The rest looks okay though.

Just depends if you can fit a graphics card, or whether you can find someone to. If you get the new card it'll have a new fan on it anyway. Or do you mean your CPU is overheating?

[Kissimurra]

Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)

You processor is a dual core processor, that doesnt mean that your PC has 2 CPUs

But Its a good computer exept for the gfx card.

I think that Oblivion will take advantage of Dual Core/Multi Thread processors because Xbox 360's processor is a tripple core CPU wich is multi threaded

With a new graphics card you will defineetly be able to run Oblivion!

[Akrid]

You definitely need a new graphics card. The FX5600, if it's anything like the 5200, sucks quite badly. The rest looks okay though.

Just depends if you can fit a graphics card, or whether you can find someone to. If you get the new card it'll have a new fan on it anyway. Or do you mean your CPU is overheating?

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant update my card, My computer is a laptop!!! I need to sell it and buy a desktop. I have a laptop becausewhen I was in the navy I needed a small storable computer. Now im screwed!!! ill be lucky to get half its value on ebay.

[Marxist ßastard]

You processor is a dual core processor, that doesnt mean that your PC has 2 CPUs

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His chip is an HT number; that doesn't mean he has a dual core processor.

I was in the navy

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This explains... So much.

[Dilvish]

Akrid, That sounds like a really good laptop. The way this thread is going, we'll all soon be convinced that Oblivion won't run on any of our machines.

[Akrid]

Well battle field 2 wont run on my alien cause it says incompatable graphix card. So if that wont even start to try to run, Oblivion most likely wont. I may end up sellign this computer to my brother, and ill buy a desktop.