Performance issue, should i get more ram?

[BossDweebe]

I don't think we are getting enough information.

What kind and model MB do you have ?

If your MB is also "archaic" you will not be able to use your processor.

I assume that when you say 2X processors you mean dual core.

The early dual core processor for AMD is socket 939, and is not compatible

with newer MB's.

I am not familiar with Intel.

 

I can promise you that if you have a pci graphics card

that you would not be able to run Oblivion at all.

It would not have the shaders or be DX9 compatable.

In addition there is no way a pci card would have 512RAM.

Look at your MB - White slots are pci / Blue = pci-e / Black =AGP

 

AGP yes. and a very few new cards are still being made

for AGP, but one or two manufactures are actually making current

models in AGP.

 

Having said all that. I run Oblivion well enough with a 939 MB and Opteron 180 @ 2.4

along with an Nvidia 8800GT (Very good card for the money) and 2Gig's Corsair XMS RAM

and 520W Corsair psu.

 

Yes Oblivion is power hungry, but so are most of the games that followed. What makes Oblivion

just a bit more than some of the newcomers is the addition of a lot of Hi Res mods.

This boost it's RAM requirements well beyond vanilla Oblivion.

[dezdimona]

Well i appreciate the comments and answers, i really do. I think for now I'll have to yield to the unbearably ridiculous demands from oblivion.

 

on a lighter note and slightly off topic, new pc!

anybody got a good website?

 

and if i built one from scratch, would i be able to salvage my 2 processors? 2X 3.0 gh is quite a bit, and thats the only thing making my pc worth while

try CyberPower