Can My Pc Run Oblivion?

[modernlegend]

Sigh, despite thinking my pc would run it it doesnt, geforce 6200 of mine just can't cope, neither can my pitiful 512 of ram. Oh well, there goes my next paycheque to fork out for a new graphics card and more ram.

[Dullahan]

meh.. can someone tell me if this will work? its a Predator Radeon 9250 Video Card, PCI, 128MB DDR..

 

Specs

 

The Predator Radeon 9250 PCI is Mad Dog's Value ATI based graphics accelerator which provides complete support for DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL 1.3 applications. MegaClock enhanced memory and Mad Dog's LCD and Dual Monitor support underscore their Multimedia commitment to Uncompromising Excellence.

 

Features

RADEON Visual Processing Unit (VPU)

32-bit PCI Bus

128 MB of DDR Memory

Dual Integrated Display Controllers

Dual Integated 10 bit / Channel 400 MHz DACs

Integrated 165 MHz TMDS Transmitter

Integrated TV-output up to 1024 x 768

CHARISMA ENGINE II Rendering Engine

SMARTSHADER Programmable Shader Engine

SMOOTHVISION Image Quality Engine

HYPERZ II Memory Bandwidth Engine

Supports DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL

 

 

Will this help? I can't seem to find any cards for a PCI slot (please consider, i have a Dell 3000, and do not have an AGP slot. So, AGP cards are out.) and teh only card i found with Directx 9.0 Support was this one.

 

Power, Performance and Value!

The DOMINATOR FX 5500 AGP is our newest NVIDIA based graphics accelerator which supports all the newest DirectX 9 games. MegaClock enhanced memory and our MegaGlass LCD and Dual Monitor support underscore Mad Dog Multimedia's commitment to Uncompromising Excellence.

 

Features

256 bit Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

AGP 8X (Backward compatible to AGP 4X and 2X)

270 MHz GPU Clock

350 MHz RAMDAC

128 MB of DDR Memory

1.1 Billion Texels/sec. Fill Rate

68 Million Vertices/sec. Through PURE Hardware T&L (Peak)

4 Pixels per Clock Cycle (Peak)

16 Textures / Pixel (Max in a single rendering pass)

CineFX Engine

Accuview AntiAliasing

Digital Video Interface (DVI) Connector

Flat Panel Display Resolutions up to 1600 x 1200

Maximum Display Resolution of 2048 x 1536 @ 75 Hz

TV-Out Resolution up to 1024 x 768

Full support for DirectX 9 and OpenGL 1.4

DirectX and S3TC Texture Compression

 

 

It isn;t a AGP card, it was mislabled.

 

Can someone tell me which i should invest in?

 

Thanks!

[ThetaOrionis01]

I'm not an expert, but I noticed that the first card you mention claims to support DirectX 8.1 - Oblivion uses DirectX 9.

[The General]

I'm not an expert, but I noticed that the first card you mention claims to support DirectX 8.1 - Oblivion uses DirectX 9.

 

Low end cards are low end for a reason. I have a Nvid 6800 Ultra and a system with 2gig of ram and a 3500+ Athlon 64. I have a lot of the details turned up quite high, but with texture details set to large its unplayable. Seriously, this game is not for crappy low end graphics cards. Don't waste your time.

[Dullahan]

I'm not an expert, but I noticed that the first card you mention claims to support DirectX 8.1 - Oblivion uses DirectX 9.

 

 

Yes, i am aware. But if you read the other, it said that the FX5500 is compatible with the DirectX 9 games.

 

You know what? Have any of you even tried to use the FX5500? Or do you just assume it won't work, even if it IS part of the FX Series, which IS a supported type?

 

If these are just your assumptions, then i will just have to email Bethesda or something, to get the answer i seek.

 

FINAL EDIT:

 

OBLIVION : WINDOWS XP : RESOLUTION 23507

 

Q: Performance issues on systems with an Nvidia FX card.

 

A: The game does indeed work on every FX card, but the performance may not be what you want depending on your PC.(Dullahan's Note: Remember, i never said i expected perfection) We suggest upgrading to a better FX card (see list of FX "Performance" cards below) or even a card above that.

 

 

GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

GeForce FX 5900

GeForce FX 5900 XT

GeForce PCX 5900

GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

GeForce FX 5700

GeForce FX 5700LE

GeForce PCX 5750

 

 

Try these tips to improve performance on a system with an Nvidia FX series card.

 

1. Set the game options to run at the lowest possible settings. Set the game resolution to 640 x 480, low detail, and shadows off.

 

2. Run a scandisk and defrag on the hard drive

3. Shut down all background applications and processes before launching the game.

4. Make sure your processor and memory are above the minimum required, that will help offset the performance issues with the video card.

5. Make sure you have the latest drivers for the video card installed.

 

Straight from www.support.bethesda.com

 

Does anyone have anything to say about this?

 

Please, amuse me.

[modernlegend]

erm, I dont honestly know much about computers but as graphics cards go which would people out there recomend, as a price guide I'm currently looking at a geforce 6800 128, I know thats the reccomended graphics card, but I'm having problems with my 6200 at the moment, games carry on crashing and windows tells me theres issues with the driver, no matter how many times I try to re-install them. Cos of this I'm starting to have a few misgivings about reliability of nvidia's stuff. So, erm... help!?

[Howlingoak]

Again, if you're talking about FX5500 still, i've tried to run it on my FX5600 256ram and while it loads and all, the framerate is just intollerable. I would suggest saving up and going for a better card that supports shader model 3.0 and Direct X 9.0c. For a good list of graphics cards and their stats go to http://rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=0 . Pretty complete list. Use the drop down menu to select from other makers.

[VasDrakken]

Again, if you're talking about FX5500 still, i've tried to run it on my FX5600 256ram and while it loads and all, the framerate is just intollerable. I would suggest saving up and going for a better card that supports shader model 3.0 and Direct X 9.0c. For a good list of graphics cards and their stats go to http://rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=0 . Pretty complete list. Use the drop down menu to select from other makers.

I have a 6800 gt PCI-e version and I'm running the game with everything on no problems what so ever so the 7600 series should a cheap $100 card to aim for since it will have all the features simply slower, though siumply having a gig of ram may help things.

[cyberelle]

hehe, I am running at under the miniumum requirements....

 

I have like 2 gigahertz of speed, than one unknown to me graphic cards, use nvidia one and only 256mb of ram...

 

It's lagging, but what to do? :P Everytime I play for half an hour or so, or travel between cities, the game will slow down to a crawl. So I have to quit and restart the game, and that takes very long too.

 

I have no money to upgrade my com, but does not mean I am not having fun playing the game though. :)

[Firebeard]

I tried with the Nvidia FX 5500, got about 1 FPS with everything else recommended, with all settings on lowest. That led to my purchase of the Nvidia 6600 GT.

 

Hence, my question of whether the Nvidia 6600 GT would be considered under the recommended settings. I know it isn't a 6800, but still, the 6600 GT is a decent card.

 

Man, it seems my AGP slotted computer is just too old. Nothing on Newegg seems to be AGP. It's all PCI-E.