Guessing the system requirements

wwwscottcouk · Post by **wwwscottcouk** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:39 am

Laptop Specs

Hi all,

Considering ordering Oblivion from Amazon but just worried about my laptop playing it.

I have a Sony Vaio Centrino 1.73Ghz, 1Gb Ram, 128Mb NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 Video card.

Will this play the game ok ? Any thoughts

Cheers

Scott

varkie4ie · Post by **varkie4ie** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:43 pm

eeeeeeeeee ill be able to play oblivion on max eeeeeeeeee this is my rig

p4-3ghz

2x 512 ddr2

nvidia geforce 7800gt 512mb

eeeeeeeeee

eeeeeeeeee

Rookierookie · Post by **Rookierookie** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:04 pm

#101: Yes, but no high graphics.
#102: Edit out the "eeeeeeeee"s, it's annoying

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:02 am

People bragging about their ninja machine is so agitating!

eeeeeee I have Athlon Xp 2400 eeeeee
ee I have 512megs of ram eee
eeeeee e I have GeForce 4 Ti4200! eeee

Oblivion will refuse to play on my machine! eee

ee

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:42 pm

My specs match everything but the RAM. I have 254 mbs. Is there any way to boost that to 512 with Virtual Ram????

EDIT: It says I have 536 mbs total. Will it run???? Or does it have to be real???

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:27 pm

Considering the game recommends 1GB of RAM (512 is the minimum), I really doubt it'd be enough, you should have at least 512MB of 'real' RAM, of course , I haven't tried the game so I don't know wat the performance would be like, but any computer will really slow down when it begins to run out of 'real' RAM and is forced to rely more and more on virtual memory.

You'll probably need to buy more RAM.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:40 pm

Well, I know the site is a little...off, but I worked with it and all, and found the trick to getting an appropriate response, it's like Adaware, you gotta run it a couple times to get a clear answer.

First-
Make sure you have NO viruses on your system. I did a system recovery recently and that was the second time I ran the test, getting a different answer, and a bit more of an appropriate one.

Second-
Make sure you run it about 3 more times to be on the safe side. If you get at least a similar response that your PC can run it, then you're good to go. I ran that thing 4 times just now after the system recovery, and got 4 exact same answers.

So, I know my PC can run it, maybe not at the best graphics, and maybe it's not got the recommended ram (but not the minimum, 760 or something like that), which I think I can deal with. Apparently it kept saying my processor runs at an equivelant of a 3.0, which it's 2.2 estimated. I think that's pretty nice for a processor, no?

But yeah, just thought I'd share that you need to run it a couple times with no viruses on your system to get a clear answer.

Joku · Post by **Joku** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:05 pm

Hi

Do you think 2.0GHz Athlon XP, 1GB RAM and Radeon 9800Pro would run Oblivion ok?

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:52 pm

Looks good to me.

Ashen · Post by **Ashen** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:10 pm

[QUOTE=Joku]Hi

Do you think 2.0GHz Athlon XP, 1GB RAM and Radeon 9800Pro would run Oblivion ok?[/QUOTE]

It would. The only difference between our systems is the CPU (mine is AMD Athlon 64 3000+) and the game is as smooth as it can be with a lot of things turned on actually.

Batesr · Post by **Batesr** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:15 am

Graphics card for laptops

I have 3.2GHz P4, 1Gb RAM and an NVIDIA FX Go5600. The game does not work at all. It appears that the graphics card is not good enough even though it passed the requirements test. Does anyone know for sure which laptop graphics cards will run Oblivion with good performance?

Joku · Post by **Joku** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:36 am

I bought Oblivion and it does run smoothly. So no need to upgrade my computer yet..

expat1966 · Post by **expat1966** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:03 pm

My experience so far

3.0 Ghz P4
2Gb 3200/DDR 400 RAM
SATA Hard Drives
Nvidia Quadro FX1100 Card (Run AVID software so cannot change)

Game runs like crap so far even in low quality - unplayable -

Looks like I'll have to get Xbox360 to play....really wish I didn't have to do that....

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:01 pm

Nvidia Quadro FX1100 Card (Run AVID software so cannot change)

Unfortunately, that's your problem.

Rookierookie · Post by **Rookierookie** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:39 pm

[QUOTE=expat1966]3.0 Ghz P4
2Gb 3200/DDR 400 RAM
SATA Hard Drives
Nvidia Quadro FX1100 Card (Run AVID software so cannot change)

Game runs like crap so far even in low quality - unplayable -

Looks like I'll have to get Xbox360 to play....really wish I didn't have to do that....[/QUOTE]
The Quadro FX1100 is, IIRC, 5700 Ultra level. If you have the money, you can try upgrading to a Quadro FX4000 or a FireGL X3-256.

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:25 am

[QUOTE=Joku]I bought Oblivion and it does run smoothly. So no need to upgrade my computer yet..

[/QUOTE]

How exactly is the performance and at what settings? I'll be upgrading by video card so I'll have a system similar to yours

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:47 am

I got my "Better" Comp back today, and would like to know if it would run.

Specifications

Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP1

Platform Learn More PC

Form Factor Tower

PCI Slots (Total) Learn More 3

AGP Slots (Total) Learn More 1

Expansion Slots 4

Processor Brand AMD

Processor Class Athlon XP

Processor Number 3000

Processor Speed XP 3000+ / 2.16GHz

Additional Technologies QuantiSpeed Architecture

Memory Type DDR

Total Memory 512MB

Interface EIDE
Ultra ATA/100

Capacity 160GB

Optical Drive Type DVD-ROM / CD-RW Combo

Audio Description Integrated Audio

Graphics Description Integrated Graphics

Video Memory 64MB Shared Memory

I'm pretty sure it was "State of the Art" when purchased.

Keep in mind, I'm more interested in modding and playtesting the thing, so graphics suffering isnt a HUGE deal.

Kharas · Post by **Kharas** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:55 pm

I'm thinking of buying a new laptop but I wanted to make sure it fits the requirements for Oblivion, and I have a feeling you guys know more about this than me. I think there might be an issue with the amount of GHz on the processor? Does it help me in any way that it's a dual core?

Specs:

Processor: Intel Core i3 380M
Clock speed: 2.53 GHz

RAM: 4 GB
RAM technology: DDR3 SDRAM - 1066 MHz

Graphic processor: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
2 GB DDR3 SDRAM

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:02 pm

Should be more than enough for Oblivion

Kharas · Post by **Kharas** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:06 pm

Allright, thanks!