Graphics

gramps001 · Post by **gramps001** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:18 pm

Hey,

What do you recommend in the way of graphics cards to run Oblivion with little to no problems such as crashing. I've a Nvidia GeForce FX series card that just isn't up to the task. I had to download Oldblivion to play the game.

So I'm not looking to spend millions on a new card somwhere in the pricerange of 150 -200 $ to purchase a card.

Thanks,
Gramps

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:08 pm

Amazon.com: NVidia GeForce 6600 512MB PCI Express Video Card w/DVI/TVOut: Electronics

That card my friend would do you quite well with oblivion, I would estimate "medium" graphics.

gramps001 · Post by **gramps001** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:18 pm

Danke

Thanks,

Do you know if Ubuntu Linux can auto config it? or is there a royal pain in the but involved to get it working?

Just another question, I understand that Cedega supports Oblivion, does it in turn support OldBlivion. Just wondering in case I cannot get the card, I can at least get everything set up until I purchase the card.

Gramps

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:08 pm

I have no idea, never worked with Linux and have no clue what Cadega is.

You might ask about that in the tech support.

Alien_Newborn · Post by **Alien_Newborn** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:05 pm

When I needed a graphics card, I went for the Saphire ATI Radeon x1600 pro 512mb, which only cost $129 american (somehow) and it can run everything on full graphics with no lagging. Also, when I originally bought one, it had the wrong interface (PCI-E, but I had AGP8X

), but then I sold it on Ebay for $30 more than I bought it for

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gramps001 · Post by **gramps001** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:18 am

Uhh

I'm not the most experienced person with computer hardware, more specifically graphics cards. I'm running the FX 5200 ( i know i said 2500 but i looked it up lol ) and I has two input for the monitor. One that is most widly used and one that isn't. I believe the Radeons have a monitor imput that isn't the one most commonly used therefore prolly not going for it unless you have a quick CHEAP solution for it.

gramps001 · Post by **gramps001** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:43 am

Radeon

Searched ATI Radeon x1600 pro 512mb on froogle and it came up with cards that fit the discription from 99$ - 375$ so whats the difference?

Kruszakus · Post by **Kruszakus** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:04 am

I had a problem. Whenever someone used chameleon or invisibility spell in my sight range there was a lot of static on the screen, just could not work it out why it was happening. Has anybody here had the same problem?

gramps001 · Post by **gramps001** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:57 am

Static?

Try opening up your machine and taking a vacume to it and cleaning out the dust. Take out the card and reset it. If could be somthing with that, not the one to tell you, but thats where i would start.

Lucita · Post by **Lucita** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:31 am

gramps001 wrote:I'm not the most experienced person with computer hardware, more specifically graphics cards. I'm running the FX 5200 ( i know i said 2500 but i looked it up lol ) and I has two input for the monitor. One that is most widly used and one that isn't. I believe the Radeons have a monitor imput that isn't the one most commonly used therefore prolly not going for it unless you have a quick CHEAP solution for it.

Eh...pardon ?

Most newer cards don't come with the old VGA plugin anymore, they use DVI ( besides you easily get adapters ).
Most ATI cards come in the XTX, XT, XL, PRO, GT, GTO versions ( first one is the highest version ), that's what makes the cards cheaper or more expensive. Then there are All-In-Wonder cards, which are TV tuner cards too ( these usually have an additional SVideo or Component plugin for the TV ).

For Oblivion I wouldn't start with anything less then the older ATI X800 XT or ATI X850 Pro cards or G6800 series for Nvidia. If you want to invest a bit, the new Nvidia Geforce 7900 GTO from MSI ( 512 MB RAM ) costs about 250 € ( around 280 $ ) and is comparable to Geforce cards 100 to 150 bucks more ( don't know if it comes in AGP and PCIe though ).

Alien_Newborn · Post by **Alien_Newborn** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:42 pm

gramps001 wrote:Searched ATI Radeon x1600 pro 512mb on froogle and it came up with cards that fit the discription from 99$ - 375$ so whats the difference?

Well, that's like asking why the price range for the new 3.8 ghz processor that I'm buying is in between $221 and $920 american: some people sell at reasonable prices, some people seem to want to go bankrupt, and some people think they can get away selling something at 250% of it's real value. Oh, and I got mine off of ebay, if that makes much of a difference

REal953 · Post by **REal953** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:56 am

I have a ATIX600 256Mb and i works great and it was cheap.