I need Help with my computer setup for oblivion?
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My only comment would be about the external hard drive - USB. I don't think the tranfer rate would be fast enough to play a game on if that is what you intend to do with it.\nALso, is the 512 memory in addition to what you have, or is that it. 512 would not be ideal for a high requirement game, you would need at least 1GB.
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Press f8 for XP.\n\nhttp://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1643&page=2\n\nOr use msconfig at run.
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The best advice is to go to your local PC world or Curry's\nTell then axactly what you want and be guided by them.\nOr, buy a Which computer & laptop mag:
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There are PCI cards out there that will RUN oblivion, but you will probably not want to play it, as settings will be VERY low and framerates will be very bad. AGP is the slowest BUS i think taht would be able to PLAy Oblivion.... sorry.
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It all depends on the motherboard. Do you know what model number the motherboard is? How about contacting me? A lot easier to explain.\n\nNot true, Man. Some components like the processor and video card he mentions, will have to start with motherboard.
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Maybe this program will help: \nhttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1830362,00.asp
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I honestly doubt your graphics card is anywhere near what you need.  As for the processor...maybe, but good luck.  If you post what type of motherboard you have specifically I (or many others) can help with the graphics card.
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This are the system requirements:\n    * Windows XP, ME, 98, 95 and 2000 (2000 Server and NT are not supported)\n    * 500 MHz processor\n    * 128 MB RAM\n          o 256 MB for Windows XP and Windows 2000\n    * CD/DVD-Rom Speed: 16x\n    * At least 1.2 GB of additional hard drive space\n    * Sound: DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card\n    * Keyboard\n    * MS compatible Mouse\n    * Controllers are not supported by this title\n    * A video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver and one of the supported chipsets.\n\nSupported video cards:\n\n    * Nvidia GeForce 256 or Higher\n    * ATI Radeon or Higher\n    * Matrox G400\n    * Matrox Parhelia\n\nAdditionally, the following specifications are required for multiplayer:\n\n    * One set of game discs per player.\n    * Internet Exlporer 6.0 or higher \n    * 56Kbps or faster direct Internet connection is supported\n    * DSL or Broadband connection is recommended \n\n\nThese next steps are settings that can be changed inside the game itself.\n\n    * You can also change the video settings:\n          o To reach the video settings:\n                + From the Main Menu select Options.\n                + Select Video. \n          o Systems with 128MB of RAM should always run the game with video settings set to "LOW".\n          o From the Video menu select Texture Quality and experiment with the slider in order to find the best setting for your computer.\n          o You can also try lowering the Graphics Quality and Effect Quality in order to meet your machines level of performance.\n          o You can uncheck the Shadows check box. This will prevent the game from creating dynamic shadows for soldiers and vehicles and should improve performance.\n          o Try unchecking the Lightmaps check box. This will prevent the game from adding detailed shadows on the buildings, which should improve your performance.\n          o You can also uncheck the Environmental Mapping check box. This will remove the environmental effects on water, vehicles and weapons. This should improve your performance.\n          o Also from the Video menu, try to reduce your View Distance in order to increase performance. This will impact on gameplay since your opponents will see you before you can spot them.\n          o Try checking the Alternative Spawn Interface which will give you a black background when you bring up the spawn interface while playing instead of keeping the game view in the background. This improves the mouse sense in that menu on slower machines.\n          o Try reducing your Video Resolution to 640x480 in the Video menu. The lower the resolution, the easier it is for your computer to run the game.\n          o From the Video menu you can try to lower your Color Depth from 32 to 16 bit by picking your desired resolution with the color depth of 16 (800x600x16).\n\n    * You can try adjusting the sound settings.\n          o To reach the video settings:\n                + From the Main Menu select Options.\n                + Select Sound.\n          o You can try to lower your audio quality by checking the 11khz checkbox.\n          o Also test with lowering the number of channels used to 24 or 16.\n          o Systems with 128MB of RAM should always use 11khz.\n          o You can try to lower your sound detail to Medium or Low. This will prioritize sounds harder so that only the core sounds of the game get played.\n          o From the Sound menus second page you can activate Hardware Acceleration given that your soundcard supports this. This should improve your performance.\n\n\nupdate your drivers thats the first thing you should do:\nhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html\n\nHere you will find the latest drivers for your card\n\n\nAnd if all this doesnt help conntact EA games tehnical support by clicking this link:\n\nhttp://uk.electronicarts.se/pages/3673/\n\nI hope this will help \n\nGood luck
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Decayingmind is right. More than the processor speed, you need to find out what video card you have since most modern video card have their own hardware so they unburden the processor. Another big issue is the ram, you should have at least 1GB ram for most games. Lastly, it will depend on the game more than anything else. For example, FEAR is a game which I played but did not enjoyed fully due to its severe restrictions on compatibility. This happens for games that use the latest programming tools to make them look better. Unfortunately, FEAR's option for the people that did not have the specific hardware was having the game rendered in what looked like a Commodore 64 (very old graphics) computer. Doom on the other hand tried to get the best of using graphics but giving better options for the people that did not have all the hardware and hence it was very playable even without meeting its requirement. In any case, I would also recommend that you check out forum boards or support boards where people will usually complain about compatibility issues. Good Luck!
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It might, but it would be slow,\nIf you want to run Oblivion,\nyou need a good graphics card,\nand at the very least I would recommed 512 ram,\nI have a 3.2 processor, 1 GB ram \na very good graphics card\nand video card\nI play Oblivion, every day, and it runs great.\nIf you are looking to upgrade go to:\nwww.newegg.com\nI configure computers for people all the time.  I always buy my parts on New Egg.
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Is your power supply up to the task? it doesn't sound like it. Here is a list to help you decide.\n                   Power supply requirements\n\ncomponent                                                    Wattage\nMOBO------------------------------------------------ 15 to30\nLow end CPU--------------------------------------- 20 to 50\nMid to HI end CPU--------------------------------- 40 to 100\nRAM ---------------------------------For each 128mb--7\nPCI cards-------------------------------------------- 5 to10\nLow to mid graphics cards------------------------ 40 to 60\nHi End graphics cards----------------------------- 60 to 100\nHDD--------------------------------------------------- 10 to 30\nCD and DVD drives--------------------------------- 10 to 30\n Add all of your components and compare to your power supply.you need about 50 to 100 watts more than your components use.
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try anthor graphics card
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Well depends on the os you're running. So in general go to your desktop preferences and set up the way you want your programs to run (normal, max, min or other).
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go to PC world, they might help u.
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Go to settings, control panel, system... there it will show you your RAM and processor and operating system that you have installed.\n\nfor your video card, right click on your desktop, go to properties, then go to settings, then click advanced.. then click the tab for adapter.. this will show you all the details for your video card.
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Go to monarchcomputer.com or some similar website and configure a system from them for about $600 or so.  Pay attention to what parts are in there and then go out and buy those parts yourself, or as close as you can get.\n\nMost of them shouldn't be a problem, except perhaps the case, which varies depending on where you get your parts.  Good luck!
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chk ur graphic card especially the 3d support , go \n( start==run==type dxdiag , ok) then chk ur pc totaly