Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

[Alpha2]

Well last year when I thought my laptop couldnt handle HL2 I looked into upgrading the video storage, and I know I can only upgrade to to 64 mbs so i guess its better than nothing. I was gonna go through with it but then i re-installed HL2 and it worked fine along with CoD2.

Maybe now ill upgrade. Thanks for the concern though alpha.

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Hey dude, just got the word from my friend:

No he can't run it. Here are the min specs
Minimum System Requirements: New!

* Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-bit
* 512MB System RAM
* 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 128MB Direct3D compatible video card
* and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver;
* 8x DVD-ROM drive
* 4.6 GB free hard disk space
* DirectX 9.0c (included)
* DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
* Keyboard, Mouse

Supported Video Card Chipsets:

* ATI X1900 series
* ATI X1800 series
* ATI X1600 series
* ATI X1300 series
* ATI X850 series
* ATI x800 series
* ATI x700 series
* ATI x600 series
* ATI Radeon 9800 series
* ATI Radeon 9700 series
* ATI Radeon 9600 series
* ATI Radeon 9500 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
* NVIDIA GeForce FX series

His suggestion to me was that it'd be cheaper to buy a 360 at this point unless you have a PC you could upgrade. But of course buying a 360 for one game is just silly.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

well, my friend has a demo im going to try. Maybe it will work


thanks alpha

 

[DaveC]

His suggestion to me was that it'd be cheaper to buy a 360 at this point unless you have a PC you could upgrade. But of course buying a 360 for one game is just silly.

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There are other good 360 games too though. You have to have a top of the line PC to match the 360 for Oblivion. The 360 version comes with all options of the game set to full power with HDR, bloom and AA all turned on.

 

[declaration]

His suggestion to me was that it'd be cheaper to buy a 360 at this point unless you have a PC you could upgrade. But of course buying a 360 for one game is just silly.

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There are other good 360 games too though. You have to have a top of the line PC to match the 360 for Oblivion. The 360 version comes with all options of the game set to full power with HDR, bloom and AA all turned on.

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The majority of people have a PC anyway and for the price of a 360, you can now buy a 7900GT and a stick of Ram. You then have a high spec PC which can do a lot more than a 360. Plus there are a lot more good PC games than there are 360 ones plus PC versions of games are much cheaper than their 360 counterparts and can be modded (great for Oblivion). And thats not mentioning controls.

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to start a console v PC debate because I love consoles, but hate Microsofts approach which is basically to put a PC in a console case and sell games for stupid prices. Get a real console (PS3 or Rev) and a good graphics card and you will be all set.

 

[Rico]

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to start a console v PC debate.

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It sounds like an anti/pro-360 debate though. No console debates please. Merits of Oblivion on the PC/360 can still be discussed, of course.

 

[DaveC]

....hate Microsofts approach which is basically to put a PC in a console case and sell games for stupid prices. Get a real console (PS3 or Rev) and a good graphics card and you will be all set.

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The 360 is hardly a "PC in a console case" though. I don't know of any PC's that use a tri-core powerPC chip The 360 and PS3 are pretty similar in architecture by using multi-core powerPC CPUs.

 

[Alpha2]

As much as I don't care for the 360 I have to agree it's not as much a case of "PC in a box" as the first Xbox was. But the point that needs to be made which will get this back on topic is this:

Buying a system for one game is dumb, end of story. You shouldn't have to tell a person there are "other great games availible!", that just invites off topic chatter. This thread is about one game, Oblivion.

 

[FluffyPanda]

I've just come across this comparison on gamespot.

Not finished reading it yet, but the graphics comparison was interesting.

For the record, I am now playing it on my PC and the GeForce 6800GT is yet again proving itself to be an exceptional card. I can run it at 1280*1024 (my native LCD resolution, and higher than HDTV) with everything on full and it runs nice and smooth. Well, no AA since I'm using HDR, but that's no biggie. I haven't noticed any jaggies yet, probably because the pixels are so small in my LCD.

The controls are decent enough too. At some point I will get a 360, and probably oblivion with it, but for now I'm not sorry at all that I got the PC version.


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on the subtopic of 360 as a real console, it is at least as much a real console as the PS3. More probably since the PS3 is trying to be more of an entertainment center.

The PS3 will be impossible to efficiently program games for. Having 7 (IIRC) cell cores to deal with and seperate vector units is way too big a shift for most development teams to get their head around. I don't think we'll see a truely amazing ps3 game until it's been on the shelves for a couple of years.
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[FluffyPanda]

Buying a system for one game is dumb, end of story. You shouldn't have to tell a person there are "other great games availible!", that just invites off topic chatter. This thread is about one game, Oblivion.

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Yeah, but I am planning to buy a 360. The topic was more a "should I buy it soon with oblivion, or get oblivion for the pc now and a 360 later"

"Other great games" is a valid consideration.

 

[declaration]

I didnt necessarily mean the 360 was a PC in a box hardware wise. I was more thinking of it's image and the type of games it will attract- ie- many FPS' and some FP-RPGs (Oblivion). These are better on the PC anyway due to game cost, modability and controls.
For these reasons I would suggest not getting a 360 at all and getting Oblivion PC (well untill the homebrew community really takes off or when the 360 gets some really great exclusive console games).

Rico- Sorry about the off-topic-ness. I was just responding to the point about the 360 having other great games. Anyway many of the 360 v PC arguments about Oblivion also apply to other games in the 360 catalogue too.

It seems the original poster has things sorted now anyway.