Recommended:

* 3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 1 GB System RAM
* ATI X800 series, Nvidia GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:

* Windows XP
* 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 X1800 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
* ATI Radeon 9000 series
* NVIDIA Geforce 7800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
* NVIDIA GeForce FX series
:eek: Hmmm, does that mean my TI 4200 won't handle it? No surprise there really, having just watched the 6 demo-videos at the official site (http://www.theelderscrolls.com/downloads/media_movies.htm), I haven't been that stunned by graphics since I played Atlantis Lost Tales :D

Recommended:

* 3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 1 GB System RAM
* ATI X800 series, Nvidia GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card
That's my system now except I have 2Gb RAM bugger does this mean I'm going to have to upgrade again :(

That's my system too :D Night shift paid off! Although I'm on an Athlon 64bit CPU, which I think is a bit better than a 3ghz P4 :D

Mine's a company tax-loser for me

Looks like I'll be running the lower end graphics again :( ah well...I might manage medium with a bit of juttering. I need to upgrade my RAM now *jots it down on the list of things to spend money on* :D

Although I'm on an Athlon 64bit CPU, which I think is a bit better than a 3ghz P4 A bit better? Try a lot better, you lucky dog ;)

1.9 Ghz in a socket A with 1.5 gig of ram. Just barely I think, but I will change it.

Should work on my comp, it being brand new. A different mattter is it any more interesting that the previous part. :hmm:

:eek: Whaaaat? My compy never be able to handle this much! Woe is me :(

not sure how well ill run it.

2.2 ghz athlon socket a
1 gb ram
6600 gt 128 mb


is it only on dvd? that would be kind of disappointing...I would be forced to use a no-cd crack of some sort since the only dvd rom in the house is in my dads computer..

Yes, it's only on DVD as far as I can tell.

:( I guess I won't be playing it anytime soon either.

To be blunt, your Titanium 4200 would beat any FX save maybe the last 5900 series to performance if it actually ran it... And even some of the 6000's. But it won't run on it, heh.

But it won't run on it, heh. I think it's because it's not a DX 9 graphics card. But I'm not sure...

I've succumbed and pre-ordered it i should get it week after next, the spec on my machine is the recommended except for the graphics card I'll let you know how it goes once I have it.

Does anyone know if there's going to be a PS3 version?

Presently not AFAIK.

Its on the games list on www.ps3portal.com (http://www.ps3portal.com) but I don't know if its been finalised, or whether thats wishful thinking :p

Should get my copy of Oblivion sometime this week, and I ordered a nice new GeForce 6800GS to go with. :)

If it is anything like the other Elder Scrolls series, you will need a 5GHz P4 or equivelant, 8GB of RAM, and four of the most powerful Nvidia cards in SLI mode to run it. Considering that Morrowind doesn't run at full quality on a Geforce 6600GT and even Arena needs a 486/100 or Pentium system (even though it claims to work well on a 486/33), their system requirements should not be relied on.

Well, I can say that after playing it for a few hours, it runs fine within the specs that they provided. My system is an 2.6Ghz P4 Northwood class processor, with 1GB of dual channel memory and a nVidia 6800 128MB graphics card. And it runs pretty smooth, for the most part. I'm running it at 1024X768 with full settings, but no antialiasing. Great game.

I'm so jealous. It's not released here until friday. :(

I just went at the official site and was suprised at the requirements:

Recommended:

* 3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 1 GB System RAM
* ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:

* 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


Note the 6600 and 6200 GeForce series are supported. At least here, GeForce 6600GT is very popular, i own it myself, and it makes quite the difference now that i know it'll run the game.

Morgoth, where did you get the specs from?

Same place, it looks they've been edited since he's posted them.

Now i'm not sure if it's for better or worse, that 6600 series are still supported. On one hand, i wont have to buy a new card just for this game. On the other, it probably wont be running as smooth if i did.

Ah well... goodbye high detail :nolike:

I need help from one of you techies here. If it says that ATI X1300 series is supported would GeCube Radeon x1300 be supported as well? It ought cause it is seems that it is basically the same card but from a different manufacturer?

It would normally be safe to assume that your card would be supported as well.

Minimum System Requirements:

* 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, MouseNow, would it be a stupid question if I asked how to find out what my computer has with regards to the bolded sections?

The easiest way would be to click Start, then Run, and type in "dxdiag". That should tell you everything.

I think one can pretty safily assume a compatible sound card; unless your PC is ancient, in which case you wouldn't make the other requirements.
Your video card DRIVERS should be 9.0 compatible, unless you haven't updated them in ages, in which case you should do so anyway. Don't know about how to find out the memoryness on your vid card though.

Now, as for my own speclist... Anyone with something similar played the game without getting major nukage? I want to be sure it'll run before I buy this game.

I'm running under WinXP
I've got a gig of RAM, don't know what type
2.4 Ghz P4 processor
Nvidia NX6600 video card, 256 Mb
Under dxdiag -> sound, I found an Realtek AC97 audio device... and that's mumbo-jumbo to me. However, I've never had problems with sound before, so I assume I'm cool here.

The rest is OK, that doesn't take a machinehead to figure out :p
Anyone near this give a shout?
:borg:

^ I'd like to second this with my own configuration... I'm yet to buy Oblivion, and I'm wary of doing so without a go-ahead from someone who already has the game.

P4 3.2 GHz
1 GB DDR-RAM
100 GB HDD with around 7 GB free at the moment.
ATi Mobility Radeon 9800 with 256 MB VRAM (I'm worried about this)...

Everything else is pretty standard.

What sort of fps can I expect on this set up? Its a laptop, so upgrading is out of the question...I REALLY want this to be fine!! :confused:

How well do you think a GeForce 7600 GS 256MB run it? Video card thingy needs to be upgraded for NWN2 anyway, and that (from what I can tell) is one of the best cheap options, so if it can work for this as well, that would be great.

Also, would 2.8GHz work alright?

Other than those two... looks like I'll be able to get the game this easter break sometime!

Rot -- I've got a GeForce 6800XT, 256 and it runs beautifully -- no lags, crystal clear graphics. You should be ok. 2.8 G should be fine as well. I've got a 3.7 with 1G of RAM and it plays as smooth as silk.

Great. Thanks a lot, Spelly :)

Hmm...I'm not sure if anyone would be interested...but I went ahead and got the game, seeing as my rig supported the minimum specs and I REALLY want to play this game.

P4 3.2 GHz
1 GB DDR-RAM
100 GB HDD with around 7 GB free at the moment.
ATi Mobility Radeon 9800 with 256 MB VRAM Now...I've set my game at 640x480, minimum everything, with 2x AA...no anti-aliasing is just UGLY!

Anyway...I've been playing the game for about a couple of hours...and I'm not very happy with the results I'm getting.

Its quite jerky when I play, and outdoor areas are killing me!! The enemies start chasing after me, but I can't see them till they're almost right on top of me! Framerates are low generally, with the best I can squeeze out being about 12-15 fps normal.

Is this normal for my specifications? If anyone could comment on this, and also if there is anything I can do to improve matters, I'd appreciate it.

You've got enough RAM but you are asking for trouble with 2xAA.

But I bet you can tweak it and run at 1024x768 without 2xAA. I bet the foliage is killing you. Try reducing or eliminating the grass. Check out this tweak guide!

http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=36222

Hugo, I run it with an old amd ahtlon xp2600. My videocard is a 128md radeon 9800. Ram is 1,5 ddr400. So you are safe I think. I have some grass, no shadows, and all the rest on medium. The water is just black. Antialias is off. resolution is at 480X3??.

It runs smooth with short loading times. everything is nicely visible, like sings, plant, items and enemies.

Rotku, why not try a resolution of 480X3??

@merlanni: What sort of fps are you getting?

After HEAVY tweaking of .ini file...I've got the following at the moment...

720*480 (the lowest widescreen rez)
Full view distance with Distant Buildings, Trees, Terrain...
no shadows
no water details (its just black, but who cares?)
no grass
mid specular dist.
mid object fade
mid item fade
low actor fade
mid tree fade
bloom lighting

With all of that...I get around 19-20 fps in the forests etc, about 24-25 fps in the cities.

Its just sweet when I'm dungeon crawling though...I can turn all shadows, shadow filtering etc to medium...and I still get 30 fps!!

However...I'm still pissed off that I have to tweak the game so heavily just to get it to run, especially considering I've got the recommended specs beat! :grr:

How do I know how many frames per second I get?

Press ~ to get the console,

Type "tdt" without quotes, to get the fps counter to show.

Its VERY informative about what sort of things are slowing your game down, so you can tweak your game accordingly!

Also...its :yot: but I'm really happy about this so I'll post it anyway. I've been able to retain all my graphics the way they were, and boost my resolution up to 848*560 (the wide screen rez just short of 1024x768)...and it runs crystal clear! I had to spend a day just loading Oblivion and tweaking the ini settings...but it was well worth it. This game is SWEET!

resolution 640x480 framerate outdoor:20 lots of grass 17 Jensine shop: 29 city: 40/20.

text: large
treefade:1/3, actor fade 1/3 item fade 1/3 object fade 1/3 grass 1/4, view 3/4

Distand land off, building on, trees on. spectacular distance 1/2

Shadows off, water normal, water reflections off, bloom lighting on, window refelection on, blood decals high

anti aliassing off.

AMD ahtlon XP2600 Asus a7n8x pro gold socket a board. video ATI 9800 radeon pro 128mb/256 bit. mem 3x 512mb ddr 400

@Merlanni: I'm assuming you are using a desktop and not a laptop like I am...as such, the performance of desktop cards is MUCH better than the same in laptop cards. From the settings I've seen above, you should be able to get more juice out of your system, especially as you've got more RAM! Maybe your Gfx card RAM is hurting you.

Have you tried tweaking your .ini file? It helps a LOT!

http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_1.html

Try them out. Some of them can crash your game, so try one or two tweaks at a time, and load your game to see if its all stable. And don't forget to make a backup of your original INI file! :D

Yes , I have a desktop, and as long as it runs nice, I will not tweak the game. I understand that I can play it with more option on and high, but it is more than good enough for me.

3ghz
2 gb ddr2 dual channel ram
x800 gt 256mb ddr

no probs for me - runs like a kitten :)

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
motherboard: Abit AV8
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+, ~2.5GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
display: RADEON X850 Series 256mb
Sound: Realtek AC97 Audio

runs with default high setting smoothly.

Should I bother buying Oblivion for my new laptop?

Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M70 notebook
- 2.26GHz Pentium M 780
- 2.0GB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM memory, 2 DIMMS
- 100GB hard disk, 7200 RPM
- 15.4" WUXGA TFT display, Wide screen format, 1920 x 1200
- nVidia Quadro FX Go1400 OpenGL graphics card with 256MB video memory

If I can't play with all the distant land, distant etc. options turned on, I'll pass for now. :(

Please, any thoughts?

Thanks!
Thrasher

@Sir Ai Razor: First of all, you're on a desktop, second of all, you've got double the RAM most folks do who are having problems, thirdly...your card is newer, more powerful etc etc. DUH!! If it DIDNT run like a kitten, thats when you've got problems mate. :heh:

@Thrasher: You can give it a go...but I recommend getting the demo or something first and see how it runs. Because in my experience, this game is VERY finicky and unreliable, and might run well on some computers, but not well at all on some. Technically, your computer SHOULD be able to run it on low - medium.

Pay special attention to the sound card required, i thought all my specs were okay and the game runs smoothly indeed, but the sound is whacked as soon as the combat tune starts :) Yeah stupid me of course, thing is, i still enjoy the game very much, and the sound problem keeps me from getting really addicted.

wish someone could make a patch for this though, '''substitute sounds for losers with an on-board sound card'' or something :D

Thrasher:

You might be able to get away with it. Its basically a 6800 Ultra "Go" with 1/2 the memory bandwidth. You've got the onboard RAM, but your pixel pipelines are pretty stripped down too. Hard to say really. Install the F.E.A.R Single Player demo and see how it preforms. Its probably the 2nd most painful game out there to stress your system. Oblivion is of course, the most painful.

I agree with Todd...however, its not entirely reliable to base your expectations of Oblivion's performance on how F.E.A.R runs on your system.

For instance, F.E.A.R runs at a smooth 30 fps on medium-high graphics at 1024x768 on my laptop.

With Oblivion, my laptop has been brought to its knees! :( This sucks, as I won't be able to afford an upgrade to another system atleast till November. Ah well... :(

Todd and Faraaz -

Thanks! I'll try out the FEAR demo. Is there an Oblivion demo available? I hope so! I couldn't find one. Maybe I can find a copy on the net, somewhere.... :rolleyes:

It's kind of crazy to release a game whose best advertised feature (great graphics) can't even be appreciated without a state of the art system. Geeze, this emphasis on graphics rather than gameplay is really starting to get on my nerves. Hardware and game developer conspiracy theories anyone? Or is it just pandering lowest common denominators? :p

There is no Oblivion demo.

Yup I recommended FEAR since there is no Oblivion demo. There is no Morrowind demo either, so I wouldnt wait around for one. There is no other game besides FEAR that has a demo and will stress your laptop so its only an approximation. Suffice to say though if you have problems with it you can pretty much forget Oblivion.

Yep...and you BETTER be able to play FEAR at MAX details, max resolutions at a crystal clear 60 fps + if you want to have any realistic chances of running Oblivion at anything better than 640x480 res, min details...

FEAR has more physics, real-time light and shadow calculations than Oblivion, so it requires a bit more, I would guess. Can't know since I upgraded my rig this January. :spin:

FEAR is much less intensive than Oblivion actually - but its the only game approaching Oblivion's resource usage that has a Demo.

They stress a GPU differently but I think they are both limited by the number of GPU pixel and vertex shaders that can be operating at the same time. One has all the dynamic lighting and particle effects that require the above. And the other (Oblivion) has simply tons of polygons to display when far distance is maxed.

As far as available demos to do stress tests, F.E.A.R. is probably the hardest test. A friend's AMD 64 3100+ w/ dual 6600 GS SLI could play the F.E.A.R. demo OK at 1024 with almost max effects, but my new lappy is gonna chug.... :o

No Oblivion for me.....

Well have you played Morrowind???

Its a great game too. Frankly Oblivion is not that much different - just far better graphics, melee and spoken dialog. Magic in Morrowind is just as good and the environment (graphically) is very impressive for its age.

Once you get over the different feel of the graphics design Oblivion really starts to feel like the same game. In many ways they dumbed down the quests in Oblivion to a fault for the consolers. Morrowind is a truer "rpg" in many ways.

I could run Morrowind acceptably on my lame laptop - half of your capacity. If you havent tried Morrowind you are definately missing out. I plan to go back to it after Oblivion.

Todd -

It's on my list! I'm still slogging my way through BG II SoA. Almost done, then ToB. I'm actually not experiencing ADD like I did with BG ;) Got that framerate up, so I actually may finish it without switching. LOL.

I can't decide whether to play the IWDs or Torment. Then there's the non-DnD skillpoint-based RPGs like Morrowind, Fallout, Divine Divinity, Gothic II, Arcanum.... hmmmmm....

Well if you decide on Arcanum let me know. I picked that thing up on a whim last month and loaded it up on my trusty laptop. I can't say I was too impressed. Graphics where pretty bad - its stuck in a lame 800x600 resolution and combat moves so fast its like everyone is on crack. Literally characters run 100MPH across the screen and go psycho with weapons and say wierd stuff. I don't know - I was pretty shocked. I've heard such great things about it though - I'll eventually give it another shot.

I think you need a break from isometric though ;) . Load up Morrowind! You know we are going to get busted for talking about other games again right? :D

Todd -

Please check your PMs. I better keep my nose clean, otherwise I may get branded as a troublemaker. :eek: