ESIV : Oblivion - March 20th

[froma]

Hrmm. Do you think my ATI Mobility 9600 (128 MB) could handle it?

[rabb1t]

Remember it was designed to run on the 360, so specs are fairly light. Depending what res you wanted to play at you should be fine with most any fairly current GPUs. My system flys with it. I don't have things maxed, they did offer 'beyond 360' options for PC, but I have no trouble at all running with base options + high textures, high water, all water effects on, blood high (Fatality!), and all the fade type things at ~60% of max (default is like ~25%).

The guide is helpful, but they don't list the game classes. Tons of other info not in the basic manual to help you out. I'd guess 2/3 of the book are dungeon maps. *hides eyes from peeping those pages* Pretty worth the $ for someone who wants to know how to enjoy all the game has to offer. (Today I am considering starting a Thief type person to enjoy the ... city game aspects )

All that being said... for those who can't find a good base class...


"Paladin" - heavy combat + healing

Specialization: Combat
Class attributes: Strength, Endurance (To a smaller extent Agility)
Skills: Armorer, Blade, Block, Heavy Armor, Marksman, Sneak, Restoration


"Shade" - stealth specalist and city... explorer with magic backup

Specialization: Stealth
Class attributes: Agility, Willpower
Skills: Armorer, Marksman, Security, Sneak, Light Armor, Alteration, Restoration

[Nil]

Originally Posted by froma

Hrmm. Do you think my ATI Mobility 9600 (128 MB) could handle it?

If you've got plenty of processor, then it probably can. The basic OB client is much more processor-dependent than video-card. Max the options and that may change.

[froma]

Very cool! I guess I will have something to look forward to the next time I have some spare cash. Thank you both for your assessments.

[rabb1t]

http://www.elderscrolls.com/games/oblivion_faq.htm

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

[Cobalt Katze]

To everyone playing currently, let's see some characters! Since the creation system is so freaking detailed for a single-player game, may as well show 'em off!

I decided to make one that resembles me so accurately that I went ahead and just gave him my real name

[Jaeth]

Man, I wish I could post something - but I can't run the game. Yet.

[froma]

I'm in the same boat as you, Jaeth. I could run it on my PC but not in the way that I'd like to experience the game. I am going to see if formatting boosts my performance much, it is long overdue. If not I plan on getting a new computer this summer so I'll just hold off on playing it until then.

[Jaeth]

I don't even have a choice... My laptop can't run this - at all, haha.

So I'll do like you and buy a computer later this year.

[rabb1t]

Might help, might not: http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=36222

As to screen shots, how do you get them? I altered what was supposed to allow me to get them and tried to get a few, but don't see them anywhere.