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Ive already made a thread about Oblivion but this one is more of a \"How do i get it to work!?!?\". I bought Oblivion (finally) only to find it doesnt work on a single of the 5 computers in my house. I wasnt too surprised that it didnt work on my 1.3Ghz (even before the bethesda logo starts it crashes) but my dad's computer is literally spot on min spec (except has double the min ram) but it doesnt have an external graphics card. The card itself is at the min spec (128mb) but it isnt a supported chipset but it should still work since it has the required memory. Annoyingly, i have the exact same problem as my computer! the only similarities between our computers is the OS (windows XP). I tried it later on the other 3 to get EXACTLY the same problem. Argh! I really want this game to work but nothing seems to make it so. Is the problem my computers, the game or is there a chance there is a fault on the disk? All comments welcome, i need as much advice as possible to get this game working.
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Posted: 2006-07-05 17:58:55
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As a second note, could anyone please post up your exact computer specs that got oblivion working (at a fast and smooth speed) because im going to be getting an upgrade soon so i need to know what to get. thanks.
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Posted: 2006-07-05 18:30:09
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Your on board graphics card will be the problem, even though you have 128mb, it probably lacks quite a lot of the 3d features needed to run the game.
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Posted: 2006-07-06 15:38:32
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Yes, quite a common mistake people make when buying pre built PC's such as Dell is that they mostly have built in graphics cards. These cards might have enough RAM but simply can't process info as fast as a stand alone card. There is a reason why top spec cards have big heat sinks!!
If you're gonna invest in a new card, don't just go for the one with the most RAM. Most of the time a low end 512MB card will be out paced by a high spec 256mb. I've learnt this the hard way!
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Posted: 2006-07-06 16:14:56
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That's a very good point. The only thing that more GPU memory provides is the ability to cache either a greater number of normal quality textures or a lesser number of higher quality textures. If the GPU core hasn't got the raw power to actually render these textures and apply the special effects at high speed, you still won't be able to play at the highest quality levels and achieve high frame rates.
The RAM in a modern PC is pretty quick anyway so as long as you have plenty of RAM, it really doesn't matter as much as it used to do if the GPU starts using RAM instead of it's own memory. Especially if you're using PCI Express.
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Posted: 2006-07-06 16:33:49
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