Oblivion System Specs

It seems like M is reserved for games where you can kill people with cars.

Once you have that information, and have read the Official system specs, you may be a little confused if your processor is not a Pentium 4; they only list "Pentium 4 2.0/3.0 GHz or equivalent." To attempt to alleviate confusion, here is a little guide. Just take out your calculator, and multiply either your AMD processor's "plus" rating, or the speed of your Intel processor in MHz, by the following numbers. The result would be what you should compare to the official system specs.
o Celeron - 0.50
o Celeron D - 0.80
o Sempron - 0.85
o Pentium 4 (no hyper-threading) - 0.90
o AthlonXP - 0.95
o Pentium 4 (with hyper-threading) - 1.00
o Pentium 4 Extreme Edition - 1.10
o Athlon64 - 1.15
o Pentium D - Varies (anywhere from 1.00-1.20+)
o AthlonX2 - Varies (anywhere from 1.15-1.35+)
o Celerom M - 1.75
o Pentium M - 1.85
o Athlon64 FX - 1.85 (clock speed, see below for exact numbers)
FX-51: ~4.0GHz (equal to an AMD 3700+, actually runs at 2.2GHz like the 3700+ San Diego)
FX-53: ~4.4GHz (equal to an AMD 4000+, actually runs at 2.4GHz like the San Diego 4000+)
FX-55: ~4.8GHz (equal to an AMD 4200+, actually runs at 2.6GHz)
FX-57: ~5.2GHz (equal to an AMD 4500+, actually runs at 2.8GHz)
FX-60: Varies (equal to a pair of FX-55s together)

"Translated" official specs

Oddly enough, there seems to be some flaws with the official specs; while I (Nottheking) have PM'ed the developers on this issue and await to see this cleared up, for the sake of everyone, I have considered everything and made up this set of specs, that likely reflect what you'll need accurately, and in a more convenient way:
Minimum Playable: (least needed to be able to play the game half-decently)
+ Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz, Celeron 2.6GHz, AthlonXP 2000+, or Pentium M 1.2GHz
+ 512MB RAM
+ Any video card listed in the "low-end" category or better (see the "video card ranking list" at the bottom of this post)
+ Video card must have at least 128MB video RAM
+ Windows XP
+ 8X DVD-ROM/DVD burner drive
+ 4.6GB Hard drive space (full install?)
Recommended: (enough to play the game as it's envisioned)
+ Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz with hyper-threading, Celeron D 3.4GHz, AthlonXP 3200+, Athlon64 2800+, or Pentium M 1.73GHz
+ 1024MB (1GB) RAM
+ Any video card listed in the "high-end" category or better (see the "video card ranking list" at the bottom of this post)
+ Video card must have at least 128MB video RAM; 256MB or more is recommended
+ Windows XP
+ 8X DVD-ROM/DVD burner drive
+ 4.6GB Hard drive space (full install?)
Unnoficially supported graphics chipsets:
+ (technically, anything in the "very low end" category or higher; Radeon 9000 *NOT* supported!)GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5500, GeForce FX 5600, GeForce FX 5700, GeForce FX 5800, GeForce FX 5900 & GeForce FX 5950
+ GeForce PCX 5300, GeForce PCX 5700, & GeForce PCX 5900
+ GeForce 6200, GeForce 6500, GeForce 6600, GeForce 6610 & GeForce 6800
+ GeForce 7300 & GeForce 7800
+ Radeon 9500, Radeon 9550, Radeon 9600, Radeon 9700 & Radeon 9800
+ Radeon X300, Radeon X550, Radeon X600, Radeon X700, Radeon X800 & Radeon X850
+ Radeon X1300, Radeon X1600, Radeon X1800 & Radeon X1900

Egads!

The sys. requirements actually aren't that bad.. I was hoping it'd be a lot bigger than just 4.6gigs.


Meh, I also saw that it's rated teen in the FAQ. Bethseda seems like a really rated-teen oriented company. I'm worried about the direction of the next Fallout :(

Any word on dual core utilization?

I don't wanna sound like I'm captain moneybags here but if you guys look around on techbargains.com or newegg - you'll see that those specs really aren't THAT bad........ I mean you can get all that hardware for nothing nowadays - 3ghz cpu's have been out for AGES now I mean a REAL long long time! - the tech curve is slowing down - what that means is a 3.8ghz is $$$$$$$$ but a "measly" 3.2ghz is only $


yet the difference aint that much

seriously - go actually look at some pricing, you'll be surprised

Well, i was planning a major upgrade, but decided to hold off until the specs for Oblivion were released.

CREDIT CARD IS A GO!

Woohoo, I meet recommended specs!

Does Oblivion support 16:9 or 16:10 resolutions, primarily 1920x1200? Without having the image stretched?

I didn't go to the Middle East to spend my money on a 2405FPW to play it stretched.

I've been thinking about getting another gigabyte of ram (have 1, get another). I'm wondering if doing so would make a noticable difference in Oblivion?

OMFG multiplayer is gonna rock:

http://www.1up.com/media?id=2665520&type=lg

nuts. i have a 2ghz amd64 and i'm in that in between stage in processors where it's just enough to keep me from upgrading (any current upgrade possibility is throwing away money) and borderlining on just a tad too underpowered.

Guys do you think my dual core 4800+ with 2gb and SLI 7800GTX's will work? help help!!!!

Man I'm torn. Get it for the PC, and not be able to play it in all it's glory becuase of my PC. Or get an 360, and get it for the 360, but miss out on the toolkit, and all the cool mods that you know will come out for it.

What's the word on the 360's ability to take this baby on? Can we expect smooth framerates, a la Call of Duty 2? Or scaled back a bit?

I got a Athlon XP 2100 1gig ram 9700 aiw vid card. Ah thank goodness i've got a 360 :)

Wait, wut? I have a dual core 3800x2 running at 2.7 ghz...and thats still not recommended specs?? So confused

Since clock speed to clock speed comparisons of AMD and Intel chips doesn't make alot of sense anymore they should probably have listed an appropriate AMD cpu in their specs, I mean how hard would that have been? They leave it up to the consumer to find out how their chip fares against a 3GHZ P4?

Cheaper for me to buy an XBOX 360 then pump up my PC so I can run Oblivion properly. At last, a valid excuse to buy the 360!

This game will make me buy an xBox 360, coincidence there are none until March?

Minimum specs = 320x240 at 5fps

Recommended specs = 640x480 at 10 fps (dropping to 5 in cities)

5x Recommended specs = 30fps at 1600 :P

So what type of RPG gameplay is this? Is it like Zelda where you actually press a button to swing your sword or is it like Knights of the Old Republic where you select a move to perform and hope that your "skill points" are higher than your enemy's?

Are these the highest min specs of a game thus far?

I'd assume so, but I'm not sure.

Shit... it doesn't support the x1900 series or chipset ;-)

Ayeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! HEAD.

That's what I got, a 6800 plain, athlon 3200 64, and 2 gigs of memory. I could pretty much play Doom 3 and Halflife 2 on high settings. EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!

XBOX 360 version it is !

All the specs I needs is an Xborks 360!

Plus an Xbox 360. The timely procurement of which will be the tricky part.