The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

[lars573]

However, the main problem I have is that I have a sub-quality machine (Athlon XP 2500 running at 1.46ghz, 1gig system memory, and Radeon 9550, a motherboard that doesnt much of anything better than this). I usually have to put everything at medium or low to get much performance (AFTER tweaking the hell out of the ini files). And, considering I'll be going to college in the fall and I'm between jobs at the moment, I have no money to spare to upgrade.

That right there is why I play the Xbox version. My PC is relatively new but it still not enough for Oblivion.

All in all, I enjoy what little time I have in Oblivion, especially many of the quests. The Dark Brotherhood quests are absolutely my favorite. Brutal, ironic, gives bonuses for murdering a certain way, and very interesting concepts in the murders (I love the "Who Dunnit?" murder).

Wait until you get ot the end and see what they do to Lucien Lachance.

I purchased my system 5 years ago but I've kept it updated regularly..in fact the only things that are original parts of my machine are the sound card, motherboard, processor and speakers. Everything else I've updated drasticly since then, actually looking right now at buying a new motherboard and cpu to update from my 2.8 pent 4 to a 3.6 or a 3.0 dual core..

Maybe somebody can offer a suggestion on that.

I'm very, very skepticle on the dual core thing because I've heard it has some capatibility issues with certain programs, and the fact that I can't seem to find one that runs over 3.0g that won't break the bank.
I've always run on a single core processor and so far swear by them. Some unbiased input would be helpful.

Get an Athlon 64 X2. They aren't a pricey as the FX. Unless ofcourse your married to Intel. In which case your stuck until Conroe comes along and the Pentium D's come down in price.

And compatability with dual cores is realted to older programs that aren't updated to support them. Most hardware you can get a BIOS update to use dual core CPU's.