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[DukeofSerbia]

I thought FarCry was graphically good,

Far Cry had excellent graphics when it was out. But Far Cry need more powerfull processor than grapics card.

Hard Drive: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive

Buy this model if you can find it: Samsung SP2504C

Optical Drive: SONY DUAL FORMAT 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)

The best are NEC ND-4570A and Pioneer DVR-111DBK. Both use NEC chipset.

Motherboard: MSI P4N SLI XE nForce4 SLI XE Chipset LGA775 DDR2/667 SATA Dual PCIE w/7.1Audio, GbLAN, &USB2

SLi and Crossfire systems (montheboards) are the waste of money.

I've heard ATI cards are better for Oblivion?

I don't know, but the new Catalyst 6.7 drasticlly improve the performance of the new top models in benchmarks and video games.

P.S.
I found for Oblivion in Tom's Hardware: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=547&chart=210 You will find several tests for Oblivion. It seems that Geforce 7950GX2 is not good for Oblivion at all.