Graphics Card Help

[vierasniper]

Hey guys, i recently installed The Elder Scrolls:Oblivion, and i was wondering whats a good card to run it with. I wanna be able to run it with high or medium graphics. The card i have (check out my Specs) can run it at the lowest setting and at a 1024 x 768 resolution. Can anyone recommend a new card with a HDMI output?

Thanks in Advanced.

P.S: My Comp is not in any way a gaming Computer. (I'm still working on it)

 

[TimStitt]

Hi Vierasniper,

Great game by the way. Here are the requirements, scroll down to the graphic cards and you can see a few that are approved for the game (Officially Supported column) and also see how they perform. The list is a little old, but it may help you get an idea and you can move to better cards from here if you wish.
Oblivion:System Requirements - UESPWiki

 

[kurahk7]

Here: Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Video Cards & Video Devices,Desktop Graphics / Video Cards,1 x HDMI,With Fan,2560 x 1600
Just pick the one that best suits your budget.

 

[vierasniper]

Thanks for the heads up guys. ill check out the links and see what i find.

 

[RST101]

How much do you have for one?

 

[Rhammstein]

This game is now old, and doesn't require much power at all, although I really don't like recommending old cards, certainly not DX9 cards.

I would look into a GeForce GTS 250, or a Radeon 4850. Both budget, both far more power than you'll need for Oblivion, and both will run newer games well.

If you have the money, shoot for a DX11 card, Radeon 5770 is budget and quite powerful, 5850/5870 is Uber. I'm not recommending DX11 Nvidia cards other than a GTX 470 at this time. If that were to be considered, I would compare it with the 5870 and decide for yourself. Both will certainly require a new power supply!

Important, any of these cards will very, very likely require you to purchase a new power supply. Does your power supply have at least two free molex, or any Pci-E connectors? And how many watts?
If you need a card to run straight from the slot, and are short on cash, you can't beat a GeForce 8600GT GDDR3 512MB

 

[kurahk7]

This game is now old, and doesn't require much power at all, although I really don't like recommending old cards, certainly not DX9 cards.

I would look into a GeForce GTS 250, or a Radeon 4850. Both budget, both far more power than you'll need for Oblivion, and both will run newer games well.

If you have the money, shoot for a DX11 card, Radeon 5770 is budget and quite powerful, 5850/5870 is Uber. I'm not recommending DX11 Nvidia cards other than a GTX 470 at this time. If that were to be considered, I would compare it with the 5870 and decide for yourself. Both will certainly require a new power supply!

Important, any of these cards will very, very likely require you to purchase a new power supply. Does your power supply have at least two free molex, or any Pci-E connectors? And how many watts?
If you need a card to run straight from the slot, and are short on cash, you can't beat a GeForce 8600GT GDDR3 512MB

An Geforce 8600gt is hard to find these days and is definitely not wroth it for the price, he could get an Radeon HD 4650 instead for the same price. Heck, the OP should read: Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May 2010 : May Updates

 

[vierasniper]

I dont really want a complete overhaul of my computer (YET). i just wanna run oblivion on good graphics without the need of a new power supply.

 

[kucing13]

don't worry. i think your pc can still support OBLIVION. Old games anyway. Unless you try play Dragon Age Origin. then you need to level up you pc

 

[Wishmaster]

This game is now old, and doesn't require much power at all, although I really don't like recommending old cards, certainly not DX9 cards.

I would look into a GeForce GTS 250, or a Radeon 4850. Both budget, both far more power than you'll need for Oblivion, and both will run newer games well.

If you have the money, shoot for a DX11 card, Radeon 5770 is budget and quite powerful, 5850/5870 is Uber. I'm not recommending DX11 Nvidia cards other than a GTX 470 at this time. If that were to be considered, I would compare it with the 5870 and decide for yourself. Both will certainly require a new power supply!

Important, any of these cards will very, very likely require you to purchase a new power supply. Does your power supply have at least two free molex, or any Pci-E connectors? And how many watts?
If you need a card to run straight from the slot, and are short on cash, you can't beat a GeForce 8600GT GDDR3 512MB

+1

A 4850 will serve you well without breaking the bank. I would also highly reccomend Sapphire brand.
As suggested, check the PSU. You may need to upgrade it.

 

[BWK]

Here...check out all the cards you are thinking of and compare the prices. You will find really good deals and do it within your budget.
Pricewatch shopping comparison | Find and Buy all types of Video Cards at the lowest prices

P.S. if your running with a PSU somewhere in the range of 500 I would stick with the Geforce 8 series or the Geforce 9 series cards.... or the equivalent ATI card...which ever you prefer. They will give you really good graphics for this game. And they have really good prices on them now. You don't need a monster machine to play all the pc games....I'm really beginning to think that the way they keep raising the bar on graphics that it is going to make everyone's machine a power monster that no one will be able to to play on due to the cost of electricity it will take to run it. Why in the world should you need a 1000 watt power supply to run a game...come on.... it's getting out of hand! It's really bad when need that much power just to make a game playable when your complete system has no need that much power.

 

[rvbfan]

ATI 5750, shouldn't even have to upgrade the PSU.

 

[sygnus21]

For what its worth I ran my 4850 on 550 watt Antec Neo HE 550 power supply without issue. I'm also currently using the same power supply on my new i7 system with a 4890.

You don't need a whole lot of power, you just need a good quality power supply.

Info on power supplies …

- Recommended Power Supplies | silentpcreview.com
- Everything You Need to Know About Power Supplies | Hardware Secrets
- How to Buy a Power Supply - wikiHow

 

[apollodominion]

in the past i ran Oblivion on a Pentium 4 Prescott HT 3.2ghz 3GB Ram DDR400 AGP Geforce 5950GT 1GB back in 2006 and it ran maxed so any card today from geforce 7600/8600 will work fine maxed.

 

[vierasniper]

Thanks for the advice guys, im gonna check out An 4850 or 70

 

[sygnus21]

If money is a concern, the 4850 is a much better value. Do some research on it. I had one and loved it; it's a great performance card for the price.

Edit - If you're thinking about getting a 4870, you might look at a 5770 instead. Here's some comparisions, though I won't tell you I read all of them so....

5770 vs 4870 - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net
Ati 5770 VS. 4870 - [H]ard|Forum

 

[kucing13]

ati 4 series is quite enough unless you want to test dx11. get your hands on ati 5series

 

[apollodominion]

there is a MOD for oblivion with larger textures and other tweaks and addons!! its kinda like FOOK for fallout 3.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Recommended_Mods

but these texture mods you will need a Pentium D or better and 2.5gb RAM and a geforce 7600GT or better is what i recomend for it for res of 1440x900+ for best FPS

 

[vierasniper]

hey, guys me again. i ended up buying a 260gtx by bfg, i also bought a new psu.
i was curious if i would have any problem running it in my system (i haven't installed it yet) any help or info would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

 

[kurahk7]

hey, guys me again. i ended up buying a 260gtx by bfg, i also bought a new psu.
i was curious if i would have any problem running it in my system (i haven't installed it yet) any help or info would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

If you are trying to run the gtx 260 on your emachine 300watt? power supply, I don't think the power supply would be enough to handle it. Buying from BFG is also gonna be pretty tough now because about 2 months ago, they announced that they would stop producing video cards, so the warranty might become an issue. But, the gtx 260 is a good buy