Can this Laptop handle Oblivion ?

[steveb06]

Can anyone advise me if the Acer laptop I'm looking at buying would be able to run Oblivion?


Processor: Intel Core Duo T2400 - 1.83GHz (x2), 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
RAM: 2048MB DDR2-667MHz
Hard Drive: 240 GB Serial ATA 5400rpm
Screen: 17" Widescreen TFT (1680x1050 - 16:10) with CrystalBrite Technology
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer
Graphics: NVidia GeForce Go7900 supporting 512MB TurboCache

[Games Guru]

That should be fine mate. Maybe not with all options maxed out, but it should run it well.

[pRot3us]

Maybe not with all options maxed out.

:rotfl:

Not a chance in hell, never, ever at max would be more the truth.

My machine just manages to run it maxxed, and it still stutters a bit outdoors.

I would think your machine would struggle even at medium settings. Oblivion is renowned for bringing even the most powerful desktop PCs to their knees :lesson:

[Games Guru]

What res do you have your monitor on mate?

1920x1200 by any chance?

[steveb06]

Thanks for that.

I’m reading conflicting views on whether I should go with a single or dual processor. I’m a bit out of touch with the latest pc tech but reading an entry on wikipedia it states that most current games will run faster on a 3 GHz single core processor than on a 2 GHz dual core. It appears to depend on the use of multiple threads within the applications.

[pRot3us]

What res do you have your monitor on mate?

1920x1200 by any chance?

1280x1024 here

[Eric XIV]

:rotfl:

Not a chance in hell, never, ever at max would be more the truth.

My machine just manages to run it maxxed, and it still stutters a bit outdoors.

I would think your machine would struggle even at medium settings. Oblivion is renowned for bringing even the most powerful desktop PCs to their knees :lesson:

well my machine is crap but it runs it on medium no problem and it is nothing compared to that brilliant laptop, (i have Nvidia geforce 6600, 1GB RAM, 3ghz CPU) imo i think he could probably run it on high with few to little lag :thumbsup: good luck mate

[LFC_SL]

Sorry people, but laptop graphic cards are diff to the desktop ons

The Nvidia 7900 is the best laptop card you can get today

Observe: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3260&review=WidowPC

It will breeze through Oblivion.

Sorry, but I find on this forum a lot of misinformation concerning laptop gpu's, as people try to attribute them to be the same as desktop gpu's. I don't mean to sound rude, sorry if I do. I'm just getting a point across. Also apologies if you wasn't mistaking them for desktop ones

[Digger]

The Nvidia 7900 is the best laptop card you can get today

Press release on 12th stating 7950 gtx due out any day now...well, will be in my new Rock (free upgrade on their ctx pro) due for delivery 1st week of November! . .:). .should be a smidgeon faster than 7900gtx.

[Tejstar]

Press release on 12th stating 7950 gtx due out any day now...well, will be in my new Rock (free upgrade on their ctx pro) due for delivery 1st week of November! . .:). .should be a smidgeon faster than 7900gtx.

Is your Rock one of the new ones with the Core 2 Duo processor? I'm thinking of getting one of these myself, but have they said they'll be sticking the new gfx card in it soon?

[Digger]

yep, my order has the Core2Duo 7400, and the7900gtx, but the new card is due out any day now with all current backorders including mine to be fitted with the new card at no extra cost...the downside is that we all have to wait until 1st week of Nov which isnt too far away in reality. :)

[Tejstar]

That's great - still trying to decide between this and the Pegasus 665…

[pras1011]

I have the XPS M1710 and Obilivion runs perfectly at the max settings!!

[steveb06]

I have the XPS M1710 and Obilivion runs perfectly at the max settings!!

Thanks for all the feedback on this. What spec is your XPS?
I'm looking getting a M1710 rather than the Acer I originally mentioned now.

[pras1011]

Intel Core Duo T2600 2.16Ghz
Nvidia Geforce Go 7900GTX 512mb ram
2Gb DDR2 Ram
100gb SATA Harddrive
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife

[steveb06]

Thanks for the info Pras
I'm buying that laptop next week :)

[Digger]

Pras, my soon to arrive Rock has almost identical spec incl screen res. What kind of performance are you getting from recent FPS games running at 1920 resolutions?

I wonder how well it would run MS Flight Sim X...:)

Cheers

[pras1011]

I dont actually play many games these days. But I was running Doom 3, Quake 4, Call of duty 2, Obilvion and full res and max settings!! The movement (frames per second) is very fuild. Its very suprising how it runs when using battery power!!!