Guys,why do you need to think constantly about those HD,AA effect,patch downloading one by one,video card driver upgradation for oblivion?the game is so resource hungry that u will never be satisfied with its performance,i could be happier if i could only run the game flawlessly with minimum settings turned on.I have no regret for not being able to run oblivion properly because i've played 'darkmessiah might and magic',an epical 1st person action-adventure with a lot of fun and variation,spectacular outdoor and indoor visuals, beautiful gameplay,easy to learn upgradation and use of magical power,the game really delivers.So instead of thinking about oblivion performance,why don't u buy a darkmessiah? it runs smoothly in all systems with a moderate card and a ram as low as 512mb.No matter how long and how beautiful oblivion visuals are,as a game oblivion is very repititive, same horse riding again and again,same old cave with goblins,same dynamic day/night and weather change,a disgusting huge inventry with numerous ingradiants to manage, unnecessarily a lot of repititive talking with all persons u find on your way,etc,etc. i'm not campaigning against the game,nor am i an agent to promote darkmessiah,but from a gamer's view,i wonder,with a lot of such drawbacks,how oblivion manages to bag the prize of best rpg of 2006.........