Once upon a time, I got the Intel Retail edge bundle of 2005 and built myself a computer.
Pentium D 820
D945Psn w/ integrated sound
2Gigs of DDR2
200Gb SATA HD
500W PSU
Win XP Pro.
I bought myself a low end PCIE card a while back, it played all the old games I had from my old computer. And then I bought Oblivion. My old card will play the game at all the lowest settings at about 30FPS. So, I need a new card before I put a hole in my computer or gouge my eyes out.
I know that if I put the best card on the market into my computer it will be a waste of money, becase I have a two year old processor.
What I want is a graphics card that will run Oblivion on my new shiny 22" monitor at full resolution (1680x1050) and full graphics settings, without the card being faster than my CPU can handle. For less than $200 dollars.
I doubt this is possible, but I'd like to know my options: The best I will be able to run Oblivion for under $200, the absolute best I will be able to run Oblivion on my machine and how much that would cost, and hopefully a happy medium.
Thanks in advance for your help!
`n0
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Added PSU, HD and Mobo
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Fixed resolution.
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I was browsing the fourms and saw that the GForce 7 Series is highly recommended, is this card a good deal?
Pentium D 820
D945Psn w/ integrated sound
2Gigs of DDR2
200Gb SATA HD
500W PSU
Win XP Pro.
I bought myself a low end PCIE card a while back, it played all the old games I had from my old computer. And then I bought Oblivion. My old card will play the game at all the lowest settings at about 30FPS. So, I need a new card before I put a hole in my computer or gouge my eyes out.
I know that if I put the best card on the market into my computer it will be a waste of money, becase I have a two year old processor.
What I want is a graphics card that will run Oblivion on my new shiny 22" monitor at full resolution (1680x1050) and full graphics settings, without the card being faster than my CPU can handle. For less than $200 dollars.
I doubt this is possible, but I'd like to know my options: The best I will be able to run Oblivion for under $200, the absolute best I will be able to run Oblivion on my machine and how much that would cost, and hopefully a happy medium.
Thanks in advance for your help!
`n0
-=edit=-
Added PSU, HD and Mobo
-=edit2=-
Fixed resolution.
-=edit3=-
I was browsing the fourms and saw that the GForce 7 Series is highly recommended, is this card a good deal?