bubba-ga-nush said:I'm curious of how good a Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 really is. How good can it play
Oblivion?
Sharkfood said:It is not a good card. It is unable to handle the target DirectX version it was designed for without a host of problems/inefficiencies that come in the form of issues and major performance problems.
Also, it can NOT run Oblivion. It does not have the proper shader model support nor featureset for Oblivion so therefore it is below the minimum requirements for most newer DirectX 9.0 games.
There is a 3rd party Mod called "Oldblivion" that hacks Oblivion to remove many of it's graphical niceties that allows it to run even on many laptop/integrated cards. FX users have had some degree of success using this Oldblivion mod if you are stuck with this horrible, horrible card and wish to try playing Oblivion.
If you're a PCI user, realize you have the X1300 PCI option available. This card will completely demolish the FX series. NVidia also has a 6200 model in PCI that is a fairly good option as well.
bubba-ga-nush said:I got one of them for x-mas. My mom has a better graphics card. She has a Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE. How well could that play Oblivion?
bubba-ga-nush said:ok sry. I'm not very smart at this stuff. so what specs do you need to know and how do i find them.
It will run Guild Wars just fine. Trust me, I play too.bubba-ga-nush said:hmm still not quite sure on what you want to know. How well could it play Guild Wars?