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8600M GT and Oblivion
How well will this game runs, as in estimated FPS in medium and high settings? Also, maybe with a T7300 and 2GB RAM. Vista or XP, doesn't matter?
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
Performance on XP would be better.
The game runs fine on my X1600, so I would assume it runs well on an 8600GT with medium or medium-high settings. Keep AA off and you will probably be fine.
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
It should run fine on high at 1440x900 (native for me) without AA. I get ~17 FPS outside, 25-ish in towns and 40-ish inside with a GO7700, so you'll be getting much higher. You should be able to run it at native res.
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
Performance on XP would be better.
The game runs fine on my X1600, so I would assume it runs well on an 8600GT with medium or medium-high settings. Keep AA off and you will probably be fine.
Well they had some other screen of other good looking games on high settings with mid AA. I can't think of one of those games but it should be able to do more than Mid settings, eh?
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
Depends on the resolution you run it at.
My desktop's 7950GT KO could run Oblivion maxed out at 1680x1050 and hold respectable frame rates even outdoors, FWIW.
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
I think at 1440x900, HDR on, 2x AA and 16x AF with medium settings should run great. But Oblivion is a poor coded game, so it may vary.
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
This means that on a 1200x800 screen with high settings, I'll be looking at a 30FPS average, which is perfect. I don't think I should upgrade to a 1680x1050 screen since I like running things at native and the FPS would probably really suffer. Thanks for all the quick replies.
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
You'll likely get more than 30 FPS avarege on a 1280x800 screen with a 8600M GT. It's like 2/3 better than min or something, so performance should bet quite a bit better. More like 30 FPS avarage on a 1440x900 screen. However, for future gaming, gogin with the low-res screen is the better choice. As games get more demanding, the 8600M GT will have a harder time keeping upp at high settings and a low native resolution will have the games looking better.
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
Sounds like you want to buy a Sager NP2090. :p
Rest assured, at 1280x800 you could probably max the settings and still get >30fps.
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Re: 8600M GT and Oblivion
Lets think. My X700 scores 2400 3dmark05 points, while the 8600GT scores 6000.
I play at 1280x800, with Bloom On and medium settings with 20 fps average.
Your notebook has to play it at 1280x800, HDR On, high settings, 16x AF and 2x AA at 30 fps.
But like I said, Oblivion is a weird coded game, so you can never be sure.