Upgrade for Oblivion?

What should I upgrade?

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morfinx

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My system specs are in my sig. I want to be able to play Oblivion. I can either

1) Get a 7800GS and hold out for M2 (12-16 mo)
2) Get a 7800GT, new mobo, and possibly a new PSU (mine is a 20pin 420W Enlight), and wait longer for M2 (16+ mo)

Please discuss :)
 
Option 2.

Since AM2/M2 is wayy off in the future, best to make the best out of whatcha can now!
 
Drool @ your westy

yeah, get rid of that crappy via chipset mobo, pick up an dfi nforce4 of your choice and and opty 165 or x2 3800+. Oblivion is dualcore optimized, so thatll make quite the difference, specially if you are gonna try to drive it at 1920x1200
 
I'd lean towards the second option because of its vastly superior all-around performance.
 
Option number 3, get a new mobo the Geforce 7900GT (300$) and maby a new powersupply.
 
sculelos said:
Option number 3, get a new mobo the Geforce 7900GT (300$) and maby a new powersupply.
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Good idea. I THINK he's already strapped for cash though....

BUT...the 7900 isn't supposed to be TOO much more expensive than a 7800...
 
dude i dont know what the rest of these people are thinking, but if ou buy now, you will have to upgrade in a maximum of another 1.5 years, with am2, im beting you wont have to for 3 years after the release.

and can some1 gemme a date for when NF5 is gonna b here?
and i hope it supports Quad sli. thad be awsom... awsome TO THE MAXXX

and for those who thinks thats way off in the distant future. Giga-byte has already released this

and am2 isnt "way off in the future" dude there are already prototypes made, the design has been finalized, am2 is in the "beta" phase. there only working out kinks now... itl be here real soon
 
bLaCktIGErs91 said:
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Good idea. I THINK he's already strapped for cash though....
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Yes the Westy has really drained my treasury, so I'm trying not to spend too much money if I don't absolutely have to :p
 
morfinx said:
Yes the Westy has really drained my treasury, so I'm trying not to spend too much money if I don't absolutely have to :p
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Well you could buy a 7800GS as a stopgap or something as it's probably not going to drop in price fast, although if it was me I would spend the extra 50-100$ to just get a 7900GT and new mobo, it will be alot faster for not much more money.
 
jbrukardt said:
Oblivion is dualcore optimized, so thatll make quite the difference
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The term is multithreaded, which means it can execute operations across multiple threads. I would imagine Oblivion is probably primarily geared toward execution across two to four threads. So, yes, a dual core processor would be pretty ideal. Even a monkey slamming his fingers (and thumbs) on a keyboard could manage to increase performance with two or more physical threads, but we're not too sure what Bethesda can manage at this point. Likely less than the aforementioned monkey.
 
With AM2 out in June, along with DX10 cards around the same time, I'd have to recommend simply going with the 7800GS and foregoing updating for another year or so to update the mobo and processor (when M2 has a chance to mature a little bit past the early stages). With that said, I don't know just how much money you pump into your machine, so maybe the bigger upgrade would be more worthwhile to you. . .
 
Oooska said:
With AM2 out in June, along with DX10 cards around the same time, I'd have to recommend simply going with the 7800GS and foregoing updating for another year or so to update the mobo and processor (when M2 has a chance to mature a little bit past the early stages). With that said, I don't know just how much money you pump into your machine, so maybe the bigger upgrade would be more worthwhile to you. . .
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microsoft said in two speechs that Direct X 10 will be out toward the end of 2006, later then june i can assure you. and even if direct X 10 were to come out in june it wouldnt matter because all of direct X performance is in the software. its not like the 48pixel shaders that theX1900 are suddenly going to become useless with Direct X 10.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
dude i dont know what the rest of these people are thinking, but if ou buy now, you will have to upgrade in a maximum of another 1.5 years, with am2, im beting you wont have to for 3 years after the release.

and can some1 gemme a date for when NF5 is gonna b here?
and i hope it supports Quad sli. thad be awsom... awsome TO THE MAXXX

and for those who thinks thats way off in the distant future. Giga-byte has already released this

and am2 isnt "way off in the future" dude there are already prototypes made, the design has been finalized, am2 is in the "beta" phase. there only working out kinks now... itl be here real soon
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June, nough said. Thats well after oblivions release, which is what he wants to upgrade for
 
I see a lot of people voted on the poll but did not comment, I'd like to hear everyone's reasons please :)
 
here's my .02: why not wait until the game is actually out so it's performance across various platforms can be evaulated? It sure would suck to spend hundreds on a 7800gs only to discover that the game is CPU limited and the same graphics performance could have been had on a 6800 series.

Nobody can tell you what kind of system you will need for Oblivion because nobody knows. In a few weeks when the reviews and performance evaulations start showing up you'll be in a good position to evaluate your needs. Until then, there's no use even talking about it.
 
AceTKK said:
here's my .02: why not wait until the game is actually out so it's performance across various platforms can be evaulated? It sure would suck to spend hundreds on a 7800gs only to discover that the game is CPU limited and the same graphics performance could have been had on a 6800 series.

Nobody can tell you what kind of system you will need for Oblivion because nobody knows. In a few weeks when the reviews and performance evaulations start showing up you'll be in a good position to evaluate your needs. Until then, there's no use even talking about it.
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smart
 
AceTKK said:
here's my .02: why not wait until the game is actually out so it's performance across various platforms can be evaulated? It sure would suck to spend hundreds on a 7800gs only to discover that the game is CPU limited and the same graphics performance could have been had on a 6800 series.

Nobody can tell you what kind of system you will need for Oblivion because nobody knows. In a few weeks when the reviews and performance evaulations start showing up you'll be in a good position to evaluate your needs. Until then, there's no use even talking about it.
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I agree. Also, by that time, the 7900 series will be out and prices on 7800s will be significantly lower.
 
Honestly I'd say go with the GTX.... Possibly a faster processor maybe? Not sure though..... Your call really.
 
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