Elder Scrolls 4: OBLIVION

[brianflcl]

I cant get it to play.. i think it might be my graphics card. Here are my specs

OS Information:
Property Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
Property Value
Current Clock Speed 3067
Description x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.06GHz


Memory (RAM):
Property Value
Bank Label CHANNEL A DIMM0
Capacity 536870912

Bank Label CHANNEL B DIMM0
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 991MB

Disk Drives:
Property Value
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST3250823AS
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 250056737280 (~233 GB)
Number of Partitions 2


Installed Printers:
Property Value
Name hp psc 1200 series
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name hp psc 1200 series


Motherboard:
Property Value
Manufacturer Intel Corporation
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product D915GLVG
Serial Number FCVG52213762
Version AAC98734-302


BIOS:
Property Value
Manufacturer Intel Corp.
Name BIOS Date: 07/22/05 10:31:27 Ver: 08.00.10
Release Date 20050722000000.000000+000
Version INTEL - 20050722


Monitor:
Property Value
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
Property Value
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
Property Value
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name Microsoft PS/2 Mouse


Sound Card:
Property Value
Manufacturer Realtek
Description Realtek High Definition Audio
Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0880&SUBSYS_8086E213& REV_1008\4&36326711&0&0201

Manufacturer Microsoft
Description Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{7F83394A-8E91-4560-AFB0-3C39E0348079}


Video Card:
Property Value
Adapter Compatibility Intel Corporation
Adapter RAM 134217728
Description Intel® 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family
Installed Display Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.4497
Driver Date 2/7/2006 9:04:34 AM
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
Property Value
Version 6.03.01.0148


Modem:
Property Value
Model PCI SoftV92 Modem
Name PCI SoftV92 Modem


Network Adapters:
Property Value
Description Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport

External Ports:
Property Value
External Reference Designator PS2Mouse
External Reference Designator Keyboard
External Reference Designator COM 1
External Reference Designator LPT1
External Reference Designator USB
External Reference Designator USB
External Reference Designator VIDEO
External Reference Designator USB
External Reference Designator USB
External Reference Designator RJ-45 Type
External Reference Designator Audio Mic In
External Reference Designator Audio Line In
External Reference Designator Audio Line Out
External Reference Designator USB FP1
External Reference Designator USB FP2
External Reference Designator
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
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Expansion Slots:
Property Value
Slot Designation J6C1
Slot Designation J7B1
Slot Designation J8A2

can anyone tell me whats wrong.. and if it is the graphics card would i be able to put another one in to make it work?
thanks

[smurfy]

i think it might be my graphics card.

You're 100% right.
Onboard intel graphics will not run this game.
http://support.intel.com/products/mo...glvg/index.htm
This is not a motherboard capable of being the basis for a serious gaming PC (which is what you need for Oblivion)
Looks like you do have a PCI-Express x1 slot there but that's not for graphics cards (most PCI-E graphics cards are PCI-E x16). Matrox do make a PCI-E x1 graphics card (32MB G550 dual head) but that would be about as good as if not worse than your on-board Intel chip when it comes to Oblivion.

You'll need a ground-up hardware revamp (replacement motherboard) to run this game.

[brianflcl]

What motherboard would you recommend if i was to get a gforce 6800 graphics card?

[G_Dem]

that depends on alot of things. Is that gforce 6800 PCI-e or AGP? And whats your budget for the whole computer?