I did alot of oblivion testing with that same 8800GS. It will handle Oblivion at max details far better than your Sempron 3400+ will. 1280x1024 2x/16x or 1600x1200 no fsaa are both possible throughout the game at max or near max details. With a single core CPU, you'll have slower minimum fps outside, and worse performance in towns around large numbers of NPC's. You may have to reduce some settings from max.
I would go for it, if you want COD4, it's incredible value for the money. If not for COD4, I would say go for the evga for $100 AR. It is clocked higher and has a better cooler with a variable speed fan vs the XFX constant 100% louder fan.
Only time my frames seem to dip into the 30's is when it starts snowing. I'm using natural environments and weather. Other wise foliage area I hover 40-50fps and indoor areas are locked at 60 fps because I'm using vsync.
Message edited by marvelous211 on 05-30-2008 at 12:05:34 AM
will an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4 GHz help get better fps?
I think you should be fine with oblivion. I was playing oblivion on 850xt on a pentium D 3.5ghz when I first got the game. A sempron isn't too far off at least when overclocked and 8800gs will make it so much smoother. Oblivion doesn't really use dual cores effectively. That card without HDR @ high settings gave me 20 fps outdoors. You don't need a lot of fps to play oblivion since it's a role playing slash game. All you really need is 30fps average to get fluid game play.
I think you should be fine with oblivion. I was playing oblivion on 850xt on a pentium D 3.5ghz when I first got the game. Oblivion doesn't really use dual cores effectively. That card without HDR @ high settings gave me 20 fps outdoors. You don't need a lot of fps to play oblivion since it's a role playing slash game. All you really need is 30fps average to get fluid game play.
so you think i should get pretty good average fps with the sempron?
my opteron 165 @ 2.25 with a 7800GT OC ran oblivion near max details with 1280 X 1024 resolution. So, I think your sempron should do fine at high settings considering the 8800GS is far more powerful than my 7800GT
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