Anyone else excited for Oblivion this week?

[Something Sexy]

The count down has begun, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is being released tomorrow, hoping to have my preorder by tuesday.

They have a video count down until the release date. Game is looking beautiful:

http://www.elderscrolls.com/home/home.htm

[Daveb2012]

I keep hearing about this game but don't know any thing about it. Im not sure if its some thing I would like I usually play 1st person shoots but I like the age of empires series. I kind of want to try it though because of all the talk.

[OmegaMerc]

I keep hearing about this game but don't know any thing about it. Im not sure if its some thing I would like I usually play 1st person shoots but I like the age of empires series. I kind of want to try it though because of all the talk.

Admitingly I never liked obliv untill now, but, this release is really facinating, its already gotten 9.5/10 and 93%/100% reviews, plus support for dual cores and what not make it a prime candidate for benchies and eye candy :toast:

[PsYkHoTiK]

My brother has been waiting eagerly for this game. I triedp laying Elder Scrolls III but it wasnt my thing. I will prolly try this one though... :D

[Something Sexy]

I have played all except the first one. 3 was a amazing, just cause you could play for hours and hours and always have something new to do.

[vengance_01]

here is a 7 page PC Gamer review I sanged. Enjoy

User: user
Password: forums
IP: 71.110.99.98
Port 21

Be nice guys its my home connection. Max 3 users per, so if its full wait a bit and try again.

[mursaat]

Theres a link in the thread in News section, for those that can't get to enter in vengeance's FTP.

BTW, Thanks for the link vengueance ;)

[Something Sexy]

Just got my preorder call an hour ago, today I am stuck in class. Gonna go pick it up at 4:30, but I can't play until after my Development team meeting tonight. But I will let you guys know how it is.

[Codeman05]

I'll be picking up a copy

[Something Sexy]

Oh my god, SOO I am ALMOST finished with my custom case/water chiller, but not enough to put my computer in it. So I got my computer setup on my desk naked, everything is hooked up and I forgot my damn keyboard at home, and none of my roomates have an extra. So I got to go pick up a damn $5 keyboard at radio shack.

[Something Sexy]

Been playing for hours, definitely worth it!!!!!!!

[Jester FPS]

Been playing for hours, definitely worth it!!!!!!!

Please psot some screenies :clap:

[Something Sexy]

I will tomorrow night. Game is a bit harder than I thought, well harder than Morrowind initially was I think.

[OmegaMerc]

Friggen have college tommorow, will pick it up regardless! :slapass:

[alexio]

I will play it, if it has a timedemo :)

[Breeze]

Seems i'll have to upgrade my whole machine to play this due to having a vaio laptop with an FX5600 that can't be upgraded :lol:

[Breeze]

My brother has been waiting eagerly for this game. I triedp laying Elder Scrolls III but it wasnt my thing. I will prolly try this one though... :D
I know what you mean re Elder Scrolls 3. Tried it the other day and could just not get used to the combat system, though that seems to have improved now.

[Something Sexy]

The combat system is definitely a major improvement over Morrowind, much more realistic.

[Breeze]

Glad to hear that.

Won't be out in the UK till 24th though :lol: so I still have to wait.

[althes]

This game seems interesting may have to give it a try

[OmegaMerc]

Just got the last copy out of the 4th EBG store I went, incredible. (installing)

[Breeze]

Have fun.

[Turok]

Could anyone with Oblivion do some performance comparisons between a x1800 or x1900 vs a 7800 or 7900?
Could people with simmilar specs post an average FPS with their x1900 or 7900 card?

I want to know if ATi or nVidia has an advantage in Ovlivion so I can update my system and buy the game

[OmegaMerc]

My settings *everything stock* I lag in the outside world with 3 bambi's running around in the pasture @ Ultra high settings.

[Breeze]

Could anyone with Oblivion do some performance comparisons between a x1800 or x1900 vs a 7800 or 7900?
Could people with simmilar specs post an average FPS with their x1900 or 7900 card?

I want to know if ATi or nVidia has an advantage in Ovlivion so I can update my system and buy the game
Someone else done a test on these forums with near identical machines except 1 had a 1900XT and the other 7900GTX. The ATi just came out on top irc. I'll see if I can find the thread.

[Breeze]

Found it.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92038&page=3

[Something Sexy]

I am set at 1280 x 1024, everything high with HDR and I run flawlessly. Running stock 3700+ Sandy, 1 gb of OCZ plant Rev 2 and a eVGA 7800GTX 256.

[Turok]

Found it.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=92038&page=3

WOW. Thanks Breeze :up:
He's compareing a stock x1900xt vs a 7900 GTX Superclocked.
The Superclocked version is 690/1760 isntead of 650/1600, so It's a few FPS faster than the average 7900 GTX

If he's acurate, then the x1900xt's advantage may be simmilar to ATi's advantage on FEAR.
That's pretty sweet considering the difference between the Superclocked and a regular XT. The jump should be a bit more with a XTX. :)

I guess Ill go with ATi again :p: Ive never gone to the green side, and was about to with the 7800 and 7900 series, but the x1800 and x1900 proved to be superior in image quality and performance in the most popular games.

So I guess Im getting a x1900xtx with a DangerDen Maze4 or a Cooltechnica MP-1 :)
Anyone think Im making the wrong choice?
If so, why should I go with nVidia instead of ATi?
What's the best deal for a x1900xtx below $500?

[Breeze]

WOW. Thanks Breeze :up:

No probs.

The ATi certainly looks the way to go.

[Starscream]

Nvidia and ATI are coming with new drivers with optimalizations for oblivion i wonder what kidn fo a boost we can expect.
the Nvidia one should hit this week and ATIs next month.

so Turok id wait till the 10th of april orso to see how u cna compaire both.
that and a 7900gt is a bit cheaper then a x1900xt.
am most likely picking up 2GB today and in a week or 3 a X2 :)

[mursaat]

Ok now I'm pi**ed with Take 2. What is this :banana::banana::banana::banana: about releasing games in different dates USA / EU? I can understand there are differences in shipping, etc. But what I can't understand is I've gone to the shop, I've had the box game in my hands but the guy told me Take 2 said them not to sell it until Friday.

That's just nuts. Makes me want to download it P2P and never buy it...

Why would Take 2 do that? to stick to the word of 24th March launch?

[evil_raver]

Ok now I'm pi**ed with Take 2. What is this :banana::banana::banana::banana: about releasing games in different dates USA / EU? I can understand there are differences in shipping, etc. But what I can't understand is I've gone to the shop, I've had the box game in my hands but the guy told me Take 2 said them not to sell it until Friday.

That's just nuts. Makes me want to download it P2P and never buy it...

Why would Take 2 do that? to stick to the word of 24th March launch?
yes i hate when that happens....:confused:
nice thing is this time i got the time to talk with the guy at the shop and convinced him so i have the game in my house since yesterday in the morning :D
mmmmmm....maybe now that i have these new powers i should try the same trick with my boss so he can pay me a little bit more....mmmmm...:p:

[Breeze]

maybe now that i have these new powers i should try the same trick with my boss so he can pay me a little bit more....mmmmm...:p:
The force is strong with this one ;)

[mursaat]

@evil_raver: centro mail aka game.es has them in stock in Canarias. Maybe there are some strange international laws you guys can avoid. I was thinking of Seur 24 or something simmilar for you to send me a copy :D, but the guy at game.es here in Zaragoza told me he will sell it tomorrow as a special favour (I know him from Quake 2 times :D)

Back to the thread: Isn't there any performance review out there yet? I've searched Anand, Xbitlabs, bit-tech, toms, hexus.net, [H] and the only thing is a thread at [H]forums. I want a detailed roundup ATI and nVidia as I want a new GPU (maybe two? :D)

[Turok]

Nvidia and ATI are coming with new drivers with optimalizations for oblivion i wonder what kidn fo a boost we can expect.
the Nvidia one should hit this week and ATIs next month.

so Turok id wait till the 10th of april orso to see how u cna compaire both.
that and a 7900gt is a bit cheaper then a x1900xt.
am most likely picking up 2GB today and in a week or 3 a X2 :)

If nVidia is going to release their Oblivion optimized drivers verry soon, then I should ask DILLY if he could do a new benchmark with the new nVidia driver.
If nVidia's driver improvements dont boost above ATi's current drivers, then obviously the performance leap will be even bigger when ATi releases their optimized driver.

Ill PM him to see if he could do a side-by-side comparison when the new nVidia driver releases with a FPS counter and audio settings disabled.

[OmegaMerc]

Heh, I was super lagging because I had shadows on grass, grass was @ 40% view distance, oops.

[Breeze]

Seems like the grass is one of the main things that is dropping people Frames.

[Turok]

Does the grass run on physics?
If so, then a PPU could become useful

[OmegaMerc]

Does the grass run on physics?
If so, then a PPU could become useful

No, for the PPU to be usefull if any the game needs to support it to begin with.