I recently ordered a computer, and am wondering what you people think of the specs. It’s a Dell XPS 600. Will it run games, particularly Oblivion, well?
It cost me about $1900, including tax.
Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.8GHz, 800FSB)
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2 DIMMs
256MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) nVidia GeForce 6800
160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ Native Command Queuing
16x DVD-ROM Drive + 48x CD-RW Drive
Sound Blaster® X-Fi XtremeMusic (D), w/Dolby® Digital 5.1
It will run most games well. Oblivion, that’s something else. It will run it, but you’ll probably have to tone down the graphics to medium to low quality.
For a comparision, my 2.53 Ghz machine (not dual core) with 1 Gig RAM and a 256MB GeForce 6800GT (slightly better than the 6800) ran Oblivion, but I had to turn off most outdoor effects and run it at 800x600.