How do I know if my motherboard can handle Oblivion?

Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:21 pm

I've asked before about heat tolerance for my processor and GPU, and I found out mine gets a little warm when playing oblivion, but I'm usually nowhere near the limit for either heat tolerance wise.

However, I was wondering if there is a way to find out if my motherboard in general can handle the game without turning into a fireball. After long seesions of playing the game my computer gets pretty hot, and I was wondering what my motherboard specs are on heat tolerance and what it can handle before I have to worry.

My motherboard is a FoxConn 2A8C

P.S.- I'm fairly sure I don't have much to worry about, but I'd just like to know to be on the safe side.
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Stephanie Kemp
 
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Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:06 am

Your motherboard??? That wouldn't be the issue....the processor and/or video card overheating would be. If you're not getting random shutdowns or blue-screens while playing the game, most likely you are fine. I don't think you have very much to worry about in terms of the motherboard being an issue.
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Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:01 pm

Your motherboard??? That wouldn't be the issue....the processor and/or video card overheating would be. If you're not getting random shutdowns or blue-screens while playing the game, most likely you are fine. I don't think you have very much to worry about in terms of the motherboard being an issue.


I kinda figured that was true, but considering I've had random things die on computers for the past five years (I swear, I think I'm cursed or something), I guess I'm just paranoid and wanted to know my motherboard's heat tolerance.

Whenever I play Oblivion for example, after stretches of heavy play, it usually is somewhere in the upper forties-fifties Celsius wise as far as temperature goes.

I just wanted to know the heat tolerance admittedly out of paronoia, but since I have an HP Slimline nice built for gaming that nonetheless seems to run most games somewhat decently, I just wanted to make sure I had nothing to worry about.
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Alex [AK]
 
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Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:59 am

Can You Run It?

See Google, and you now.
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Céline Rémy
 
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Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:24 am

Can You Run It?

See Google, and you now.


Inaccurate. Just because some bit of software says you meet 'minimum requirements, does NOT make it so.
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Sandeep Khatkar
 
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Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:33 am

Some bit of software?

As i understand,

this software scan your PC,and tell ,can you run it.

First time , i head ,that this maybe dont work.
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Rebecca Clare Smith
 
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Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:05 pm

The software does a fairly generic scan, and only looks at particular aspects of your system, like, how much video ram you have, it doesn't look at if that video ram is attached to an onboard chipset, which generally WON'T run the game. Same is true for all of them. if you really want to know if your machine can run any particular game, look at the RECOMMENDED system requirements for said game, and compare that to your hardware. That will give you a better indication than ANY online 'tool'.
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Post » Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:41 am

I now understand, what you mean,

Can You Run It, also tell what recommended for the game, and then the player had to look at his/hers PC for that off cource :happy:
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