Hello, I'm looking into the possibility of getting Oblivion for PC and playing it on my laptop. I have the Advent Roma 4001. I have heard that Oblivion will simply not play at a decent speed on some laptops. Can anyone tell me if my laptop will play it and if so what kind of issues might there be with performance. Thanks.

Here's a dxdiag:

Time of this report: 5/8/2011, 16:11:26
Machine name: DOH-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.101026-1503)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Advent
System Model: Roma
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL!
Processor: Pentium® Dual-Core CPU T4400 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4028MB RAM
Page File: 1810MB used, 6245MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A42&SUBSYS_99591019&REV_09
Display Memory: 1695 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1631 MB
Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id:
Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (59.999Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumdx32,igd10umd32
Driver File Version: 8.15.0010.2202 (English)
Driver Version: 8.15.10.2202
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/25/2010 20:36:02, 6547968 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6902-11CF-337B-53B9A9C2C535}
Driver Strong Name: oem11.inf:Intel.Mfg.NTamd64:iCNT0:8.15.10.2202:pci\ven_8086&dev_2a42
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_B ModeVC1_C
D3D9 Overlay: Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS_101990B5&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6029 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 1/19/2010 19:42:22, 2242720 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6029 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 1/19/2010 19:42:22, 2242720 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

Yes. I play Oblivion on the laptop. And your laptop seems good enough to me. I think it's better than mine.

No, not on your laptop.


You have a chipset, you need a video card in its own right.

The Intel Integrated Graphic Chipset you have is simply just weak. Oblivion won't play out of the box with most of them and may work with Oldblivion, which is a shader downgrade mod. If yours happens to run the game, then it will pretty much crawl performance-wise. If you haven't bought it yet, I'd say it wouldn't be worth it.