The two that haven't been deleted are the previous versions of the thread as posted by myself
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=736245, and an older one http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=650879.
As the title suggests, this is a list ranking video cards, in their capability (performance) for playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This was originally a major part of a thread titled "(how) will my computer run Oblivion?" The thread ran for nearly 200 topics, or some 40,000 posts.
Please feel free to make comments, suggestions, etc.
Oblivion benchmarks, regarding video cards:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/oblivion_high-end_performance/page3.asp
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/03/31/elder_scrolls_oblivion/5.html
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6147127/p-6.html
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/oblivion_mainstream_performance/
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2746&p=4
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/07/10/can_your_rig_run_oblivion/
http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=3885&s=5
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=519&model2=547&chart=204
When reading the ranking list, italicized names mean that aren't benchmarked reliably, and hence their rating isn't as certain; they may shift about. underlined cards support SM 3.0, and hence Oblivion's own HDR setting. red cards are ATi Radeons, green cards are nVidia GeForce; other colors are for third-party cards or integrated graphics. Cards listed on the same line are actually identical, just with separate names.
Oblivion Ranking List
- Rock Bottom - these cards do NOT support pixel shaders, and as such, won't run Oblivion, no matter WHAT. Never, ever, ever!
- (Any integrated graphics that's NOT listed elsewhere on here, save for any integrated Radeon or GeForce chips I forgot)
- Any Intel Extreme or older chipset (denoted by a chipset number such as "Intel 845" or lower)
- Radeon 7000 & Radeon VE
- GeForce 4 MX 4000
- GeForce 256
- GeForce 2 MX
- Radeon 7200 & ATi Radeon
- GeForce 2 GTS
- GeForce 4 MX 420
- Radeon 7500
- GeForce 2 Pro
- GeForce 4 MX 440
- GeForce 2 Ti
- GeForce 2 Ultra
- Intel GMA 900 & Intel GMA 950 Integrated graphics (game will crash if you try to load without OldBlivion, you will not get a white screen)
- Radeon 9000 IGP & Mobility Radeon 9000
- Radeon 9100 IGP & Mobility Radeon 9100
- Radeon 9200SE
- Volari V3
- Radeon 9250
- Radeon 9000
- Radeon 9100
- Radeon 9200
- Matrox Parahelia 128
- GeForce 3 Ti 200
- GeForce 3
- Radoen 9100pro
- GeForce 3 Ti 500
- GeForce 4 Ti 4200
- Radeon 8500 & Radeon 9000pro
- GeForce 4 Ti 4400 (and higher)
- GeForce 6100 IGP (integrated graphics) *
- GeForce 6150 IGP (integrated graphics) *
- GeForce FX 5200 & GeForce FX 5200 Ultra * (different models have wildly varying performance)
- S3 S8 256
- GeForce PCX 5300 *
- GeForce FX 5700 LE *
- GeForce FX 5500 *
- GeForce FX 5600 *
- GeForce FX 5700 *
- GeForce PCX 5750 *
- GeForce FX 5600 Ultra *
- GeForce FX 5700 Ultra *
- GeForce FX 5900 XT *
- GeForce FX 5800 *
- GeForce FX 5900 *
- Radeon Xpress 200 (integrated graphics)
- GeForce PCX 5900 *
- GeForce 6200 TurboCache *
- GeForce FX 5800 Ultra *
- Volari V8 Duo *
- GeForce FX 5900 Ultra *
- Volari V5 Ultra *
- GeForce FX 5950 Ultra *
- GeForce 7300SE
- GeForce 7100GS
- GeForce 7300 TurboCache & GeForce 7300LE
- Radeon X300 HyperMemory
- Radeon X550 HyperMemory
- Radeon 9600SE & Radeon X300SE
- Radeon X600 HyperMemory
- Volari V8 Ultra *
- Volari V8 Duo Ultra *
- Radeon 9550 & Radeon X1050
- Radeon X550SE
- GeForce 6200
- Radeon X300 & Radeon 9600
- Radeon X550
- GeForce 6600LE
- Radeon X550pro
- Radeon X550XT
- GeForce 7300GS
- GeForce Go 7400 (Notebook card)
- Radeon X1300HyperMemory
- Radeon 9500 & Mobility Radeon 9700
- GeForce 6500
- GeForce 8300GS
- Radeon 9600pro & Radeon X600pro
- Radeon 9600XT & Radeon X600XT
- Radeon 9500pro
- Radeon HD2400pro
- Intel GMA 3000 & Intel GMA X3000 & Intel GMA X3100 Integrated graphics (performance varies by individual chipset)
- Radeon X1300 & All-in-Wonder 2006
- S3 Chrome 25
- S3 Chrome 27
- GeForce 6600
- Radeon 9700
- Radeon 9800
- GeForce 7300GT
- Radeon HD3100 & Radeon HD3200 (Integrated graphics)
- GeForce 6800LE
- GeForce 6800XT
- Radeon X700
- Radeon X1550
- GeForce 6800 (PCI-express version)
- Radeon HD3450
- Radeon 9700pro
- Radeon X1300pro
- GeForce 6600GT
- GeForce 8400GS
- Radeon HD2400XT
- GeForce 7300GT Xtreme GDDR3 (modified card)
- Radeon X1300XT
- Radeon 9800pro
- Radeon X700pro
- Radeon X700XT
- Radeon X800SE
- Radeon 9800XT
- Radeon X800GT & Radeon X800RX
- GeForce 6800 (AGP version)
- Radeon X1600pro & Radeon X1300XT
- Radeon X800 & Radeon X800GTO 128MB
- Gigabyte 3D1 (two 6600GTs on one board)
- GeForce 6800GS (AGP version)
- GeForce 6800GS (PCI-express version)
- GeForce 7600GS
- Radeon X1600XT & Radeon X1650pro
- GeForce 6800GT
- Radeon X800GTO & Radeon X800GTO? (256MB version for either)
- GeForce 7800GS (stock clock; 375MHz core)
- GeForce 6800ultra
- Radeon X800pro
- GeForce 7800GS (overclocked version; 400-430MHz core)
- GeForce 7600GT
- GeForce 7800GS (superclock version; 460MHz core, 1350MHz memory)
- Radeon X1650XT
- GeForce 7800GT
- Radeon HD2600pro
- Radeon X800XL & Radeon X800GTO 16
- GeForce 7800GS (Gainward "bliss" version)
- Xbox 360 & Playstation 3 (rough placement for Oblivion comparison)
- Radeon X850pro
- Geforce 7900GS (Notebook version)
- GeForce 8600GS
- Radeon HD2600XT
- GeForce 8600GT & GeForce 9500GT
- Radeon X1800GTO
- GeForce 7900GS & GeForce 7800GS+ (former is the desktop version, latter is the CURRENT new version of the Europe-only AGP card. Older ones are listed separately)
- GeForce 7800GTX
- GeForce 7900GT & GeForce 7800GS+ (latter is an AGP Europe-only card that is no longer made, replaced by different cards with an identical name.)
- Radeon X1800XL & Radeon X1800GTO?
- Radeon X1950GT
- Radeon X800XT
- Radeon X850XT
- GeForce 7950GT
- GeForce 7800GTX 512
- GeForce 7900GTO
- GeForce 8600GTS
- Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition
- Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition
- GeForce 7900GTX
- Radeon X1900 All-in-Wonder
- Radeon X1900GT
- Radeon X1950pro
- Radeon X1800XT
- GeForce 7800GT Dual (two GPUs on one board)
- Radeon X1800XT Platinum Edition
- Radeon X1900XT & Radeon X1900
- Radeon X1900XTX
- Radeon X1950XT
- Radeon X1950XTX or GeForce 7950GX2 (data inconclusive; 7950GX2 performs worse in Oblivion than in any other game)
- Radeon HD 2900GT
- Radeon HD 3850
- GeForce 9600GSO & GeForce 8800GS
- Radeon HD 2900pro
- GeForce 8800GTS (640MB & 320MB versions)
- Radeon HD 2900XT
- Radeon HD 3870
- Radeon HD 4670
- GeForce 9600GT
- GeForce 8800GT
- GeForce 8800GTS (512MB version)
- GeForce 8800GTX
- GeForce 8800ultra
- GeForce 9800GTX
- GeForce 9800GTX+
- Radeon HD 4850
- Radeon HD 4870
- GeForce GTX 260
- Radeon HD 3870X2
- GeForce GTX 280
- GeForce 9800GX2
- Radeon HD 4870X2