>2.8 GHZ Pentium D
>1 GB RAM
>
>>The good news is
>>that you can probably get a graphics card that will run it
>for
>>under fifty dollars.
>
>If I'm going to get a new graphics card, I'll prolly get
>something better so it lasts me awhile. Could a semi retarded
>individual pretty easily install it himself?

you might want to check out the nvidia 8800gt. it's actually pretty cheap and i got it to run crysis (the defacto pc gaming benchmark) on very high settings. here's a pretty good price on the "low-end" version of that card: http://dealnews.com/Gigabyte-Ge-Force-8800-GT-256-MB-PCI-Express-Video-Card-Cooler-for-70-after-rebate-6-s-h/237965.html

you also might want to consider getting another gig or ram. it will considerably improve game performance and ram is ludicrously cheap these days if you know where to look (i.e. not brick & mortar stores)

>
>>You can find out here:
>>http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
>>
>>If you're going to play it, read up on Oscuro's Oblivion
>>Overhaul. One of the greatest mods (collection of mods
>really)
>>for Oblivion, I wouldn't want to play it any other way
>>anymore.

HUGE cosign on OOO. it's an amazing mod that changes so much of the core game (for the better) that it feels like a different game

one more thing. you can get even better performance on oblivion with this expertly written tweak guide: http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_1.html. i used it when i had a gfx card similar to the one you have now and i was stunned at how much better the game ran