>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

so it's 512 MB total? Wow, that is a good deal...might cop it within a week

>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)

yeah I prolly will. Any specific brand to avoid or does that not matter?

>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

cool, I'll remember this stuff...