It really sucks, you know... having to upgrade your system every six months to continue playing the latest games... In my case I used the Oldblivion Utility in order to play Oblivion. The graphics aren`t breathtaking, but the game is still there... you have to compromise, if you don`t have the cash... One can only hope developers become more conscious about those issues... But what I can`t exactly figure out is why are newer games like Tomb Raider Legend and Hitman Blood Money, both released at almost the same time, both by Eidos, so different when it comes to hardware demands. With my Pentium IV 2.8 GHz HT, Geforce 5700 LE 256 Mb and 512 Mb ram memory, I can play TR legend with the highest settings, and I can only walk in slow motion while playing Blood Money. Does anyone know why those things happen???