By the Nine! Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is finally here after countless rumours and almost two decades since the launch of the original game back in 2006. The system requirements to run this iteration of Tamriel and its adjacent planes are naturally much higher owing to the passage of technology and time. Thankfully, though, you won’t need to pillage an Ayleid ruin for the kit necessary to begin your adventures in Cyrodiil.
If you bought or built your PC within the last five to six years, there’s a good chance you’ll meet the Oblivion Remastered minimum specs. Just don’t think about installing the game on a hard drive, as a 125GB of space on an SSD is mandatory.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit Windows 11 |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Intel Core i7-6800K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Intel Core i5-10600K |
| RAM | 16GB | 32GB |
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5700 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 |
| Storage | 125GB SSD | 125GB SSD |
If your CPU is comparable to either Ryzen 5 2600X or Core i7-6800K and has 16GB backing it up, you’re half way to closing shut the jaws of Oblivion. GPU requirements aren’t are similarly reasonable, with Radeon RX 5700 and GeForce GTX 1070 Ti setting a relatively low bar.
Levelling up to Oblivion Remastered recommended specs, you don’t need to be proficient in acrobatics to make this jump. Processing power isn’t much higher, rising to Ryzen 5 3600X and Core i5-10600K but you will need to double up your RAM to 32GB. Finally, the pixel pushing performance of either Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 2080 will provide an ideal experience.
In terms of modern component recommendations, any Socket AM5 processor from Ryzen 5 7600X upwards will be up to the task of running Oblivion Remastered. If you’d prefer something more blue, the same token applies to most LGA1700 and LGA1851 chips, including Core i5-13600K. Those in need of pointers for graphics cards, I recommend grabbing GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (careful not to mix it up with the 8GB model) or Radeon RX 9070 at the very least.
It’s worth bearing in mind that Oblivion Remastered supports DLSS 4 (via overrides) and FSR 4, as well as XeSS. This should make pushing frame rates higher with your hardware all the easier, regardless of whether you fancy turning on ray tracing or not. You’ll also find options for software and hardware-based Lumen in the settings menu, broadening the availability of ray traced effects.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series consoles, and PC, via Game Pass or Steam. Whether you’re a long-time adoring fan or don’t know how dangerous mudcrabs truly are, I recommend giving it a shot if you’ve hardware capable of running it (and chances are you do).
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