10. Oblivion

Both systems look fairly solid in Oblivion’s cave scene, at least at most resolutions. But what happens to Eurocom’s M570RU at the screen’s native resolution? We’ve seen this before on systems equipped with Windows Vista - could it be a problem with Microsoft’s software?

Oblivion’s outdoor scene kills both systems, as neither is playable at resolutions beyond 1280x1024, and even this low resolution looks very choppy. The Alienware Area-51 m9750 plays well at 1024x768, but that’s not much of a compliment.