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simon275
08-23-2006, 05:00 AM
What are you graphics setting for Obilivion?

I have a 6800gt and the game a auto configuered the graphics for me and they are 1024x768. With the other settings at decent levels. There are so many.

While I play WOW at 2560 x 1024 over two monitors. With everything full.

The one thing that with Oblivion I get it is I have like no load times what so ever its just zip done. And when I'm out side running around I get a quick flash of loading area or what ever it says.

I was talking to a friend today who knows about programming and he reckons while Obilivion is a bit of a graphics whore. It shouldn't be that bad and the game is poorly optimised. What you all reckon?

DaveW
08-23-2006, 05:17 AM
There is a 3rd party program that can optomise oblivion's graphics engine a little, but i forget where it is. I'm sure i saw it in a magazine.

Goggle should help you find it.

-Dave

Razors Edge
08-23-2006, 09:09 AM
How does the 6800gt run the game? I'm accually looking for a graphic card that can handle obvlivion pretty good.

Indybird
08-23-2006, 11:45 AM
My friend has a X2 3800+, 2GB RAM and a 6800GT and he can run Oblivion on High but not full Graphics. It probably just his computer, but he had to turn the grass off :?

Crimson13
08-23-2006, 12:05 PM
ATI x900 pro, 1.5Bg RAM, 3.2GHz Pent4. I can play oblivion all on high at 1280x960. and run a second montior.

.Maleficus.
08-23-2006, 02:50 PM
If this isn't to much trouble, can someone tell me how the game looks on low/medium graphics? I just ordered my X1600PRO (already overclocked so I'm hoping for a little preformance increase), but I don't think I will be able to get High with all the fun stuff enabled. Would you say that the Low/Medium graphics are comparable to the Xbox 360 version of the game? That is all I'm really hoping for, I don't need need every little thing on, just hopefully comparable to the Xbox 360 version.


Edit: After re-reading my post, I found that I said "I don't think I will be able to get High", and I mean't to say High graphics, not, ummm, high lol.

Silenced_Coyote
08-24-2006, 04:05 AM
It shouldn't be comparable to the Xbox 360 version. You would have a shorter draw distance for one thing. I heard grass is a killer too. I can't remember, but there was an article about this. I think it was on FiringSquad.com or maybe TomsHardware.com

simon275
08-24-2006, 04:24 AM
.Maleficus. On Medium which you will probably be running it at.
The textuers will be good. Your veiwing distance will be medium and lighting and particles low to non existent.

Through some tweaking I found if I set te distance I can see grass as low as possible I can put up the other setting more. As the grass is hundereds of individual 3d blades of grass on a stem or 3d flowers.

Also shadows are a real killer. The game turned normal character shadows off. But kept water reflections on. So it's really a choice of what setting you want wheter you want shadows on buildings and people and no cool water effects or vice versa. Pretty much its down to your own personal choice.

Razors Edge The 6800gt runs it ok I would prefer 1280x1024 except if I run it at that the others setting take a big hit.

My comp is
AMD 3400+ 2.GHZ, 2x512mb Corsair RAM, Gigabyte mobo, Albatron 6800gt (AGP)
The main one in my sig.

From reading
Crimson13 and Indybird post about there and firends PC I' am begining to believe my CPU may be a bottle neck. I doubt the game really needs more than 1gb of ram though.

The one thing about this game compared to others is I can smoothly alt-tab out of it without crashes or errors or having to wait a long time unlike BF2.

Razors Edge pretty much the more you spend the better Obilivon experience you get. It runs pretty good on the old 6800gt agp model. But I bet it would pur along on a 7900gt or gtx.

I will post a screen shot of my graphics page from Obilivion in a couple of hours.

The one thing that gets me about Obilivion is the size of it. I have a friend who has played it a fair bit. And once I first played it and got out of the sewers into the outside world. I went to this town with invisilbe people in it that he has never been to and it is really close by.

Cheers Guys.

Indybird
08-26-2006, 02:23 AM
(No Offense) I'd definitely upgrade your proc... If you plan to run Oblivion on high/full your going to need 2GB of ram.

Also, on my old computer:
Intel Celeron 2.4GHz (O.C'd to 2.6)
ASUS P4P800-E Mobo
Sapphire 9600XT 256MB
1GB DDR RAM

I could run Oblivion on Medium/Low graphics at 800x600.
My new one (check my sig) can run Oblivion at full/1280x960


The one thing that gets me about Obilivion is the size of it. I have a friend who has played it a fair bit. And once I first played it and got out of the sewers into the outside world. I went to this town with invisilbe people in it that he has never been to and it is really close by.
Woah, where's that!?

simon275
08-26-2006, 08:33 AM
Woah, where's that!?

Its between the Imperial city entrance bridge with the stable and the ruins across from the sewer exit along the edge of the moat.

Apprently some one in the town found some book and read a line and poof! they all went invisible. There is a quest to help them.

There was a typo in the last thread my proc is 2.4ghz. I cant upgrade my proc without upgrading my RAM, MOBO and GPU. As it is socket 754 with agp bus while new amd proceesors are either Am2 or 939 and they are PCI-E and DDR2. And that would cost like $1000 to upgrade. I dont have that type of cash at the moment.

Airbozo
08-26-2006, 02:07 PM
... I cant upgrade my proc without upgrading my RAM, MOBO and GPU. As it is socket 754 with agp bus while new amd proceesors are either Am2 or 939 and they are PCI-E and DDR2. And that would cost like $1000 to upgrade. I dont have that type of cash at the moment.


This is my dilema right now...

simon275
08-26-2006, 08:07 PM
I heard of a board that is socket 939 and has a agp slot and a PCI-E slot anyone know about it?

Indybird
08-26-2006, 08:14 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022+1070907495+1073407577+1073607587&Subcategory=22&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=
There's three Socket 939 w/ AGP 8X and PCI-E X16. ;)

simon275
08-26-2006, 11:23 PM
The ECS K8T890-A (1.0A) Socket 939 VIA K8T890 ATX AMD Motherboard with the 1x AGP Express slot.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135212

Two bad newegg dont ship to Australia. :(

Durrthock
08-27-2006, 05:42 PM
lol i can run it on high on my 6800 with good fps inside and ok fps outside.

And i know someone who has his computer optomised for gaming olny and he can get 30fps on max with a 9800 pro

simon275
08-30-2006, 03:18 AM
And i know someone who has his computer optomised for gaming olny and he can get 30fps on max with a 9800 pro

Thats pretty good in its self on a 9800 pro.

MitaPi
08-30-2006, 07:35 AM
I run oblivion on medium with a ATI Radeon Xtasy 300se. No problems... the funny thing is that they didnt even list my card on the box lol.

1-10
How good is my card? I dont even know, my friend made me get it for 130 bucks at BestBuy cuz he's an impatient mofo.

simon275
08-31-2006, 03:18 AM
Rating 1 maybe 2.

MitaPi
08-31-2006, 03:26 AM
WHOO HOO!!! Hell yea for impatient best friends! :D

It can still play oblivion on medium settings though ^_^

simon275
08-31-2006, 07:21 AM
1 or 2 as in bad. :D 10 is good.
Sorry

Edit: more research its a 3 in my scale a 7 in yours.

Also you got ripped off you can pick one up for $60 US

MitaPi
08-31-2006, 07:51 AM
lol no no I know. I was being sarcastic. I know that you meant it was bad. ^_^

A 7 in my book would be at least the X1600PRO

Durrthock
08-31-2006, 06:16 PM
I didnt say 30fps max I said 30fps outside on max