SpiDoL on 18/5/2009 at 16:44
All right, I have this strange problem. Whenever I watch a cinematic on Oblivion, it always freezes for 2 seconds, starts playing for 2 seconds, then freezes for 2 seconds, and so on and so forth. And furthermore, the main menu lags quite a bit. But when I start playing the game, it runs like a charm! (I'm running on Medium Quality). Any way to fix the choppy video and laggy menu?
Here are my specs:
OS: Windows XP Professional
Processor: AMD Sempron 3300+, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, ~2.0GHz
RAM: 2046 MB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Sound Card: Vinyl AC'97 Audio (WAVE)
P.S. I need this problem fixed because I'm having the exact same problem with Unreal Tournament 3, and those cinematics are important!
Striker on 19/5/2009 at 01:30
Make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card. But also make sure you have the latest sound card drivers as well.
SpiDoL on 20/5/2009 at 16:12
That's what I have. I just reformatted my computer (Don't worry, everything that was on there I have on backup) and it's doing the same exact thing!
~s:a:n:i:t:y~ on 26/5/2009 at 07:31
You know I've had similar problems with vids but also music files (still not fixed, just don't play Oblivion that often anymore)... updated video&sound drivers, also followed many other instructions given at official forums, like, for sound issue, editing .ini files ('bDSoundHWAcceleration=0' instead of 'bDSoundHWAcceleration=1') etc. But still the only option for me is to play with music off.
Have same problem in Morrowind.
It seems I don't have similar issues with any other game that is not Bethesda's.
Had about your configuration, upgraded to GTA 9800 recently, but it did nothing to solve the sound problem :(, although I don't have any issues with video files now.
Pity, the ingame music is great and I just play it via WMP when i play the game, but it's different as it doesn't change with the zone change :(
Striker on 26/5/2009 at 08:30
You could try going to the Direct X Diag tool and changing the Acceleration down a notch and try it. If that doesn't work, keep putting it down a notch till it's off.
SpiDoL on 3/6/2009 at 21:09
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You could try going to the Direct X Diag tool and changing the Acceleration down a notch and try it. If that doesn't work, keep putting it down a notch till it's off.
I have Oblivion uninstalled right now, but I'll try that next time I decide to install. It just might work!
