ignatios on 24/3/2006 at 17:30
Quote Posted by Papy
Is it possible, for example, to stop the grass from moving to see if it has an impact on the framerate ?
I doubt you can stop the grass from moving, but you can definitely decrease the amount of grass you come across. The first tweak in the first post covers it; have you tried it already?
io organic industrialism on 24/3/2006 at 19:02
Quote Posted by ignatios
I doubt you can stop the grass from moving, but you can definitely decrease the amount of grass you come across. The first tweak in the first post covers it; have you tried it already?
i tried it but it didn't seem to visably affect the amount of grass or the performance.... ?? maybe i did something wrong
ignatios on 24/3/2006 at 19:05
Make sure it's the right .ini:
My Documents --> My Games --> Oblivion --> Oblivion.ini
The .ini in the game folder itself is the default one and only read if your personalised .ini is missing.
Papy on 24/3/2006 at 20:14
In my case, Bloom do not have a big performance hit. For me, the problem is clearly the processor. Unfortunately, I can't afford an FX60 and I don't think going from a 3000+ to a 3800+ is worth it. I could buy a dual core but, from what I read, Oblivion do not use the second core.
As for the grass, turning it off completely give me only 5 FPS. So making it less dense does not make that much of a difference. If I turn off grass AND trees I go to 30-35 fps, but then... I did buy Oblivion mainly to look at beautiful graphics.
Anyway, I now find those 15-25 FPS not as bad as before and since I turned off "shadow on grass" there is no fighting a wolf at 3 FPS anymore (in rare cases I can go as low as 10 FPS but it is still playable). Also, after a few hours, I'm now used to object poping out not far from me and I don't make a fixation on distant texture anymore. I guess I needed some time to adapt to the game (i.e. lower my expectations) and, yes, I now find the game is beautiful.
ignatios on 24/3/2006 at 20:38
Oblivion definitely benefits from more than one core; an XBox 360 has three CPU cores and you can bet they're all used. A dev confirmed this in one of the FAQ threads on the TES forums (the big hardware one which I can't find at the moment).
As for how much benefit it derives from other multi-core architectures, I've read varying reports, but apparently it's better on ATI than Intel right now.
Papy on 24/3/2006 at 21:32
Quote Posted by ignatios
Oblivion definitely benefits from more than one core
Ok... Now I'm interested ! The only thing I read was someone who said he run Oblivion in window mode while checking his processor usage. He said that the second core was not used at all. Is there anyone here with a dual core processor who can shed some light on this ?
Quote Posted by ignatios
As for how much benefit it derives from other multi-core architectures, I've read varying reports, but apparently it's better on ATI than Intel right now.
You mean AMD, right ?
io organic industrialism on 24/3/2006 at 21:36
:joke:
Quote Posted by ignatios
Make sure it's the right .ini:
My Documents --> My Games --> Oblivion --> Oblivion.ini
The .ini in the game folder itself is the default one and only read if your personalised .ini is missing.
wow!!! well i edited the one in the game directory .... so basically i am stupid! i will try this when i get home :joke:
io organic industrialism on 24/3/2006 at 21:43
Quote Posted by Papy
Ok... Now I'm interested ! The only thing I read was someone who said he run Oblivion in window mode while checking his processor usage.
He said that the second core was not used at all.
programmers haven't figured out how to effectively utilize it, apparently
ignatios on 24/3/2006 at 22:18
Quote Posted by Papy
You mean AMD, right ?
haha, I do! Cheers.
I've got a dual-core system so I'll check it out.
dracflamloc on 24/3/2006 at 22:19
The problem with the dual core hype is the development it takes to use such things. Its not the same as just calling a new thread. The cores have different registers and especially when dealing with strings and sharing data between the two, it is a bitch to program for that.
While dual core will definitly make it faster if you are running two separate intensive apps at the same time, for gaming it really isnt as big of a factor, which is why the fx57 is still faster than the amd X2 in most cases.
