paloalto on 22/3/2006 at 16:52
considering I have a 3.2 AMD 64 1 gig of dual channell 400 ram and a 5600ultra vid card and I have to run it with everything off and the draw way down at the lowest resolution and it still runs so so unless their are 3 or more NPCs and inside some buildings,unless your vid card is considerably more powerful,you will be lucky to run it at all.
chis on 22/3/2006 at 19:23
Unfortunately I can't find it now, but over at (
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/) there is an exhaustive thread about performance with Oblivion on various specs (minimum, recommended, high-end etc), and with various cards.
It has been clearly stated, that whilst FX / 5xxx series Geforce cards WILL play the game; due to the fact that they don't fully support Shader Model 2.0, Oblivion will be deathly slow as a result. Yes, even on 59xx cards.
Do yourselves a favour and upgrade your graphics card. A Geforce 6800GS offers the best price/performance ratio right at the moment, and will play Oblivion very well.
Disclaimer: I do not have my copy of the game yet - shipped from Play.com today - this is all from extensive reading of the Elder Scrolls forums.
Edit: Unfortunately the new 84.25 Forceware drivers released today, do NOT do anything to address the problem on FX cards.
Shadowcat on 25/3/2006 at 07:58
Quote Posted by Malf
Imposters are 2D images of the object taken from the angle of approach that change to the actual 3D model when you get closer.
Trespasser! :)
Matthew on 28/3/2006 at 11:53
Lazarus, I have an AMD 3000+, 1Gb of DDR400 RAM and an FX5900 (not XT).
The game's setup program decided that I deserved 'LOW QUALITY' graphics. Not a promising sign. :p After a foolish experiment with 1280 X 1024 (the treacle! The treacle!) I settled on 800 X 400 with no AA and most options down between 25 and 50%. It's not bad, a little slow sometimes but generally has a decent framerate.
One thing I'm not sure about - several times I've had goblins suddenly jump the distance between us to attack. Can enemies leap into combat, or is it just t hat by the time my computer loads the animation they're already beside me? ;)
