well, Oblivion is crashing and performing like crap for me{EDIT-FIX'D} - by Fig455
Dirty_Brute on 23/3/2006 at 20:48
Well, since I have the same card as you, then I will let you know how it runs Oblivion when I get it. Probably this Saturday.
If I can at least get an average of 25 fps or above, then that would be cool.
RarRar on 23/3/2006 at 21:04
Quote Posted by io organic industrialism
i can't belive mine autodetected ultra high because it is running so terribly.
Do check the software/hardware threads at the elderscrolls forums. My new 7900GTX arrived today and I'm reading all kinds of crap. For example, make sure supersampling is OFF. Make sure gamma correction sampling is OFF. Haven't tried it myself yet, but supposedly that, among other things, REALLY helps the framerate. There's is supposed to be a new NVidia driver especially tweaked for Oblivion due out anytime now.
io organic industrialism on 23/3/2006 at 21:19
Quote Posted by RarRar
Do check the software/hardware threads at the elderscrolls forums. My new 7900GTX arrived today and I'm reading all kinds of crap. For example, make sure supersampling is OFF. Make sure gamma correction sampling is OFF. Haven't tried it myself yet, but supposedly that, among other things, REALLY helps the framerate. There's is supposed to be a new NVidia driver especially tweaked for Oblivion due out anytime now.
i will try those tweaks.
that driver came out yesterday. it helped a little bit, maybe +5fps indoors
Slither on 24/3/2006 at 15:57
Quote Posted by io organic industrialism
i will try those tweaks.
that driver came out yesterday. it helped a little bit, maybe +5fps indoors
Hey, io. Did you try this (below)? I've heard mixed things about it and don't have Oblivion yet to test it, myself. Some say they see a difference, others not. No one is reporting that it does any damage, so give it a shot, if you haven't already.
b. NVIDIA card Coolbits tweak
This is one of the greatest driver tweaks I have ever seen. At first, I couldn't believe my results.
But I ran my benchmarks over and over and came up with the same result; an increase to my average
FPS of 19. There is no noticeable drop in quality and no apparent side effects. I encourage
everyone to apply this tweak. It really is pretty unbelievable. Steps:
1. Download and install the latest NVIDIA ForceWare drivers.
2. Download and install the "Coolbits" registry tweak:
(
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815)
(To install, unzip then double-click the .reg file to apply the registry mod)
3. Go to Control Panel -> Display -> Settings tab -> Advanced -> GeForce XXXX (your card model)
4. Expand "Performance & Quality Settings"
5. Click on "Additional Direct3D Settings"
6. Change "Max Frames to render ahead" from 3 to 0.
7. Click "Apply" then "OK" to exit the settings page.
Start Oblivion and note the huge, huge difference in input responsiveness and framerate consistency.
(Huge thanks to justice7 from the Oblivion forums)
io organic industrialism on 24/3/2006 at 16:13
Quote Posted by Slither
Hey, io. Did you try this (below)?
tried it last night. didn't notice a difference of even 1fps. :(
242 on 25/3/2006 at 02:01
Quote Posted by Fig455
Hmmm. Uninstalled and reinstalled. Seems to be doing jjust fine. Settings up pretty high @ 1024x768 and gettingg 30 fps. No more crashes. Might have had a borked install. Sorry to have alarmed anyone unneccesarily.:erg:
I also have R9800Pro, and the game was very jerky until I moved 3d quality slider in the video card settings tab from high quality to normal. Now it's very playable. All the graphics settings are recommended (set by the "default" button) except resolution which I increased from 640x480 to 1024x768.
Auriel on 25/3/2006 at 02:31
ahhhh my game crashes whenever i go to the house of the guy you have to go to after leaving the tutorial sewers......
does anyone know why!?
ignatios on 25/3/2006 at 04:31
Do you have specular lighting disabled? You need specular, diffuse, and ambient lighting enabled to enter his place.
bDoSpecularPass=1
bDoDiffusePass=1
bDoAmbientPass=1
Epos Nix on 25/3/2006 at 08:01
General rule with any Elder Scrolls game: DEFRAG
Also, setting your system cache min and max values to the recommended value keeps to drive from thrashing constantly and makes things load faster overall. My min and max defaulted to 1536 and 3056 megs respectively -- now they are both 1536.
And lastly: any time the game crashes, wipe the system cache clean. This will prevent your save files from becoming corrupt. Oh, and DEFRAG... OFTEN!
