post your video oblivion settings. what works/looks the best?

[Dethfrumbelo]

I have the feeling that this game needs to be patched up some. Dropping to 0 frames to render ahead did remove the horrible lag for me - that shouldn't happen unless there's some bad code running around.

Anyway, dropping shadows also increased my fps dramtically. When the torch comes out, the frames go down big time.

As to the 360 version being better, several posters here have both versions and say they see almost no difference, and the 360 hits points where it starts chugging as well. When G80 arrives, this argument will become moot anyway.

 

[apoppin]

got it today at CC for $39 . . . just played around with it an hour or less and am still in the cave helping the Captain . . .

ANYway . . . 11x8, vsynch Off, 2xAA+Bloom, everything 'on' and 'hi' except Soft Shadows [no HDR option] and it runs fine.

My 2nd RPG [well, third if you count my 2nd as KotOR II - KotOR was my 1st] and i like it so far . . . pretty intuitive interface.
:thumbsup:

 

[Painman]

Played around with settings a little bit. Still at 16x12, 4x AA, 16x AF + bloom, XTX speed. I upped grids to 9, and that makes the outdoors look a lot better to me - I compensated by turning the fade sliders to about 3/4, but kept view distance/objects at high. Shadows are set to about 1/4, tree canopy shadows are on. I'm getting 30-40 FPS outdoors now, and it still looks quite nice.

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
The shaders and textures(which is really odd) seem to have been downgraded considerably versus the 360.

Proof? With an ini tweak the PC version seems to be better looking not worse.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
The shaders and textures(which is really odd) seem to have been downgraded considerably versus the 360.

Proof? With an ini tweak the PC version seems to be better looking not worse.

I haven't played the XBOX version but for some reason, my textures close up look like crap. Textures a bit further away look nice. I did the uGrids tweak.

 

[dalearyous]

i feel like the xbox/pc dilemna can be summed up very easily. if you have a 360 with an HDTV and don't mind using the controller instead of mouse and keyboard then get it. but if you have an 360, and HDTV, and a good computer then its toss up and is up to you...it WILL look better on your computer if you have...like... 6600gt or 6800 equivalent or better is where i would draw the line. so bottom line:

if you have computer setup better than what i said i'd go for pc version easily, ESPECIALLY if you do not have an HDTV. for me i don't even own a 360 but i do have 56" HDTV and while my computer is amazing in the back of my mind im thinking hmm i'd be interested to see it on 56" but whatever

 

[BenSkywalker]

Proof? With an ini tweak the PC version seems to be better looking not worse.

seem to have been downgraded

I am making this call based on all of the screenshots of the PC version, including those with the modified ini files(which seem to be dragging the most powerful rigs to their knees without AA). I didn't say it was, but that is what it seems. The PC version is looking very weak based on all of the available media I have seen for it- certainly not comparable to the 360. This includes pictures taken on a digicam for the 360(where you lose a lot of detail) to screen caps for the PC. It isn't like the huge difference between a game like say GRAW and the top tier PC games(if you can call them that)- Oblivion has adequate visuals on the 360- that just appears to be beyond what the PC has ATM based on the available media.

 

[Conky]

I picked this game up this morning and have just finished playing it for an hour or so. Running it at 1280x1024 with no AA and everything on high and everything is running nice and smooth on my X850XT at stock settings. I could probably put the AA on at 2x with no ill effect but it doesn't seem necessary.

This is only my second or third shot at a RPG game as I am normally a shooter freak, lol. Playing as a lizard barbarian... just got to the point where I became a barbarian. Seems fun so far.

 

[Rhezuss]

I'm running the game at 1280*960 with HDR enabled
View distances all at 3/4 except the "general view" at full (don't know what it's called)
Texture size at Large
Every other options "ON"
Specular something at 1/4
(and of course no AA, Bloom)

The game runs as I can guess around 20-50 FPS depending where I am. I'm pretty pleased at how well the game runs with my rig.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

9800pro, a bit laggy.

 

[dalearyous]

so how did everyone handle getting the book from the daedra people? i used invisibility and watched the whole ritual then picked off the only remaing guy...grabbed the book and ran out

 

[nib95]

If I could only get Oblivion to work I'd tell you guys *cries*

Mine crashes everytime just a few mins into the game

 

[imported_Exempt]

Hi everyone! Was browsing google for the same question "WHat res and whats your fps" and came across this forum. I used to have a different username for Anantech but forgot it, anyways heres the specs and performance..:

Intel P4 (northwood) 3.4ghz @ 4.4ghz cooled by vapochill LS (PC Ice regassed, modded)
ATI x850xt pe, no overclock. 2gb DDR550 [1:1] Corsair ,Sound Blaster Audigy 2, Logitech 5500's , Samsung 46" LCD (8ms) Defualt resolution of 1280x768, capable up to only 1280x960.

Ive found that the best settings for performance in all areas of Oblivion to be 1280x960, no AA, Bloom lighting on, no shadow options on at all, cept the Int. Shadows, and Ext. Shadows are set to maybe 25% on each one, view distance all the way, grass distance at 45% of the bar. FPS is around 28-35 in the forests, indoors its like 50-80, since well...its indoors (caves , houses. In areas with "glow" lighting (lights coming through the ground into the caves e.t.c., the FPS will drop again. I tried 1024x768, with 2xAA, but it still looked horrible. 1280x768, with all options maxed, 4xAA looked AWESOME, but on windy days in the game, the FPS would drop to like 10 lol... and I could completely forget about walking through the forests... I figured since my LCD isnt capable of high resolutions I would be fine, I play almost all games at 1280x768 with 4 or 6X AA and it runs well above 50fps, but this game is very intensive. Ive been holding out on an upgrade for quite some time, but I figure now is a good time. I wanted to know if there are any other widescreen gamers, with a x1900 (single card), and what resolution and settings, and FPS they are getting.

 

[RobertR1]

Originally posted by: nib95
If I could only get Oblivion to work I'd tell you guys *cries*

Mine crashes everytime just a few mins into the game

Have you triend taking out one of your cards and running in as single card setup?

 

[Madwand1]

Originally posted by: dalearyous
how can you find out your in game fps?

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tdt
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[RobertR1]

1920x1200. Using all the .ini tweaks except the Ugridlines. Instead I'm using the LOD Texture Replacement package. All sliders maxed out. All options on except 2 shadow options (forgot which ones). 16xHQAF. 2xQAAA. Bloom.

Tonight I'm going to switch over to HDR and see how that looks. At my res, the AA might not be as important.

 

[Madwand1]

6800 GT OC, 1280 x 1024, high details, full distance, no external shadows, no grass, 4x AA, 8x AF, no bloom, no HDR (could use HDR, but it character colours look really bad on my LCD, CRT is in the shop). 20-30 fps outside, passable and playable but not the greatest (but neither is my LCD); not going to upgrade my video for this game.

 

[Zebo]

X2@2580 and 7800GTX 520/1350

I am running 1680x1050 Everything maxed HDR on but no AA, no AF, no grass shadows, no vsync which sucks laggy and blurry and FPS killer, and 0 frames render ahead to rid lag - I tuned grass off with ini mod. Can't find sh1t in the grass and it's a huge performance drain.

iMinGrassSize=200
fGrassEndDistance=10000.0000
fGrassStartFadeDistance=5000.0000

Use these LOD mods for pretty distance shots and to rid "soup".
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=328524
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=330112

35-52 FPS outdoors

50-112 indoors

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: RobertR1
1920x1200. Using all the .ini tweaks except the Ugridlines. Instead I'm using the LOD Texture Replacement package. All sliders maxed out. All options on except 2 shadow options (forgot which ones). 16xHQAF. 2xQAAA. Bloom.

Tonight I'm going to switch over to HDR and see how that looks. At my res, the AA might not be as important.

HDR is the bomb.. AA not missed at all at high res..

Bloom is really no diff than off plus it hit performance.. just useless

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker

So the XBOX version only runs at 30 fps? That's terrible.

For a slow paced RPG....? If you say so.

You just disqualified any merit your previous statments may have had with this garbage. 30FPS is studdering end of story. Unplayable to me. And there is plenty of face to face fight sceens with fast moving enemies which makes high FPS far more critical than a shooter where you can just stand back and shoot giving more leaway in aqusition.

 

[asearchforreason]

See my sig for specs. I've been messing around with the settings and in a dense forested/hilly area I can run a tolerable 28 FPS @ 1024x768 with everything turned up except turning the grass/vegetation off. I figured out that the grass is what is killing my FPS. If I turn it up even just a little so that there is a small patch of grass around my guy, the FPS drop down to the mid teens. It has a much greater effect than resolution or object fade distance. The only thing that has a bigger effect is turning down the viewing distance which completely ruins the game. I'm still undecided on HDR or Bloom, I need to try them out in some different environments. Also, I haven't noticed the big hit from shadows that some others have mentioned; my problem is the grass.