Why is my Hardware crap ???

[cantbprince]

Check my sig.... I have no idea why it's running soo poorly.. i can play COD2 everything cranked and no problems.. and for some reason it's sooo choppy even at 1024*768 in oblivion. I don't understand. My 3dmark05 score was about 7500 (which is kinda low) i have a 7800 gt co.... At a real loss...


Directx9.0c (version 4.09.0000.0904)
ForceWare 81.98

 

[Luckyboy1]

Yes, it's a terrible burden having a computer that lame. Send it to my address immediately before you go seeking any more external validation for your PC purchases.

 

[cantbprince]

lol I would be glad to... but at this point i'm ready to throw it out the window... it should run this game no prob...

 

[Luckyboy1]

It should, so post your diagnosis please. I'm not all that familiar with your PC confingeration, but plenty of the other people around here are very familiar with that layout and if you post the diagnosis, it takes alot of the guesswork out of helping you. Post the entire mess. If you need instructions, see Luckyboy's Guide For Complete Users.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: Luckyboy1
Yes, it's a terrible burden having a computer that lame. Send it to my address immediately before you go seeking any more external validation for your PC purchases.

he's uh, asking for help? no reason to show your ass.

 

[Shadow Conception]

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: Luckyboy1
Yes, it's a terrible burden having a computer that lame. Send it to my address immediately before you go seeking any more external validation for your PC purchases.

he's uh, asking for help? no reason to show your ass.

No ******.
Oblivion's really graphics intense, but with that rig, you should be able to run it at medium-high settings. You should check your drivers. Opening up the case and taking a look at the card and it's heat would also help, if any past experiences with overheating might've knocked the thing bad.

 

[kmrivers]

cpu botteneck.

2GB of RAM please.

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: Luckyboy1
It should, so post your diagnosis please. If you need instructions, see Luckyboy's Guide For Complete Users.

you really are obsessed with the diagonses you recommend...

OP, get another gig of ram and see what happens. i'm not sure but is oblivion multi-threaded? a cpu upgrade may be in need.

(just read kmriver's post...i'm basically restating him )

 

[cantbprince]

I just upgraded my drivers to ForceWare 84.21.. no change. Also i was running it with 512 and now with 1gig... still no difference. i can try overclocking my rig. but i can't imagine that the cpu is the problem... i will check my card temps. .... okay it's about 45C idle (in windows.)

 

[Shadow Conception]

Make sure you have sufficient cooling when you overclock, or your problem'll only get worse (this time, yielding high costs).

 

[erikistired]

run the game and check your memory usage in the task manager and see if it's maxing out. you might need more ram.

 

[Shadow Conception]

Woah, 1GB of RAM isn't enough for Oblivion? That's insane...

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: kmrivers
cpu botteneck.

Uh, no it's not.

 

[techwanabe]

Originally posted by: fisher
run the game and check your memory usage in the task manager and see if it's maxing out. you might need more ram.

Check the Oblilvion threads in the Software section. Some say that more than 1 Gb helps with that game. Seems crazy I know.

 

[kmrivers]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: kmrivers
cpu botteneck.

Uh, no it's not.

and why is that?

 

[TheRyuu]

Oblivion is just a really graphicaly intense game. Just turn off some settings. How do you think I feel with a 9800XT? I don't even get Bloom lighting!

But that'll all change when I get my 7900Gt's in SLI tommorow if UPS doesn't fvck it up

Also, try the XG 84.25's.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: techwanabe

Originally posted by: fisher
run the game and check your memory usage in the task manager and see if it's maxing out. you might need more ram.

Check the Oblilvion threads in the Software section. Some say that more than 1 Gb helps with that game. Seems crazy I know.

it certainly helps me in bf2. wouldn't surprise me if it helped with oblivion.

 

[abracadaver]

I'd go to the Elder Scrolls forums, as there are several threads involving people with problems like yours.

 

[imaheadcase]

You wouldn't happen to have a X-Fi sound card would you? Quite a few are having issues with it in Oblivion (not to mention tons of games and systems, worst soundcard to date).

 

[LittleNemoNES]

your CPU is too slow. OC it about 400 mhz

 

[Arcanedeath]

Also, try the XG 84.25's.

this is supposed to be a big help w/ ES4 I'd try that first then turn down the grass slider that seems to cause the bigest hits on nvidia cards

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: kmrivers

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: kmrivers
cpu botteneck.

Uh, no it's not.

and why is that?

Because it's not.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

All current games now are GPU-bound. A 3200+ should be fine for Oblivion. It's just a really graphically intense game.

 

[Zebo]

Probably CPU limitation. I run 45-60FPS always with GTX and 2800Mhz A64 at 16x10 WS.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: cantbprince
Check my sig.... I have no idea why it's running soo poorly.. i can play COD2 everything cranked and no problems.. and for some reason it's sooo choppy even at 1024*768 in oblivion. I don't understand. My 3dmark05 score was about 7500 (which is kinda low) i have a 7800 gt co.... At a real loss...


Directx9.0c (version 4.09.0000.0904)
ForceWare 81.98

more ram and bigger proc for oblivion..
its a real system hog..

Runs well on my rig.. but I still prefer the 360 version

A64/3700
2 gigs of Kingston
7900 GT Extreme version