DeeBye,Apr 12 2006, 10:17 PM Wrote:Just out of curiosity, what are you using to run Oblivion and what settings do you run it at?
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3 year old computer, but so worth keeping.
PSU: 430W Enermax noisetaker. 18A each on dual 12V rails.
CPU: Pentium 2.8c Northwood, 2.8Ghz
HDD: 2x WD 7200 RPM 2MB cache IDE, 120 gig
RAM: 3x512 megs Samsung DDR-SDRAM, 1.5 gigs total
AGP x4, v2.0:
BFG Nvidia 7800GS (AGP only card, godsend for AGP Mobo owners)
Overclocked with coolbits to 500 / 1.40, default OC being 425 / 1.25
--As summer comes by, I'll have to revert to something slower... but if your ambiet room temperature is pretty cold too, you could OC a fairly decent amount.
--Fast Write combining turned off
Temperature steady around 50 idle, 57 under extended load. The new entire nvidia 7000 series tends to be a cooler more efficient design.
ATI currently beats Nvidia cards may currently beat Nvidia some of their upper end PCI-E cards, but doesn't have great offerings for AGP right now.
Settings:
Full screen V-sync (v-synch is better for my system, but its usefulness varies on and off)
Resolution: 1280x1024 (note how my screenshot was scaled down...)
HDR enabled / AA off (AA not possible with HDR)
Distant Rendering: land/trees/builds all enabled
in game settings: Settings individually vary between 15, 25, and 75% sliders. All water/reflection settings on. Actor shadow, Tree Canopy shadows, Shadow filtering on.
ini changes: Too many to list. Lots of things enabled, but this should be personalized to your computer and gaming experience. I tend to play around with this occasionally too.