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    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Asteroid2782, Jun 9, 2007.

  1. Asteroid2782

    Asteroid2782 Notebook Consultant

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    Could the 7600 run oblivion on medium settings?
     
    Asteroid2782, Jun 9, 2007
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That may be pushing it, maybe at lowest resolution.
     
    coriolis, Jun 9, 2007
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    Depending on how much RAM you have and what other settings (Shadows, AA, resolution, etc) you enable you might be able to swing it.
     
    vespoli, Jun 9, 2007
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  4. chuck232

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    Some settings in Oblivion really kill performance, even on a desktop machine. You'll have to play around with the settings. (Grass distance can be killer.) With my desktop (Core 2 Duo @ 3GHz, 2GB RAM, 7900GTX) I can't set grass distance to mid-way unless I want to turn off like every other effect. :p
     
    chuck232, Jun 9, 2007
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  5. Greg

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    Read my nc8430 review, the X1600 performs about the same.
     
    Greg, Jun 9, 2007
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  6. vshade

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    Yes, it can

    I use 800x600 (my previous monitor would not go higher than 1024x768 so I think this is medium resolution)
    HDR on
    Low poly Grass(You can put all grass with not big impact, looks great)
    Shadows in 25% outside, 50% inside
    Water on highes settings,
    tree fades below the middle of the bar
    the other fades on maximum

    25-30 fps
     
    vshade, Jun 10, 2007
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    In my x1600 I run it almost at max settings (no shadows), 2x AA, with resolutions of 1280x768. x1600 is similar to go 7600.
     
    conejeitor, Jun 11, 2007
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    vshade's setting are about what mine are at, except I just turned grass off (makes it easier to spot wolves and such) and am running it at 1280x800 with 15-35 fps outdoors and 20-50 in buildings.
     
    Fusionburn, Jun 11, 2007
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    Y'know, it seems like Oblivion needs some SERIOUS optimization of their renderer... grinding a graphics card into dust is no big deal. Just throw a lot of effects and geometry with it. The developers should have some better optimizations and such built into it. You can get near the same visuals a fair bit faster, if they "cheated" a bit.
     
    Pitabred, Jun 11, 2007
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