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    Oblivion glitch with sword

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by catchshime, Jun 27, 2007.

  1. catchshime

    catchshime Notebook Enthusiast

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    Instead of seeing the details of my sword, I see a blank white sword swinging away. kinda takes away from the fun of the game if you ask me. This happens sometimes with my character too, his eyes. Anyone know why this graphics glitch is happening? Visual artifact maybe?
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    I got that too sometimes, for a while at least. I think it was because of shoddy driver and/or vista. Haven't got it installed at the moment, but i never ahd that problem with xp (or all vista drivers at that)
     
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    Never seen that on my Mobility X1600 or [desktop] 7950GT KO.

    What version of Oblivion do you have, and what graphics driver versions are you running?
     
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    catchshime Notebook Enthusiast

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    my version of oblivion is the latest updated patch i believe - v1.2.0416. also i have an nvidia 7400 go and the driver version is 97.46... latest one i believe. maybe i'll reboot.
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    try 158.xx or higher, they'll give you much better performance. You can find them at www.laptopvideo2go.com. Read the instructions before you install (it's not just download and clickety-click).
     
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    catchshime Notebook Enthusiast

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    Would these still work even though I'm running a 7400 GO AND vista 32-bit? I see that these are for 64-bit and i don't see 7400 go listed... should i try anyway?
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    ... No gpu's are listed. They'll work on any nVidia Geforce GPU. Just press vista 32-bit on the left side of the page and you'll get the vista 32 bit drivers (you have to enter the driver page first). AND DON'T FORGET TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!

    Better yet, here's the download page http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/vista
     
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    catchshime Notebook Enthusiast

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    uhh i got an error saying it would only work for vista 32 bit...let me try again
     
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    nope, still got the white swords, though the graphics are a bit smoother now... any ideas?
     
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    Re-installing oblivion? I honestly can't remember how I got it or how i fixed it. But re installing Oblivion should work.
     
    fabarati, Jun 27, 2007
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