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    Oblivion on a GeForce 8400 GS?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by cy007, Aug 6, 2007.

  1. cy007

    cy007 Notebook Deity

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    Anyone tried it? How does it run? I'm planning to get a new laptop that comes featured with this graphics card.

    Thanks!
     
    cy007, Aug 6, 2007
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    on my desktop 8400GS i an run oblivion with all settings High+HDR but without shadows/AA/AF/and Grass @ a resolution of 800x600 and get fps always above 30

    but obviously the notebook 8400GS is slower, so you might have to turn somethings down like HDR
     
    deedeeman, Aug 6, 2007
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  3. RyanHurtt

    RyanHurtt Notebook Evangelist

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    I have it on my XPS m1330 and 1024x768, bloom lighting, no AF/AA, Distant Landscape and Distant Buildings. Settings ingame tweaked a bit (Using tweakguides.com guide for Oblivion) But right around medium I get 25FPS average outdoors/town, I actually haven't played it in dungeons yet but I assume it's better.

    Turn the resolution down to 800x600 and I'm closer to 35 FPS average though. :)
     
    RyanHurtt, Aug 6, 2007
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  4. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    On an HP dv6500t, I ran Oblivion at 800x600, medium textures, most sliders at 25%, no grass, bloom, distant land/buildings/trees, and got about 30-35 FPS. There are noticeable slowdowns near farms (because of ingredients), in the highest tower of oblivion and for some reason at Cloud Ruler Temple.

    The 8400m GS can handle Oblivion, but I would recommend a better card.
     
    Lithus, Aug 6, 2007
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    My friend has one of those new Acere Aspire "gemstone" laptops. His is configured with a dual-core 1.8 Ghz Turion, 2 GB 533 and a 128 MB Geforce 8400M GS. He's running Oblivion at 1024x768 at mostly medium-high settings and he gets around 30+ FPS indoors and 20-25 FPS outdoors.
     
    SymphonyX, Aug 7, 2007
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