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Manager of Fat Girls Utd Jul 5, 2014 @ 7:13am
Poor framerate on a decent PC
Okay, so a week back I built a pretty good PC with an expensive GPU and it plays all the games I want on Ultra, but for some reason Oblivion's framerate goes well below 40 and causes some really weird stuttering, especially when looking at a handful or more of NPCs.
Any help?
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ElCilantro Jul 5, 2014 @ 7:29am 
get a better computer :Rubber_Duck:
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Manager of Fat Girls Utd Jul 5, 2014 @ 7:53am 
I just said I upgraded it.
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Caesar Jul 5, 2014 @ 3:32pm 
What are your specs? Your CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.
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Omgwtfbbqkitten Jul 5, 2014 @ 3:51pm 
The problem is probably caused by integrated audio.

Download and use the Quiet Feet Max mod from the nexus.

"Quiet Feet MAX 2.0 fixes the horrible stuttering when people ride a horse or fight
certain enemies (e.g. wolves). This is because characters in the game have
distinct sound effects that play when each foot hits the ground, which means
characters with more feet put more pressure on your system. Many systems can't
handle this."

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/12331/?

I use the Whispered Feet version, but the Whispered Feet Max version is a little more effective, but it will silence horses, wolves and other 4 legged footstep sounds which I don't like.

You should also use Oblivion Stutter Remover

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23208/?

You will also need to install OBSE for Stutter Remover to work.

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/37952/?
Last edited by Omgwtfbbqkitten; Jul 5, 2014 @ 3:56pm
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Hellbishop Jul 5, 2014 @ 5:24pm 
It might also be a problem with using multiple cores on your cpu. Alot of people in the past had to set the ini file to be able to use either more then one core or only one core on systems that had quad core cpu's. Dont remember exactly which it was.

Do a google search on Oblivion and quad core pc's which will probably tell you what settings to add to your ini file. I know with Fallout 3 I had to do this recently after upgrading to a i5 intel cpu.

Good luck and let us know how things turn out.
Last edited by Hellbishop; Jul 5, 2014 @ 5:24pm
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Manager of Fat Girls Utd Jul 6, 2014 @ 12:53am 
Ah okay, yeah well I have an 8 core CPU so I think I can google a solution and @Cæsar my specs are;

MSI Nvidia GTX 770 2GB Standard Clocked
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition CL @ 4.0GHz
8GB (2x4) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM
Corsair 750M PSU
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Caesar Jul 6, 2014 @ 12:56pm 
It's your CPU, Oblivion/Fallout 3 can barely handle a quad core let alone an octa core. I know that there is a setting somewhere in the config that may help, I just need to find it.
Edit: Found it! Try putting this in your config file. Be sure to back it up before hand!
bUseThreadedAI=1
iNumHWThreads=2
This tells the game to lauch using only two cores.
Last edited by Caesar; Jul 6, 2014 @ 1:01pm
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Kongha Jul 6, 2014 @ 1:03pm 
Originally posted by Cæsar:
It's your CPU, Oblivion/Fallout 3 can barely handle a quad core let alone an octa core. I know that there is a setting somewhere in the config that may help, I just need to find it.
Edit: Found it! Try putting this in your config file. Be sure to back it up before hand!
bUseThreadedAI=1
iNumHWThreads=2
This tells the game to lauch using only two cores.

I wouldnt recommend that "tweak" at all togheter with Oblivion. It will have no effect and probably break the game when the save game is about +100 hours. But dont take my word on it, best to experience that first handed ;)

For the OP, please try to play the game in windowed mode and force fake fullscreen with Gamecompanion 2.4 or something else.
Last edited by Kongha; Jul 6, 2014 @ 1:04pm
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Caesar Jul 6, 2014 @ 1:05pm 
Originally posted by Kongha:
I wouldnt recommend that "tweak" at all togheter with Oblivion. It will have no effect and probably break the game when the save game is about +100 hours. But dont take my word on it, best to experience that first handed ;)
Well, it fixed my Fallout 3, which uses the same engine as Oblivion so I thought it was worth a shot.
Last edited by Caesar; Jul 6, 2014 @ 1:06pm
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Kongha Jul 6, 2014 @ 1:11pm 
Originally posted by Cæsar:
Originally posted by Kongha:
I wouldnt recommend that "tweak" at all togheter with Oblivion. It will have no effect and probably break the game when the save game is about +100 hours. But dont take my word on it, best to experience that first handed ;)
Well, it fixed my Fallout 3, which uses the same engine as Oblivion so I thought it was worth a shot.

It works excellent on F3, but there seems to be some difference in the engine that butchers Oblivion when used.
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Caesar Jul 6, 2014 @ 3:29pm 
Originally posted by Kongha:
It works excellent on F3, but there seems to be some difference in the engine that butchers Oblivion when used.
Ah, okay.
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Hellbishop Jul 6, 2014 @ 3:51pm 
Originally posted by Cæsar:
Originally posted by Kongha:
It works excellent on F3, but there seems to be some difference in the engine that butchers Oblivion when used.
Ah, okay.

I have been fortunate the non-Steam and Steam versions of OBLIVION have worked fine for me with just unofficial mods being a problem to run on the Steam version. I did have to do the multi-core fix for the non-Steam version of FALLOUT 3.
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Chargeit Jul 6, 2014 @ 9:02pm 
It's the CPU. Older games dependent on strong single cores don't like the FX chips. (Also something to do with the code used,x86 or something)

I've got a FX 8320 @ 4.4 in my back up rig. This game and skyrim both drop to 40 in towns. Wasn't much of a issue outside, though I didn't play Oblivion much on it. My main systems 4770k doesn't have the problem.

Not much you can do about it other then overclock the CPU. Even then it's going to drop in spots.
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The King Possum Jul 7, 2014 @ 11:14am 
oblivion and fallout 3 run great on my 8 core processor. never had any problems but I have the disc version of the gams and not the steam versions. I think the problem lies with steam and not how many cores the person has. I run both games on windows 7 640-bit OS geforce GTX 550 TI, 8GB RAM, 8 cores @ 2.8/core, 32 inch 720 P TV HDMI with no problems.

Originally posted by Cæsar:
It's your CPU, Oblivion/Fallout 3 can barely handle a quad core let alone an octa core. I know that there is a setting somewhere in the config that may help, I just need to find it.
Edit: Found it! Try putting this in your config file. Be sure to back it up before hand!
bUseThreadedAI=1
iNumHWThreads=2
This tells the game to lauch using only two cores.
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Chargeit Jul 7, 2014 @ 11:30am 
Monitor your fps then say there is no problem. It drops to the 40's in towns.

You say you play it with no problem, yet you don't mention the fps you're getting because you did't bother checking it.

You're obviously looking past skips, and other little things.

The elderscrolls games are very playable on a FX cpu... However, they drop to the 40's in towns, and rarely outside. This doesn't get in the way of game play, and only us that are really picky about fps drops are going to notice.

I haven't tried it at 720p, but from my experience the drops in fps aren't affected by changes to settings.

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