Why all the tears about performance?

[Yard-Dog®]

This game runs beautifully for me, so I'm starting to become convinced that any of you that are complaining about oPtImIzAtIoN & pErFoRmAnCe are just a loud few that love to spread doom-n-gloom...because you can.

Honestly, I was worried, and I almost forwent purchasing Oblivion: Remastered altogether. With all the negativity floating around about Oblivion: Remastered's performance, I expected my aging PC to struggle. But to my surprise, it didn’t just handle the game—it crushed it. I experienced only 1 crash in 20 hours, and that was when loading the open world for the first time when exiting the sewers for the first time.

The graphics and performance with this remaster really impress me. I’d say they’re even better than a heavily modded Skyrim Special Edition. From the moment I took control of my character, everything felt smooth. The sewers ran flawlessly, Patrick Stewart’s voice guided me onward, and then I stepped into the open world—and it stayed just as smooth. No hiccups, no stutters, just a steady, immersive experience.

Here’s the kicker: I’m running the game on all Ultra settings (with ray tracing off) at 1440P using FSR at 'Quality' (no frame generation), and I manually capped the FPS at 60 for consistency. Why? Because I had about 25–30 FPS of headroom over that—meaning I was seeing 85–90 FPS uncapped. Locking it to 60 just made sense for smoothness and to reduce strain on my PC.

My System Specs:
GPU: AMD ASRock RX 6900 XT OC Formula
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (8-core)
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 @ 2200 MHz
Storage: 4GB NVMe SSD
Monitor: LG Ultragear 49" – 240 Hz, 5120x1440 (32:9)

While I only logged in about 10 hours of the original release (it just felt too dated for me at that time), I've since picked this remaster up and have started thinking of it as an unofficial Elder Scrolls VI while I wait for the real one. And honestly? I’m totally fine with that. It’s a perfect way to pass the time until the next chapter arrives. So, Bethesda, let Elder Scrolls VI bake for all the time it needs to be great.

I'll be satisfied in the meantime.

[SharkPlush]

12700kf 4060 lumen low all medium except view distance, effects, textures high, otherwise, 1440p dlss quality.

IMO, DLSS quality is coincidentally better than traditional AA...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3476416058
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3473175681
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3473174862
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3476417054
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3476417557

fast loading (<5-10 seconds) no stuttering (incl. 4+enemies on screen, outdoors or otherwise) no fps issues effects and graphics are all amazing. This game is a MASTER CLASS of what video games graphics can be.

[Yard-Dog®]

Originally posted by SharkPlush:

4060 lumen on low all medium otherwise, 1440p dlss quality.

IMO, DLSS quality is coincidentally better than traditional AA

Have you tried FSR upscaling with Frame Generation on and compared? I ask, because my son has a laptop with a 4060 in it, and he's downloading this title as we speak and wonder if he'll be able to run above low / medium settings with a few tweaks.

In other words, I'm just confirming if your current settings are the best you've achieved so far or if you extensively tested other settings before arriving at your current choices for settings.

EDIT: Nice screens btw. Those actually look great.

[SharkPlush]

Originally posted by Yard-Dog®:

Originally posted by SharkPlush:

4060 lumen on low all medium otherwise, 1440p dlss quality.

IMO, DLSS quality is coincidentally better than traditional AA

Have you tried FSR3 upscaling with Frame Generation on and compared? I ask, because my son has a laptop with a 4060 in it, and he's downloading this title as we speak and wonder if he'll be able to run above low / medium settings with a few tweaks.

Nvidia maintains two totally disparate hardware designs for mobile vs desktop so yeah probably bad news bears on that one. Marketing tactic.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4060-Ti-vs-Nvidia-RTX-4060-Laptop/4149vsm2040979

Also I have 16GB VRAM XD

edit: there's something I don't know about frame gen, either my card doesn't support it or there's some incompatibility and can't turn it on. When I bought this card word was to want a 4090 for frame gen so I never planned on using it.

[Darkblade755]

What performance is it when the game crashes before even exiting the sewer?
Alright for some eh not like anyone was expecting you to care in the first place but you still make this pointless post that proves nothing.

[White Rabbit Alice]

i dont have a problem with perfomance or stutters usually, but my GPU is almost always at 80-99%.

Nivida Geforce RTX 3060.... thankfully. its an older card, so i never ran into the problems from the latest update to the drivers.

some fallout 4 players are having problems too with that actually

[SharkPlush]

It's crashed twice in 22 hours and I had video overlay pip running etc.

[SharkPlush]

The point is we like it lol, the game isn't broken, we've tried it on a lot of computers and we up in here fanning on it get down or get out right

[Yard-Dog®]

Originally posted by SharkPlush:

Originally posted by Yard-Dog®:

Have you tried FSR3 upscaling with Frame Generation on and compared? I ask, because my son has a laptop with a 4060 in it, and he's downloading this title as we speak and wonder if he'll be able to run above low / medium settings with a few tweaks.

Nvidia maintains two totally disparate hardware designs for mobile vs desktop so yeah probably bad news bears on that one. Marketing tactic.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4060-Ti-vs-Nvidia-RTX-4060-Laptop/4149vsm2040979

Also I have 16GB VRAM XD

edit: there's something I don't know about frame gen, either my card doesn't support it or there's some incompatibility and can't turn it on. When I bought this card word was to want a 4090 for frame gen so I never planned on using it.

Understood. I actually think using the frame gen setting requires FSR to be turned on instead of DLSS, but I'm not sure. Might at least be worth looking into on our end with the disparity between the laptop 4060 and your desktop version to garner more FPS.

[Honey Bun]

Runs perfect for me too

[EASY PETE]

Runs fine on my nvidia gt 710

[Yard-Dog®]

Originally posted by Darkblade755:

What performance is it when the game crashes before even exiting the sewer?
Alright for some eh not like anyone was expecting you to care in the first place but you still make this pointless post that proves nothing.

My friend, it's not a pointless post. It may just be a post where you're choosing to miss the point, which is to reference one or more accounts where the game is far less problematic than the loud few would have the world believe.

To be fair, I did experience 1 crash in my 20 hours, and it did occur as I attempted to exit the sewers no less. But, after that one time, it didn't happen again. The only change I made since that crash was to turn off Steam Overlay. I don't know if that's the solution for my one crash event, but either way...it's been a magical experience for me since that one...very forgivable instance.

[Scraps]

With performance optimization and one mod, works well on my 3050ti and I get consistent fps.

I wouldn't put it past me if a lot of complaints come from people who bought top-end hardware with the expectation they won't have to fiddle with sliders.

[Justfitz]

Originally posted by Scraps:

With performance optimization and one mod, works well on my 3050ti and I get consistent fps.

I wouldn't put it past me if a lot of complaints come from people who bought top-end hardware with the expectation they won't have to fiddle with sliders.

With a 5080 or 90 you really shouldn't have to.. But with how bad the ghosting is with DLSS enabled, even those GPU's need to make sacrifices.

[Yard-Dog®]

Originally posted by Scraps:

I wouldn't put it past me if a lot of complaints come from people who bought top-end hardware with the expectation they won't have to fiddle with sliders.

Agreed. In my experience, I've had to do some minor 'setting optimization' for more demanding games, so when I get a game like this where I barely have to address anything in the graphics settings at all, one must call it a 'win.'

Some entitled people out there complain so much about anything and everything simply because they can, and it's absurd when it's in reference to this stellar remaster, which is more than a noble offering.

[kdodds]

Dude, I'm getting 140+fps literally everywhere in Starfield except for major cities during the day at 4K Ultra everything. In OBR? I can barely top 100 in inactive interiors and (up until latest driver update) I was getting 20fps during the battle of Kvatch and 40fps anywhere near larger bodies of water. The frame rate also swings wildly (50fps+) just walking around, turning, etc. There are absolutely very well defined performance issues here. I love the game, but the issues are there.