Have to keep downgrading video settings to stay above 30 FPS - any fixes?

[lobosan]

I have to keep downgrading my video settings every time I start playing to keep above 30 FPS on the world map (win 11, latest drivers, i9, RTX 4080, 32GB RAM).

Any suggestions short of regularly reinstalling the game or choosing Low settings to play above 30 FPS?

[Rare Utobitha Employee]

Your system is beyond done for and throttling like crazy if it can't handle the game over 60 frames. Actually maintain your system with functional hardware, airflow and a clean install of OS and drivers, because this is entirely your fault atp. Lol

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u can always play pac-man!

[-Singularity-]

You really should be getting way more than that. I am running a 13th gen i5, 4080 super 32gigs of RAM on win 11 at 4k and it fluctuates between 70 and 100fps in the open world. Around 150 indoors.

[lobosan]

Originally posted by Rare Utobitha Employee:

Your system is beyond done for and throttling like crazy if it can't handle the game over 60 frames. Actually maintain your system with functional hardware, airflow and a clean install of OS and drivers, because this is entirely your fault atp. Lol

The system is fine running all other games on ultra or high. That's why I think it's an Oblivion specific problem.

[-Singularity-]

Originally posted by lobosan:

Originally posted by Rare Utobitha Employee:

Your system is beyond done for and throttling like crazy if it can't handle the game over 60 frames. Actually maintain your system with functional hardware, airflow and a clean install of OS and drivers, because this is entirely your fault atp. Lol

The system is fine running all other games on ultra or high. That's why I think it's an Oblivion specific problem.

Any graphics mods?

[IchigoMait]

Originally posted by lobosan:

I have to keep downgrading my video settings every time I start playing to keep above 30 FPS on the world map (win 11, latest drivers, i9, RTX 4080, 32GB RAM).

Any suggestions short of regularly reinstalling the game or choosing Low settings to play above 30 FPS?

What did you do with your gpu lel?
I'm using rtx 4070, and using ultra settings, including hardware raytracing maxed out, I use though framegen with 90fps limit so actual fps is 45, so dunno how high it can go, haven't bothered as the frame stutter isn't that bad compared to Rise of Ronin, where I instead use 120fps limit with framegen (in the game 60fps limit as that goes by real fps).
Also using dlss quality with 1080p.

Is your gpu in the right gpu slot? As I've seen once where a person had it not in the top most slot and was basically crippling their fps multiple times.

Post your specs from steam - help - system information it has a better overview what you have.

Also what resolution are your using for the game, that would explain a lot if you're using like 4k and if any mods are in use.
Never complain about a game, if you're using a mod.

[lobosan]

I played fine on Ultra at the beginning.
After about 12 hrs of play time I had to go down to High.
Today, I had to turn on Frame Generation to get back to 80-120 FPS.

[IchigoMait]

Originally posted by lobosan:

I played fine on Ultra at the beginning.
After about 12 hrs of play time I had to go down to High.
Today, I had to turn on Frame Generation to get back to 80-120 FPS.

Sounds like throttling, if you go above 68C with gpu it starts to lower its clock speeds, around 88C it would turn itself off.
Also cpu being throttled can also cause a similar effect, though then lower graphics settings wouldn't help, unless like gpu blows all its heat directly onto the cpu lel.

Steam - Help - System Information
just copy that here, just to rule out stuff from there

[ebolaconundrum]

I have no idea why my 3060 has better frame rates on ultra settings then.

[lobosan]

Throttling because of laptop (Lenovo Legion pro 7i) overheating sounds like a plausible cause. I guess my other games are fine under continuous load because they are better optimized than Oblivion.

[IchigoMait]

Originally posted by lobosan:

Throttling because of laptop (Lenovo Legion pro 7i) overheating sounds like a plausible cause. I guess my other games are fine under continuous load because they are better optimized than Oblivion.

Oh you have a laptop.
Then that's a totally different thing yeah.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4080-vs-Nvidia-RTX-4080-Laptop/4138vsm2037743

laptop variant is around 58% weaker, also it draws less power, but yeah your heating problems can get bad.

All game specs are for desktop pc's.

So always mention if you're using a pc or laptop when posting info about performance problems.

Also all games are optimized fine if graphics settings work in terms of adjusting visual effects and having a performance difference.
If a gpu is throttling, it's because of heating up, and it heats up because using too high game settings.
If I use a game that made my gpu fans go vroom, I would adjust the game settings so I would get double the fps, and then limit to half of it, that was before framegen was a thing. So no I do a similar thing with framegen sort of, as long the fps is stable, then it's fine, if it's changing a lot, need to adjust the graphics settings and/or lower fps limit.

[Marcel101]

Originally posted by ebolaconundrum:

I have no idea why my 3060 has better frame rates on ultra settings then.

Because there is more going on in a systems performance then the GPU in it.
Is it filled with dust reducing cooling?
Are there other monitors running TV shows, movies or youtube videos while gaming?
Is there 27 instances of Chrome up in the background?
Is windows downloading its next update or some other resource heavy process it likes to do when ever it pleases?
Do you have a ton of useless peripherals each with their own proprietary, resource draining software running in the background so you can sync up RGB?
Are your fan curves not set at all and just running at a low default RPM?
Was one of the first things you did when you booted the game up was go straight into video settings and crank every slider you could find all the way to the right and just expected it would run flawlessly after?
There is a massive list of reasons peoples own personal rig could be under performing.
Edit, or it could be it's a laptop lol

[IchigoMait]

Originally posted by Marcel101:

Originally posted by ebolaconundrum:

I have no idea why my 3060 has better frame rates on ultra settings then.

Because there is more going on in a systems performance then the GPU in it.
Is it filled with dust reducing cooling?
Are there other monitors running TV shows, movies or youtube videos while gaming?
Is there 27 instances of Chrome up in the background?
Is windows downloading its next update or some other resource heavy process it likes to do when ever it pleases?
Do you have a ton of useless peripherals each with their own proprietary, resource draining software running in the background so you can sync up RGB?
Are your fan curves not set at all and just running at a low default RPM?
Was one of the first things you did when you booted the game up was go straight into video settings and crank every slider you could find all the way to the right and just expected it would run flawlessly after?
There is a massive list of reasons peoples own personal rig could be under performing.

They're using a laptop. (Lenovo Legion pro 7i)

[magne.moe]

Originally posted by lobosan:

Throttling because of laptop (Lenovo Legion pro 7i) overheating sounds like a plausible cause. I guess my other games are fine under continuous load because they are better optimized than Oblivion.

Friend of mine gamed on an laptop and had an cheap bench and cut an 14 cm hole in it for an serious 140 mm fan, rubber list around.
It gave 10x the airflow than the internal fans.

[IchigoMait]

Originally posted by magne.moe:

Originally posted by lobosan:

Throttling because of laptop (Lenovo Legion pro 7i) overheating sounds like a plausible cause. I guess my other games are fine under continuous load because they are better optimized than Oblivion.

Friend of mine gamed on an laptop and had an cheap bench and cut an 14 cm hole in it for an serious 140 mm fan, rubber list around.
It gave 10x the airflow than the internal fans.

That's some jank ass solution, I like it.
Very linustech-like.