Vibrant Textures (or any other normal-size texture replacer) with Bomret's Normals is a really nice-looking combination that doesn't use any more CPU/GPU resources, afaik. Something to consider, perhaps?

Or if you particularly like the aesthetics of QTP, as opposed to simply the higher resolution, there are a number of reduced forms of it, which would most definitely be worth trying, with the PC configuration you have.

Heh i installed LOD reduced QTN 1024 768 i think that help.

Yes, yes i'm downloading redimized wersion of QTP3 ...

I missed your specs earlier. If you want to use QTP3, you need to used one of the "reduced" versions. Corepc's textures are a good alternative as well because you are getting the full effect without the performance cost. QTP3R by itself can be run with 512MB VRAM, but as soon as you put together a decent mod list, even those that are not texture replacers, your performance will suffer tremendously. You are too close to your video memory limit.

Yes i know ,i encounter this problem frequently.

I'm not tweaked my video card so no problems with that.

I'm using streamline , polygone overhaul to.

I often have only 15/20 FPS .lol not many i think.

I will measure the FPS when i install the QTP3R ,ad then we will see how it changes the performance...
I should delete any mods that increase the LOD distance and the distand textures...

Remove Polygone Overhaul.

Edit: Make sure your sl.ini is setup correctly as well: http://sites.google.com/site/oblivionpoinfo/stabilization/streamline.

Edit: We are not saying that you should just uninstall some mods, but, rather, use versions of these mods that your setup can handle.

I think that i will reinstall the game and place the plugins once more time ,since i have a mess in game performance....

If you are already getting 15 and 20 without qtp3 then expect that to be even lower and unplayable most likely has well.

If you want to use QTP3 then find the QTP3 reduced omod version once again.

Still going to put some strain on that weak video card once again.

If you do not believe us then go ahead and install qtp3 and find out for yourself.

Sorry but as i remember i had no problems wit QTP3R so it will fix my performance issue.

You should mind the suggestions that are being made. We are trying to help you have a healthy setup as well, and your FPS range is not the only consideration on that front. QTP3R does not "fix" performance issues at all, and it only increases performance for users downsizing from QTP3, or, if they exist, larger texture packs.

Edit: If your GPU is running over 100C or you are overtaxing your CPU, other much more serious problems will likely arise in the future.

Heh ,no max to 50 C not 100 this is not a hell on earth.

Thanks for tips and help i sometimes kidding ,i understand the situation i will try to fix that performance problems myself.

QTP3R - only hour and half to download completely ;D

Okay, be careful with the tweaks and whatnot.

Good luck with improving your Oblivion performance! I had to fight Oblivion performance for a while till I updated my graphics card.

BTW, how's my computer, guys?

> Intel Core 2 Quad Processor
> 8GB system memory
> ATI XFX Radeon 5750 graphics
> 750GB Hard drive

Go for it. That information needs to be as prominent as possible.



Your CPU is 500MHz below the minimum system requirements for the game. It also would have helped immensely to know sooner that you're trying to game on a laptop/notebook computer. Typically such computers aren't built for gaming. Your operating system is also important here since you only have 2GB of RAM.

Such many system memory wow, i would like to have 8gb instead of 2gb.

I heard that ATI cards are more suited for video games that Nvidia - lucky guy.
I have also Dual Core 1.5 GHz processore but i have Windows Vista so no luck ...;D cheers

Which C2Q is it? And DDR2 or DDR3, at what speed, and is it in dual channel mode? Should be in most cases, but do make sure.

Anything overclocked? Oh,and which OS. That should be enough to go on with...


edit: No, ATI is not better for gaming. Neither is Nvidia. True enough, Oblivion and Fallout 3 favour ATI for some reason or other, but "wins" and "losses" gets traded back and forth between hundreds of PC games, or thousands... or however many there are since those two companies were first around.

Thanks, and I always start to "worry" when I see "laptop"...


@JavaCroc817: How much VRAM do you have? 1GB. As long is your Quad is 2.4GHz or higher, you should be fine running most configs. Of course, there is always a way to download enough Oblivion mods to sink a battleship.

Well, I don't know everything. What's an OS, C2Q, DDR, and all of thaT?

As far as I know, I don't overclock anything. I can't guarantee anything however.

Well, my ATI card works great. I can run Oblivion on High setting at an average 30 FPS in most areas. I might be overly generous with my Oblivion settings however.

EDIT: Oh, and it's a Windows 7.

OS: Operating System
C2Q: Core 2 Quad, that is the name for a certain architecture, we want to know what model you have, specifics (i.e., speed)
DDR: system memory term, standards now are DDR2 (dual-channel memory)

Slip o' the brain, there, Arthmoor. A 1.5GHz Dual Core is rougly equivalent to a 3.6-3.8GHz Pentium 4, and well over the recommended specs for Oblivion.

It is still nowhere near being a beast for modded Oblivion. That is fine for texture mods, but the OP will have to lay off the NPC and creature-adding mods.

Just FYI I've done alot of these things just recently in this thread and have increased my fps to where I'm pretty happy.

I used http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1081188-guide-how-to-smooth-pc-oblivion-fps/ to start...I worked little by little through each step.

I have to say for my machine, the four things that raised my fps enough were:

1. Updating my video drivers. I tried updating through the control panel, systems drivers area and updated it there but it said I was up to date. It's ALWAYS said that so I was suspicious and googled my video card. Of course, I found updated drivers on NVidia. Once I updated those, I got a great fps increase by the tips in the Graphic Card section of the thread I gave you above.

2. Using that thread above I made changes to the .ini file. A few changes at a time then tested. I have 2gb memory and setting it to the specs in the thread raised my fps.

3. Gamebooster - (linked in thread above) - helped shut down the memory hogs that are Windows services. I notice a small increase when I shut everything down when running Oblivion.

4. I just installed Streamline today - noticed a good 10 fps increase right away.

I have to say all the other things I tried did not work very much for me. Oblivion Stutter Remover, Operation Optimization, the poly grass fixes (only saw maybe a 2 fps increase - I don't want crappy grass so I don't reduce it too much and deal with the lower fps when running through skingrad's local flora) Nothing much else worked for me except for the 4 items above.

If OSR did not help, you probably needed to modify the INI settings in OSR and Streamline. There are plenty of SL and OSR users that can vouch for the more intensive work of the latter. Operation Optimization only affects SI, so you if you were running around in Tamriel, you probably would not notice much of an effect from installing it. I do not know what kind of grass fix you tried, but for a mesh that appears all over the game, installing optimized versions of it should benefit your setup. At some point, your hardware limits reduce the gain in performance increases offered by these mods. As you near the max of what your hardware permits given your modded setup, there is only so much help that these optimizations can offer.

Well that's certainly not true. For a long time Nvidia was blowing ATI out of the water in terms of game performance. It's only been in the last few years that ATI has managed to catch up. But Nvidia are just as good at playing games.



If you're running Vista and Oblivion with only 2 gig of RAM, then you definitely need to get more. Vista is using almost half of what you have. Honestly, you're trying to push the limits on a computer that just can't handle it. You really should just give it up or get yourself a better system.

Agreed. Vista has horrible memory management. Every time I help out a Vista user I nearly cringe over the page file usage.

When I first got Vista I decided to check out hpow much RAM it was using up. While just sitting on my desktop it was eating up over 900 megs, compared to about 400 for my XP. I hear Windows 7 is comparable to XP as well. But at only 2 gigs to start with, that only leaves the game about a gig to use. Which is not really enough for optimal performance. Not only does he not have enough RAM, but his video card svcks and his CPU is also rather crappy. Yet he's trying to squeeze in these mods that puts all sorts of demands on a system. I have an 8800GT, which is far better than his 8400, but even I won't use QTP3. The compromises I have to make in performance just isn't worth it.