Hello and thanks for taking the time to check this out. I have read a bunch of post trying to make sure that this was not already covered, sorry if I had missed it. I recenlty purchased this 5th anniversary edition for PC to play on my rig that I built a year and a half ago. The traditional Oblivion played on my previous XP rig with no problem. So In my genius figured that the newly released anniversary edition would be more windows 7 friendly for me. Needless to say it installs and works fine right up until i click "New Game" and the cursor freezes and the program goes non responsive. The only thing that is different than normal is that when I go start the launcher it says that it cannot find my graphics and settings will be set to medium. I have read on several boards that if i deleted that nfo file or whatever it was called that it would reset but to no avail. I have installed and uninstalled a couple of times and tried compatibility modes as well as administrator. I am desperate at this point and I figure this is the place to seek help. I will list my pc specs below. if you require more info please ask.

thank you
Joe


Also I have no mods


System Information
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Time of this report: 3/16/2012, 02:18:15
Machine name: JOE-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.111118-2330)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: EP45-UD3P
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel? Core?2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 2870MB used, 5316MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9490)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9490&SUBSYS_20091787&REV_00
Display Memory: 2808 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1017 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: PTS06A5
Native Mode: 1280 x 1024(p) (60.020Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1119 (English)
Driver Version: 8.950.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/14/2012 23:17:04, 957952 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D7D0-11CF-6870-0300BEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9490
SubSys ID: 0x20091787
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem15.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_R7X:8.950.0.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_9490
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

It won't recognize your vid card, as your vid card is newer than the game. Just adjust the video options in the launcher to what you want them to be. It should remember the settings.

Did you install the game to the program files directory? If you did, uninstall it, and install it somewhere else. C:\Games\Oblivion works great. (and avoids the whole UAC problem.)

Thanks for the reply HeyYou! I will try this later and post the results. I appreciate your time.

Thanks
Joe

I have just finished trying the above mentioned changes, unfortunately to no avail. When I click on options in the launcher it recognizes my Radeon HD 4600 Series. but it still prompted that it could not be found and would be defualtly set. I manually went through trying every single resolution but they all froze when I clicked on new game. The only thing that is wierd is there is an antialiasing option under options that is empty. Not sure if I should mess with that or not. that is why I bought the new anniversary edition figuring if it was my graphics card it would recognize it. If you have any other ideas or suggestions I am all ears, if not thanks for trying.

Joe


Had a small breakthrough today when I found a folder named bethesda in my program files folder with oblivion and morrownind subfolders. I deleted those and it stopped saying that my graphics card could not be recognized. Still freezes when I click new game and where the intro video should begin. Not sure if t his will help but I figure it couldn't hurt


Finally got it. I got so upset that I did a complete wipe of my hard drive and installed oblivion first, and checked after every program that I have installed and it still works. Must have been a program conflict or the new graphics card drivers that I didnt' insall yet.