Oblivion & Windows 7(directx 10) : IV

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:20 pm

Will I see any improvement if I install oblivion on Win7 with a video card that support directx 10?

@moderator thx you for moving my topic;just a mistake

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:59 pm

Not really. The game doesn't even support DX10 so that doesn't matter. Don't be surprised if this game ends up being slightly slower than it would be on XP...this game doesn't officially support Win7, but is known to work.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:37 pm

I have kept a dual boot:win 7 and xp

If I have any problem,I'll play it on xp.I just buyed win7 because it seems to be better and will allow me to use the directx 10 feature of my video card..at least for newer games:) Btw no1 here tried to play it on win 7?

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:20 pm

Btw no1 here tried to play it on win 7?

The game works just fine on Windows 7. I use it. Many people use it. It isn't "officially" supported because the game came out long before Windows 7 existed.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:11 pm

But you don't get any improvement visually because it doesn't even know what directx 10 are right?

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:13 pm

But you don't get any improvement visually because it doesn't even know what directx 10 are right?

The game will not see a performance or visual increase when playing on a DX10/11 card. A more powerful GPU will make the game run smoother at higher settings. But with modern GPUs, a midrange one will max the game fine. A faster HDD or an SSD will make the game perform better though.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:51 pm

It runs fine on win 7 but would advise to install out of program files to avoid possible UAC problems.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:48 am

I just tested oblivion on win 7: the game seems to run smoother and I was playing with QTP3 FULL and Detailed Terrain without OSR,Streamline

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:11 pm

i'm using win7 64 bit, no issues whatsoever. and i've modded the living [censored] out of my game too.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:56 pm

Windows 7 (or Vista, but there''s other reasons to avoid that) is recommended because, provided the system is 64bit, you can use the LAA patch, which is an important part of getting stability on heavily modded games. XP doesn't allow you to do such a thing an thus limits how far you can go with modding.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:53 pm

XP comes in 64 bit flavor as well. But, trying to find printer drivers for XP 64 is interesting at best......

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:25 am

XP comes in 64 bit flavor as well. But, trying to find printer drivers for XP 64 is interesting at best......

Finding any _good_ drivers for Windows 5.2 is "interesting"

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» Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:53 am

And the LAA patch won't work on XP anyway even if you are 64 bit.

So the bottom line is, if you want to run more than a few mods, Windows 7 is recommended.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:04 pm

And the LAA patch won't work on XP anyway even if you are 64 bit.

So the bottom line is, if you want to run more than a few mods, Windows 7 is recommended.

Really? Works fine for me on XP 64.........