I downloaded the 100.59 Beta drivers and will be trying them tonight... And
see....
Hopefully that works, if it doesn't what do people think about trying to
disable the SuperFetch service on this computer? Or does anyone think that
the ReadyBoost Option could be interfering with the game performance.
Just playing around and doing a learning experiment here for future
encounters of this sort of an issue!
"Paul Smith" wrote:
> I suspect the nVidia drivers are to blame. I'm using a Radeon X1900XT and
> can't tell any difference from running it on Windows XP.
>
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> Paul Smith,
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> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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> "iNexxFear" <iNexxFear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2DA246D2-8486-461D-AE67-F70FAAD97B9E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > First of all I know Oblivion is not really suppoted on Vista by Bethseda
> > Softwarks (yada yado and soforth); with that aside I was wondering if
> > someone could help with my issue below.
> >
> > I upgraded one of my home computers to Vista Home Premium this weekend,
> > and
> > for ha-ha's and giggles, I installed Oblivion to it to see what it would
> > do
> > on this device (now note I've run Oblivion on it before with no real
> > issues).
> >
> > However when installing this game on my upgraded system (and the patch
> > v1.1.511 English) on my computer the games starts ok; but performance is
> > somewhat weak.
> >
> > The worst place where I see it is in the game startup screen where you can
> > "Load" games. The main screen starts but once you click the "Load button"
> > the
> > system pauses and then starts refreshing the screen. At which point the
> > mouse
> > cursor starts hopping terribly like it can't keep up.
> >
> > Once I start a game and have it in low graphics is reasonably fine in the
> > game. I don't understand why its so slow in that section of the game?
> >
> > anyone have any suggestions? I've tried placing the OblivionLaunch.exe and
> > Oblivion.Exe files into XP SP2 compatibility mode, with maybe some slight
> > improvements. Also the HDD is defragmented quite well (Diskeeper 2007 Pro
> > has
> > been run enumerous times)..
> >
> > Sys Specs:
> > Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
> > Nvidia 6600 Series (model not exactly available)
> > 1GB system ram
> > Win Vista Home Premium
> > SB Audigy 2 ZS
> >
> > Latest Available Drivers for all above loaded, additionally using 2GB of
> > USB
> > BoostReady Memory
> >
> > Oblivion's Graphics Settings are presently set for "Low" to troubleshoot
> > the
> > load / issue reported above.
> >
> > I'm going to play around a bit mroe, but if anyone has any ideas please
> > post
> > them back here! Be interested in hearing.
>