8800gts 512 oblivion problems

[dagger]

SHow me the results that duplicate Anands results. And what results vary so much by brand with identical clocks?


I've been around a while and I'll tell ya I'd trust FS over Anand for many reasons that have been discussed here through the years. Also, Firingsquad had one of the most complete Oblivion performance comparisons on the net. They know that game, have benched/explore many parts of their game, and their foliage tests do a good job of stressing the GPU. Show me a site that runs 10 Fraps run of their Oblivion benchmark to assure an accurate average: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/oblivion_high-end_performance/default.asp


But yes, comparing results from multiple sites to forma an opionion, and weeding out flawed testing is important.

I'm too lazy to try to find more benchmark just for argument. And yeah, the 65.2 - 61.5 fps difference isn't that high. But if those are the same cards with the same gpu running the same frequency, there shouldn't be any difference. It's as if they're advertising for ASUS. 😛

 

[pauldh]

I'm too lazy to try to find more benchmark just for argument. And yeah, the 65.2 - 61.5 fps difference isn't that high. But if those are the same cards with the same gpu running the same frequency, there shouldn't be any difference. It's as if they're advertising for ASUS. 😛

You are missing the beauty of firingsquad by not checking into their testing methods. They specify the clock speeds and show you exactly what to expect from the various factory overclocked cards. Why would they take the time to test 3 identically clocked cards? So your perceived inaccuracy can be explained if you take the time to look at their test system and the clocks of the cards they used.

Quote -

"ASUS EN8800GTS 512MB TOP (740MHz core/1035MHz memory)
EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB (650MHz core/970MHz memory)
XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB XXX (678MHz core/986MHz memory)"

There's your 4 fps explanation. Right off the bat you should expect to see the Asus beat the XFX beat the evga, which is exactly what their results show. Firingsquad rocks for including so many cards in their reviews. And for not convieniently leaving certain tests out 😉 (some of you will get this).


edit: but notice even the OC'ed 8800GTS can't touch the 8800GTX in Oblivion with fsaa.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

That wasnt so [H]ard to get there Paul heheh

 

[pauldh]

Not too [H]ard, Anand don't forget to look elsewhere.

 

[randomizer]

We can now vote on the usefulness of posts. Everybody is bad!

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I don't understand the need for all these resolutions and AA settings. A single setting should be perfect for them all, and those that it's not good for should simply be omitted, I mean isn't that the way it's supposed to be benched? 😗

 

[pauldh]

^

 

[FireLynx]

I have the same problem as dostanio.

I've got a BFG 8800GTS OC2 320MB fitted with custom cooling bringing it down to 50-60 degrees ingame.
Intel 6300 Conroe Core 2 Duo CPU
2GB 800MHz DDR2 ram.

6 months ago this system worked fine for me in oblivion. Maxed out almost everything and it ran fine.
Today I get 11fps in the jail cell that I start the game in.

And it gets worse.

I tried setting the grapics quality to "Very Low" and turning off V-sync, Effects: None and no distant stuff. 640*480 no AA. And get this. 11 FPS!
I then tried maxing everything. 1280*1024 "Ultra High" HDR Effects, No AA though, that's just crap. Still no V-sync.
Well, you guessed it. 11 FPS.

In both the cases above I get an FPS drop, down to 8 FPS whenever something other than me moves. Like a rat attacks me or something.
Speaking with characters gives me 3-4 FPS.

Oh and btw. My system does ~50 FPS on high settings in Crysis. So there's nothing generally wrong with it.

 

[godspeed7]

ATI cards supposedly perform much better for Oblivion than nVidia's. nVidia performs much better for Crysis. Maybe the drivers you have create some sort of a problem or slow-down in Oblivion... still I find it hard to use that as an 'excuse' for such low FPS!!!
Maybe it is a mix of things, try uninstalling the game, then Defragment your hard-drive then re-install it. uninstall the video drivers to your old ones, and try it like that.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

The 8800GTs320 has been known for its memory leak, Im betting thats whats happened here. Ill bet also youve changed drivers since? Maybe go back to the older drivers which may have dealt with this issue better for this game

 

[FireLynx]

After hours of tampering with the ini file I started getting desperate. So I turned off the music.
Bingo.
50-80 FPS outdoors

I guess somthings wrong with my X-Fi sound card.

 

[marvelous211]

I set in front of oblivion gate on my 8800gs. 1440x900 2xAA 16xAF vsync on max quality with Qarl Texture Pack 3 and all kinds of mods to make it look pretty. 40-60fps depending where I'm looking it from.

 

[Dalyinx]

I've been playing Oblivion a lot lately with Qarl's Texture Pack 3 Redimized. I'm running an 8800GTS 512 currently @ 760 / 1090. Anyway. I notice that south of Cheydinal or however you spell it, where there's a lot of foliage, my card'll stutter for a sec when I'm loading new textures, and then it'll shoot back up. I've gotten down as low as 10fps for a split second, but then it'll go back up to 50 or 60. I've even set the memory clock to 1150 and saw the same problem. I know with Qarl's and AA, I've seen it get uncomfortably close to 500mb texture usage. I think 495mb was the highest I've seen it go.

Oh, and I game @ 1440x900, max sliders, everything on except HDR and Bloom, 4xAA, Qarl's 3 Redimized, OOO, and Natural Weather.

My system, overall is pretty similar to OPs.

AMD Athlon 6000+ @ 3.2ghz
Geforce 8800 GTS 512 @ 760/1090
2gb ddr2 667 sdram

his processor is faster, but the considerable OC on my card might make up for some of that.

 

[FireLynx]

Onboard soundcards pull alot more power from the CPU. But this is getting off topic.

 

[marvelous211]

Not these days. Maybe back in the days of Pentium 3 where onboard sound would eat cpu cycles. These days the CPU is strong enough that onboard won't make signicant difference in game performance.

 

[Moggle]

This actually seems about right for that video card. Check out toms video card charts to verify. Also they are using the higher end 8800 GTS then you are as well. I would knock down the anti aliasing and that resolution to 1280 by 1024 and you would get much better performance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-vga-charts/oblivion-the-elder-scrolls-4-outdoor,570.html?p=1591%2C1598%2C1601%2C1589%2C1592%2C1615%2C1616%2C1572%2C1590%2C1636%2C1568%2C1632%2C1639%2C1587%2C1627%2C1646%2C1611%2C1626%2C1623%2C1621%2C1603%2C1618%2C1617

No those numbers do not sound right for a 8800GTS 512Mb.
I am using that same video card in an E8400, 2GB DDR2 system, 1680x1050 monitor

With the GPU underclocked to 350/850/500 (core/shader/mem) - the lowest I can get it down to, and oblivion set to 1680x1050 max everything incl x8 AA, then I get around 26-30 fps around the oblivion gates while fighting.

Something is up with your GPU, system, or settings.

Edit: Why do I run it underclocked?? Because it can, I haven't got any game that doesn't run just as smoothly at underclock vs. stock vs. overclock. Great card!