OBLIVION - Enemies lag my game

[HoryLeo]

My computer is beast enough to handle 50+ mods, Qarl's texture pack, the highest quality but whenever there are 3 rats next to me, my game's done for.

 

This lag happens only when there are 3+ enemies next to me (any type of enemy not only rats). The lag occurs even if I don't use mods. When I'm in the Market District and there are 7 people in my face, the game's fine.

 

What causes this? Is there a solution?

[Ark of Truth]

You have not provided enough information for us to help you. Please read this.

 

http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=6133

[Triratna]

Use oblivion stutter remover plugins.

[HoryLeo]

You have not provided enough information for us to help you. Please read this.

 

http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=6133

 

As I mentioned, the problem occurs with a CLEAN installation of the game .. no utilities. I'll try the stutter remover.

[gregathit]

Oblivion is a CPU bottlenecked game which only will use 1 core. This can really bog down even a vanilla game if you push your settings too high with a weak CPU. Course a weak CPU and an onboard video card or an old one will make it even worse.

 

If OSR doesn't do the trick then back your settings down a notch to see if you can get game play going a bit better.

[HoryLeo]

Oblivion is a CPU bottlenecked game which only will use 1 core. This can really bog down even a vanilla game if you push your settings too high with a weak CPU. Course a weak CPU and an onboard video card or an old one will make it even worse.

 

If OSR doesn't do the trick then back your settings down a notch to see if you can get game play going a bit better.

 

Right. I forgot to mention that even on the lowest quality I get lag when there are 3+ enemies. My CPU is definitely not weak. Oblivion takes less than 50% of CPU (in task manager .. hope I'm still talking about the same thing here).

 

Anywayz, OSR seems to work..

[gregathit]

Oblivion is a CPU bottlenecked game which only will use 1 core. This can really bog down even a vanilla game if you push your settings too high with a weak CPU. Course a weak CPU and an onboard video card or an old one will make it even worse.

 

If OSR doesn't do the trick then back your settings down a notch to see if you can get game play going a bit better.

 

Right. I forgot to mention that even on the lowest quality I get lag when there are 3+ enemies. My CPU is definitely not weak. Oblivion takes less than 50% of CPU (in task manager .. hope I'm still talking about the same thing here).

 

Anywayz' date=' OSR seems to work..

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Remember if you are using a 32 bit system your memory is also capped at 2GB. So hi rez body textures and hi rez game textures (like Qarl's) can contribute to bringing your frame rate to a slide show. If you have a 64 bit system you can apply the 4GB patch to the oblivion.exe to help (make a backup of it somewhere 1st): http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php

 

Cheers,

Greg