Hey Scruffy. Your problem is definately not the processor. I got a dell laptop similar to yours. I actually have the processor under yours (T2400 @1.83Ghz per core). When I got the laptop I had the same graphics card which is pretty poor. The Hyperthreading means it shares half its memory with the system memory. It only has 128 onboard. You are in luck though as you have a dell and can upgrade your graphics card. I upgraded mine to a 7900GS. It was actually pretty easy to do. Go to http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9400/en/sm/video.htm#wp1006368 This tells you how to change the card. You will struggle to get one without using ebay. Search for nvidia go. You will probably have to ship it in from America or somewhere. Thats what I did. This is the only solution to your problem. No settings or tweaks will help. Like I said the CPU is fine and so is your memory. PS I hope your dell is a 17".
Sorry for double posting. I meant hypermemory, not hyperthreading. In Scruffys post he has HT next to the graphics card but I think he meant hypermemory. If you want to upgrade the graphics card Scruffy then I have a few links to guides with pictures if you like.
Hi guys, thanks for all the info. it helps tremendously. this whole time i thought that my cpu was the culprit but from what you guys said, its actually my crappy video card that is to blame. Im getting the dell T7200 2.0 with the 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7300 TurboCache video card. I hope that'll be a bit better than the x1400. what do you guys think ?
Graphics were flaking out so consider it a good idea however remember laptops never quite act fully like desktops do or visa versa
I know 3D Marks isn't the be all and end all and that different games perform better with cards of different architecture but its a good place to start. The 7300 actually performs worse than the X1400 in 3D Marks 06. 900 for the Radeon and 700 for the nvidia. Check this out http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html I was getting 972 3Dmarks when I had the X1400 (the CPU puts this score higher than the 900 quoted on the notebookcheck site). When I upgraded to the 7900GS I was getting 3806 3D Marks and with a slight overclock (and probably unnecessary as it was performing well enough) I now get 5166 3D Marks. If you are getting a new laptop I wouldn't recommend the 7300. The 7300 is has the Geforce 7 architecture and is one of the lowest in that range. I also think (but don't quote me on this) that turbocache is the nvidia version of hypermemory meaning it will share some system RAM. Your current laptop is fine (except the GPU) and judging by the processor, less than a year old. You can easily upgrade the graphics card on your dell, I have links to photographic instructions if you like. If you definately want a new laptop I would wait and get a direct X 10 compatible card.
hi, i just bought this game, and read through the support... the oldblivion runs real nicely with the graphics... except that my character automatically keeps on moving backwards, even when i don't press anything. any suggestions to fix the problem?
Perhaps you set your character to look too much like michael Jackson and he is doing the 'Moon Walk' hehhe jk Try changing your action keys to new ones see if that will correct it. or perhaps a background spyware program is keeping a key active Alternatly if a key is always depressed on your keyboard that can cause it pull it out clean the gunk out of it
Hey guys, nice information and it is helping a lot but I need some help. I have this problem that when i load my game or just playing a little while, the screen goes black and it says "power saving enable the monitor will shut down in few seconds" And the only ways i know to get back to the desktop is with ctrl+alt+delete or alt+tab. Please help, i dont know how to get rid of it and i really enjoy playing Oblivion. Thank you for any suggestions.
If it is a POWER saver option in windows select desktop background (right click a clear area) Select PROPERTIES select SCREEN SAVER then select POWER then under SETTINGS FOR ALWAYS ON POWER SCHEME under all those settings make it 'NEVER' ****NOTE**** this is based on windows xp professional if settings vary find POWER OPTIONS in same settings this info is if it is simply shutting off through this setting If your game is CRASHING set it to WINDOWED MODE ONLY you then should have option to CTRL-ALT-DELETE once to get task manager and manually shut down the game through that If you have full screen mode if game crashes like 99% of time you have to power off the computer hope the info helps
Thanks graffik man, it really did help! It works sweetly, but of course it crashes sometimes.... but i'm sure that everybody's game crashes once in a while. Again, thank you for the help P.S A tip for everybody that i'm sure that everyone knows already... go to your desktop and right click on your MY COMPUTER, then press PROPERTIES and then choose HARDWARE, then press DEVICE MANAGER and then check for any question marks, if there are, then you know what to update or to put/instal or to reinstal. hope it helped somebody because it sure made less crashes! have a happy game guys and thanks much for all your tips and helps!
Good to hear that helped here is some help to people if they buy new GFX cards and they do not seem to be any better: RESET COMPUTER on first screen hit one of the following * : DELTE , F1 or ESC KEY goto your system bios program (if available) find option APERATURE (will vary depending on the bios info) match the number to the size of the MEMORY on your graphics card (do not go higher computer will crash) Usually this setting will not update unless you do this. * Keys may vary on BIOS look at screen where it says saying 'HIT ??? TO ENTER SETUP' Some of these commands in BIOS area can cause computer to crash so make sure to keep a note of any changes and go back to original numbers if you experience computer crashing on startup.. HOPE IT HELPS
Just a heads up for those following this thread Elderscrolls has released an official expansion pack recently to Oblivion called 'Shivering Isles' if you like oblivion you should get it
hey... i wander if anyone could help me .. i've instaled oblivion on my computer and when i start it an error appears saying *oblivion has encounter a problem and needs to close* i've got a geforce4 mx video card i've tryed using 3d analyze and it works at the beggining but went i press ne game the error apears again. is there any way to play this game with my video card?? please help edit... when i press NEW game
Try reinstalling DirectX 9.0c that comes with it then deleting oblivion and fully reinstalling it, as well as not using any addons while starting it to see if that helps Note as said before on previous messages oblivion will not necessarily work on eveybodys computers you should be running AT LEAST 2 ghz processor, for more details on requirements see previous messages If you still have problems on initial start let me know I will make a temporary link with a file where you are just inside the Jail after starting response to the following : Does the expansion work if you're running oldblivion, anyone no? It is an expansion hopefully will be fine.. but what is 'Oldblivion'? a copy or something? as for it being an addon it may replace certain textures/landfills meaning if you probably should re-install any addon files after running it or they may become incompatable or may not work if this addon changes landmass
oldblivion is a program that allow people to play oblivion on older graphics cards like the radeon 9250. if you wnt to find out more about it check out their site http://oldblivion.com/.
Ah would have been nice to have that when i had that gfx card, however Oblivion burnt the card out LITERALLY the new card works well 'nuff without addons except gfx settings have to be set to minimal to get into 1 castle, and the first quests house otherwise it crashes 100% of time fortunatly this card does not reset computer on oblivions errors
i've tryed a newer version of 3d analyse and it works geting in the game but the screen is white. i heard that by using a prog called oldblivion the white screen problem will be gone, but i cant use 3d analyse and oldblivion at the same time... can anyone help me
IF you have not all ready tried this type the exact words of the error into google and see if any results come up others sites might already have fixed this problem another way. Also you might try and see if oldblivion fixes both of you problems. it's done wonders for me. also make sure to get the latest version of oldblivion.
Shivering Isles will re-write OBLIVION.exe (main boot file for oblivion) it probably will conflict with OLDBLIVION HOWEVER the new file may be a major update to oblivion meaning it may have fixed the old oblivion errors. Contact the oLDblivion site ask if they have an update for SHIVERING ISLES Also for those interested in what SHIVERING ISLES IS (this is not really a spoiler just general tidbits): it is a huge area added to Oblivion alot of new quests, monsters, graphics and more Some old user defined mods may conflict. New area is mostly another dimension so it will not afect the map itself and can be played with old saved states More details at elderscrolls.com as well as images
