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post #1 of 12
8/11/06 at 11:53am
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To everyone,

I recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite P105-S9312. Specs are:

17-inch LCD
2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo T2400 with 2 MB L2 cache
200 GB hard drive
2 GB of RAM (4 GB max)
Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 graphics card with 256 MB of dedicated RAM
TFT display with a resolution of 1440 x 900

As soon as the laptop came, I had already bought Oblivion, HL2 and BF2.
BF2 runs perfect at highest settings.
HL2 I have not tried yet
Now with Oblivion (super demanding game) I get about 15-30 fps outside and 30-60 fps inside. This is with Large texture, no AA, and the viewing distances at around 50% and less. I put my resolution of the game to match the resolution of my laptop. With these settings, the game runs fine, but I would like it to run a little better. Could anyone tell me what settings are necessary and which ones aren't? Like shadowing (there are different ones I don't know what they are), etc..

Also, increasing the resolution of game to match my resolution, is this the best option? Will increasing the game resolution slow down the game more? If yes, should I lower it to another widescreen setting? And finally, is the deterioration of lowering the resolution really visible?

Thank you all for your input, I would also like to see some fps and the specs of your systems when running Oblivion.

Best regards,

Lionel
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post #2 of 12
8/11/06 at 12:26pm
WXGA is the best resolution for gaming.

1280 x 800


Because on my laptop with an X1600 256mb im getting 20-35fps with textures set to high and viewing distance at 100%.
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post #3 of 12
8/11/06 at 12:31pm
you can play hl2 and bf2 on ur native but oblivion you cannot. youd need a faster cpu if you want to enjoy oblivion but with a t2400 its playable but laggy
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post #4 of 12
8/11/06 at 12:33pm
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Originally Posted by aintz
you can play hl2 and bf2 on ur native but oblivion you cannot. youd need a faster cpu if you want to enjoy oblivion but with a t2400 its playable but laggy

No way, Oblivion is not bogged down by a T2400, or any other Duo Core for that matter.

Its the GPU.
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post #5 of 12
8/11/06 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by Shroomy726
Also, increasing the resolution of game to match my resolution, is this the best option? Will increasing the game resolution slow down the game more? If yes, should I lower it to another widescreen setting? And finally, is the deterioration of lowering the resolution really visible?
Ideally you run your game at your screen's native rez, unfortunately many times this means you will get low fps. I always pic more frames over a higher rez, as long as you are at at least 1280. Choppy frame rates break your "suspension of disbelief" that makes games (and movies, etc) the awesome escape that we go for, not to mention causing eye-strain and headaches.

Do some testing on your system, acceptable fps is pretty subjective.
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post #6 of 12
8/11/06 at 11:26pm
This is why I got the 1440x900 instead of the 1920x1200.

I dont play oblivion but you may have better luck on some oblivion forums for what settings to use.

Only thing else I can think of is OC'ing your gpu, watch the temp though.
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post #7 of 12
8/11/06 at 11:48pm
I play oblivion at 1200x800 and my total resolution is 1680x1050. I dont get any noticible blurring so if you lower the resolution you'll be able to increase performance a LOT. Like you know and like people here said, oblivion is demanding. Even the most powerful video cards out today have trouble running oblivion at high res.
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post #8 of 12
8/12/06 at 2:31am
@aintz - the P105-S9312 comes with a T2500 so that isn't the problem

@uaspatriot - the P105-S9312 comes with a 7900GS

Shroomy try the link to the tweak guide I posted and see if that helps. I don't play Oblivion so I can't help much, but maybe the tweak guide will help

http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_1.html
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post #9 of 12
8/12/06 at 2:34am
Those games will run just fine in native res on your system. HL2 runs on mine at max settings in native res and I only have a PM1.86 Nvidia 6600Go 128mb, 1GB RAM.
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post #10 of 12
8/12/06 at 3:16am
run bf2 at native 1920x1200 res. get 35-40 constant fps. all settings mostly high except texture. got a 6800go dell 9300. other games yea, i bump it down, but after coming from such high a res...its hard
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post #11 of 12
8/12/06 at 8:15am
Try the latest video driver. If that doesn't help you may want to consider overclock/overvolt. People have achieved over 8500+ 3DMarks'05 by doing so.

Have you tested your 3DMark'05 + '06 scores? It maybe a driver issue...
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post #12 of 12
8/13/06 at 6:10am
I have played my games at 1680x1050 typically (HL2, WC3, WoW, etc.). Got X700. Except Oblivion, which I run at a lower resolution.
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