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Maherie, where do you get these cartoons.
They are just too damn funny.
Are there any more?

I'm a CAD-comic-aholic. http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com is the place to be. They update Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Their recent ones are really funny.

I know, i found the site some time ago. It's really extremelly funny.
I have it bookmarked and am reading a couple of them every day after lunch. :D

One day....one day!

TOMORROW OMG LIEK


They called me and was like "We have your copy ready for pickup tomorrow."

Installing right now. Best Buy wont have until Wednesday (they have been late for every single title I've ever tried to buy from them on release day). I went to Ebgames right after and they had it.

Give us some high quality shots royal.

Give us some high quality shots royal.

I was gonna play some FEAR and then get to Obvlivion but what the heck. Loading up Obvliion now, I'll try to get some screenshots within the next few minutes.

Oblivion is definitely a demanding game. With HDR lighting turned on, it disabled AA and I took a pretty big performance hit. I was running at 30fps but when I would turn I would see my fps take a dive and then it would return to normal. Wasn't very smooth and I have a 7900GTX. I'll have to put my lighting back to bloom and you can turn off both. I still haven't played around and optimized everything though.

Here are two screenshots with HDR turned on. It looked better in-game.
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1853/oblivion11em.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1446/oblivion29tn.jpg

Boy I can't wait, I present a HUGE project tommorw then off to the mall to get my copy. I can not wait!!!

P.s- those screens are very sexy.

Also, Nvidia is releasing a driver so I've heard on Wednesday to optimize Oblivion.

Im kinda a noob when it comes to these games.........in fact i have never really played a role-playing game. This is sort of catching my attention though and am pondering the idea of purchasing my first role-playing game tomorrow if i could find a copy. Would a FPS addict like me find liking in Oblivion as my first role playing game? can you play online?


peace :wink:

It's single-player only. Give it a shot, you might like it.

I just called the EB Games near me to ask about Oblivion, and the guy said that Oblivion for the PC was pushed back to the 28th. I told him that he must be mistaken as I know of people who have it already. He disagreed and hung up on me.

I called around to all the Gamestops near me and they say it is coming out tomorrow (21st) like I thought. They told me that I will have a hard time getting a copy as they already have preorders for all of their incoming copies.

I am not too thrilled about how I might have to drive all over L.A. looking for a copy. If I get the runaround, I'll be a bit(torrent) pissed off. pun intended.

I hope this Nvidia patch coming out on Wednesday will help clear up some of the issues I'm having. Like I was saying, sometimes my fps when I'm indoors (haven't been outdoors yet) will go down to 15-20 fps and everything is not even at max. Textures are and stuff but most of the stuff isn't at max while running at 1680x1050. Running a 7900gtx, I would think that the game would be 30fps at all times.

I hope this Nvidia patch coming out on Wednesday will help clear up some of the issues I'm having. Like I was saying, sometimes my fps when I'm indoors (haven't been outdoors yet) will go down to 15-20 fps and everything is not even at max. Textures are and stuff but most of the stuff isn't at max while running at 1680x1050. Running a 7900gtx, I would think that the game would be 30fps at all times.

I think you need to look into lowering your resolution, that seems to be what is killing you so bad.

your rig could destroy this game at lower resolutions, I just think it's the most taxing thing on any system.

I hope royal's performance issues are due to the drivers. There is a very good chance that it is. Why else would Nvidia be scrambling last second to get a driver out JUST for 1 game? There might be a reason that the preview systems were equipped with x1900's rather than an Nvidia card.

All i can say is, I had better get more than 10-30 fps in this one with my new (expensive) video card.

The 7900-series is new and most new Nvidia cards usually have a little performance issue until the first update after release. I am sure it will get better for you when the new driver comes out.

Hey royal ...

Thanks for the screenshots ... they look great ! ... 8)
I nearly missed them ... :lol:

It's a shame that HDR turns off AA ... :cry: ... never the less I can't wait until my copy arrives.

It's a shame that HDR turns off AA ... :cry: ... never the less I can't wait until my copy arrives.

That's only with NVidia cards right? the X1900 is capable of running it with both on i believe.

I don't know ... but some games can do both with my Nvidia cards .. :?