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"Inglo" <ioo@??.żżż> wrote in message 
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> On 4/14/2006 6:41 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
>>
>> It's a beautiful game.  There is a lot to do in it without ever touching 
>> a quest.  They're not really my interest, exploring the world is.   I 
>> haven't made it very far anywhere really, I've found a couple caverns 
>> close to the Imperial City and between crashes....play in those.  The AI 
>> of the NPC's is quite interesting I think.    I'll work on talking to 
>> bandits rather than fight and see what happens.
>> Frequent CTD's, that is the thing I don't like about Oblivion.  I'm still 
>> playing with my settings.  It plays very smooth in 1280x1024 with 
>> everything on and cranked up in SLI.  Perhaps I need to change drivers. 
>> One second I'm playing and the next I'm looking at the desktop.
>> Happy Easter Steve!
>> McG.
>>
>>
> I haven't had that ctd problem with my 6800, it runs nice enough (20 fps 
> outdoors) at 1024x768.  I don't know if you can get the bandits to talk, 
> maybe if you have your weapon sheathed.  Have you got your horse yet? 
> That's something you get following the main storyline, makes things 
> easier.  I got a little sidetracked from playing and have now just crossed 
> my first Oblivion gate.
> How about Tomb Raider Legend?  I've never been much of a fan of the series 
> (I know you are) but the demo got me to go buy the full version.  It's a 
> nice looking game, the "next generation" content is too much for my "last 
> generation" system unfortunately, though you should be able to handle it. 
> Without that stuff on the game still looks and plays fantastic. Have you 
> pre-purchased Sin Episodes on Steam yet?  I just played through SiN 1 
> (which you get with the SE: Emergence pre-order)  a couple of times, what 
> a fun game, I can't wait for the Emergence release.
> as
> Easter and spring can't get here soon enough.  We've been having rain 
> practically every day since the beginning of March, I feel like I live in 
> Seattle rather than Oakland.  Supposed to finally have clear skies on 
> Monday.
>
> -- 
> Cthulhu for President in 2008. Why vote for a lesser evil?
>
> Steve ¤ťIngloŤ¤
> www.inglostadt.com

You mean they *GIVE* you the first SiN game but in Source?   At like $20 
that by itself should be worth it.    I haven't bought it yet.
Your 6800 should be able to handle Legends pretty well.   I'm playing it in 
non-SLI right now.  1280x1024 isn't high enough to bog the 7800Gtx down 
much.  NextGen content is higher res textures, better detail.  There are the 
better SM3 particle effects like mist, smoke, dust, lighting etc.  Makes for 
some gorgeous scenes in places.  I'm trying out FRAPS with it.  seems to 
work well and fr's average in 50's and 60's, lowest is 21 and highest is 
112.  Would have smoother transitions if in SLI I think.
I think that even without nextgen stuff, it's a good looking game.  deffo 
made for the general casual console gamer.  I prefer the type of game-play 
we had with the first 4 tr's, but this is playable.  It's a pleasant 
diversion.  I do like the gorgeous scenery I've found in places.   I'm 
actually trying to get a Pelican XBox360 gamepad going to try out with this 
game.  Gotta get the drivers going first though.

CTD's, might not be from the vid cards, but the x2 CPU possibly, or also 
from memory leaks.   It's not oc'd either, nothing on this rig is.  CPU runs 
cool, vid cards are cool-ER with the new large sidefan.  Idle they run 43C, 
under load, 68-72C.  CPU stays around 36-38C until continually loaded, then 
it's maxed at 46C so far.
Oblivion is a cool game to explore.  No horse of my own yet, I haven't 
gotten very far from Imperial City. :)   I have seen a couple horses and 
riders.   This game does benefit from SLI and dual core.   They're getting 
there man, it's almost like being there.   Some of the textures in the 
caves/dungeons are very realistic looking.  One of the better games this 
year.   What else is due out that looks ultra realistic?
McG.