[slothy_punk]

Originally Posted by Ripper3

Hell no, it's HDR that's your problem. It really overloads the graphics card.
Turn on Bloom instead, it's lighter on teh graphics, and still looks good.
IMO, the 7600GT should be good for medium settings alround at thevery least.

Also, don't forget, Oblivion is fast paced, but can still be runnign well at lower than normal fps. I used to get a minimum of 10fps, which lingered for a while, at that mark, outdoors and around people, but it was still playable.

Try some mods, there are plenty that can eek out extra performance from Oblivion.

I thought by using HDR it will bypass the vid card utilization a lil bit and throw some work to system processor, thus lessen the work for vid card? correct me if im wrong.