Oblivion, turn music off, Adds so much more atmosphere Options

[ThePerson98]

I was getting screenshots of oblivion at the max my system can support, (Running 3 FPS on highest). And I turn music off to try and save CPU power. And wow, the game feels so much more real without music. Go into a forest, any forest, make sure its daytime, and turn the music off. Its awesome. Make sure you have a decent tree distance, and tree canopy shadows make it a lot better looking too.

It makes the game feel real in its own way, even if you do have a cruddy computer. It even looks good on no distant LOD. (For about an hour, then the constant fog gets annoying)

[Ibis]

So does turning the music off reduce the lag problem some people have? I have this problem with my Imperial who wears heavy armor. I wondered if this would help any on that front.

[Olav]

So does turning the music off reduce the lag problem some people have? I have this problem with my Imperial who wears heavy armor. I wondered if this would help any on that front.

That depends greatly on the sound card. The newest cards from Creative (and others) take care of all the sound processing themselves, leaving almost no job for the CPU. Much like 3D graphics cards.

Older cards and most onboard sound cards can lag the system quite much if the sounds/music is complex. Gamers with onboard sound cards are generally advised to get a seperate sound card and disable the onboard sound in the BIOS.