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Just got Oblivion running on my unsupported Radeon 9200se.
YOU dont have to buy a new card with pixel shader 2x if you
dont WANt to.
You will have to change the shadre configuration,
And force 1x shader option in the .ini file,
But it works and at 40+ fps on my pc. (specs are posted in my sig)
I will link to the info and add pic's below.

It is also possible with older FX cards now as well.
The link is posted below.

Cheers!

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=296193

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On a 9200Se which isnt supported,
Those graphics are great, Considering my card doesnt
support 2x shader mode at all.

I tweaked it a little since and have fixed the speedtree effects which are now working great on my OLD UNSUPPORTED card.

For a 9200se it cant get MUCH better!

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In-game tweaks:
The only thing I do in game now is fix the fog distance, since fog isn't shading properly and fades to the sky color far too early. To do that, open the console with the tilde button (right below the 'Esc' key). then type 'setfog 15000 20000'.. hit tilde again to leave the console, the change is instant. Yes, you have to do this every time, there is no permanent fix. You can play with this value, if you want; personally I set it close to but just under the value of my LOD distance fade off, so that the trees right at the edge of the screen fade in from blue. It's a fade range, so the first number has to be smaller than the second, otherwise everything that gets hit by fog will disappear and be replaced by sky, which is not pleasant.


I'll give you the full rundown on what works for me; for all intents and purposes these cards should do the same things with the same tweaks, mine is just old as dirt.

First:
http://atomizer.sux2b.us/screenshots/oblivion/gf4ti/shaderpackage00...
The file that unzips from that goes in the /Oblivion/Data/Shaders/ folder. It will overwrite another file, unless you rename the original first, which would probably be a good idea.

Second:
http://games.build-a.com/oblivion/watertexture.zip
The file that unzips from that, goes into the /oblivion/data/textures/ folder. Otherwise the water is bright purple and completely opaque.

Third:
http://www.dius.org/oldblivion.zip
This is the actual oldblivion program. Unzip it somewhere; it doesn't really matter where, although you'll probably want to put a shortcut to the oldblivion.exe on your desktop.

Fourth:
http://atomizer.sux2b.us/screenshots/oblivion/gf4ti/oldblivion-shad...
That's the shader pack for oldblivion. The file that unzips from that, goes into the same directory where the oldblivion files and .exe are. (I just put them all in /my documents/my games/oblivion/ , so that they're in the same place as the Oblivion.ini. Be certain this file overwrites the existing shader file of the same name.

The Oblivion.ini file is the tricker part for a geforce FX user. Like I said, that's /My documents/My games/Oblivion/Oblivion.ini - don't alter the one in the Oblivion installation path. I started with this and tweaked it (Just stick it in that folder and let it overwrite the original; if at any time you want a default copy, just delete it and the game will make a new one next time you start it.):
http://atomizer.sux2b.us/screenshots/oblivion/gf4ti/Oblivion.ini

The first time you run the game with that .ini, alot of values will get altered because it'll recognize that the hardware listed in the .ini isn't yours. That part doesn't matter much. Run the 'real' Oblivion launcher from the desktop shortcut, and set these options via that interface:

vsync: off
Bloom: on
antialias: off (for starters).
Distant landscape: off

Now you get to alter that ini file further. I'm just going to list the pertinent and useful settings that I have which are different and work well for me; with .ini files, most values are tweakable and you might like doing things a different way. I'll list each [Header] section that I had to tweak, make sure you delete existing entries that are the same, i.e., you don't want two lines that say 'AllowScreenshot=1' and 'AllowScreenshot=0'. These should be in the order they appear in the .ini file, but I'm not pasting my whole .ini file here, you'll have to find each line yourself and alter it.
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[Display]
bForce1XShaders=1
bAllowScreenShot=1
bDoImageSpaceEffects=0
****Optional below!
****This is a ghetto fix for a problem with lighting with no other fix I know of at the time.
****It will make only light sources -on your person- or very strong emmissive light sources cast any ambient or specular light at all. Makes dungeons dark,
****but otherwise, you'll get some really glitchy, jumpy lighting that is a known issue. Make sure these values are -negative- ' -450.000 ' not positive.
Also in [Display]
fLightLOD2=-475.0000
fLightLOD1=-475.0000


[Water]
bUseWaterShader=0

[Interface]
****Also optional, will fix the dark background on the character menu. These values are tweakable and are effected by other lighting effects, so you
****may need to alter it to your preference.
fMenuPlayerLightDiffuseBlue=1.6000
fMenuPlayerLightDiffuseGreen=1.6000
fMenuPlayerLightDiffuseRed=1.6000
fMenuPlayerLightAmbientBlue=0.7500
fMenuPlayerLightAmbientGreen=0.7500
fMenuPlayerLightAmbientRed=0.7500

[SpeedTree]
****Optional, fix for trees constantly redrawing, forces full LOD but requires a low view distance or your frame rate will drop significantly, at maximum
****it will slow the game.
bForceFullLOD=1

[LOD]
****This is already set in atomizers' ini, but its necessary if you ever turn on the 'distant land' checkbox, and it isn't a default value, so you may need to
****add it if you use a default ini.
fLODLandVerticalBias=-1000.0000

[Grass]
****Grass will turn off at minimum viewing distance in options. But if this value is set to zero, it won't turn back on, so:
bDrawShaderGrass=1

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That should be all the necessary direct tweaks to the .ini file; from there you can play with the normal options menu, and occasionally go back and play with some of the .ini values I mentioned are optional.

Running the game:
I put a shortcut on my desktop for the oldblivion .exe, which is what you'll use to actually run the game. This launches you straight into the game, which should now be playable. There is one more improvement you can make outside the game, which is to change one value in the oldblivion.cfg, if you want to turn on grass and have it look right. This can cause other problems though, so you may just not want to deal with it. If, however, you want to see grass, open the oldblivion.cfg (if your computer doesn't know what to use to open it, just use notepad). find the line 'ForceAlphaBlend 0' and replace the 0 with a 1. That will make the grass transparent.

Also, with the amount of ram you have, you need to set the texture size to 'small' in the options menu, or you'll probably lose textures, although it should default to that value.

That's everything I did and do to get my game running at 100% (if slightly ghetto) playability. Hope it helps!

And this one is why I called my lighting fix 'ghetto'

Notice how in the image I'm right up against a sconce and there's no ambient light. Only lights on my person, in my hand, a spell or magic effect on me, etc, produced any ambient light if you use that .ini fix. but it stops the lighting from glitching!

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