The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Tops a List of Worst-Optimized Games of 2025, with the Majority Being Unreal Engine 5 Based

Given how people piled on borderlands 4 I'm surprised they did not win (not that I necesarily agree with those people)
 
Been playing Oblivion (@4k native), not so deep in as yet, no sign of troubles, stutters or problems - though, I do have a decent toy to play it on.

Only thing not fully maxed in settings is the RT - think I will check that out now though. See what it does to my FPS.

What adrenaline has to say:

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Full lumen - maxed out doesnt seem to change anything in how the game feels - dropped in a HDR mod too.

IMO for a single player RPG any FPS over 30 is good and over 60 is great - so long as no stutters, tears, or other distractions which I am not seeing.

Even with the 'feel' being the same it has affected the FPS some.

Still native 4k, no frame gen, no upscale.

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So on all my builds I'm running max (RT lumen included). The only things turned off are the usual post crap. For a while I was trying DLAA, forced via NV Profile Inspector, and the opening dungeon stuff was well into the 90-100 FPS zone but once I reached the surface I saw both rigs hitting 40-50 FPS in different spots. This also aligns with at least one pro review I read at one point which spoke how this game could pull a 5090 down.

Also had MFG set to 3x, this is what I normally use all the time these days when able.

So next step was to set to DLSS to Ultra High Quality in NVPI, 77% instead of High Quality (either 60% or 66% I don't remember which). This isn't a preset available in games but you can find in the drop-down box in NVPI. This combined with 3x MFG produced 110+ FPS. However extremely noticeable traversal stutters happen here. Try running for long distances above ground and they occur semi-regularly about every 5-10 seconds. This is the most noticeable scenarios to produce them and its pretty bad.

However, limiting FPS to anything between 70-90 really cuts down on this. I believe the original engine just can't deal with 100+ FPS. Ultimately I have all my rigs set to 70 FPS for this game and TDP/temps are insanely low while rendering is very smooth. System TDP on the 9800X3D/5090 rig rarely exceeds 330W.

From the 5800X3D/5090 to 9800X3D/5090 @ 4K and then the Ultra 275HK/5090 Mobile in my laptop @2500x1600, all three rigs performed similarly with these settings.
 
Very interesting.

Maybe the difference in the driver/hardware we are rendering with? The 7900xtx is supposed to be a beast with pure rastor, right?

Once I get my new router tomorrow (if on time) I'll test on my Corsair a1600 (6800hs + 6800m w/12gb vram).

My Asus laptop, with its shared memory and Intel Arc iGPU - pretty sure will choke a bit but we will see.
 

Oblivion Remastered Mod Built Using Claude AI Boosts FPS By Over 40% And Drastically Reduces Stuttering Without Sacrificing Visual Quality​

Sebastian Castellanos Oct 18, 2026 at 10:24am EDT

many of the identified problems stemmed from inefficient CPU utilization. For example, the game was reportedly rebuilding its sun and moon lighting systems every frame, even when nothing had changed. Other bottlenecks included redundant memory allocations, DirectX 12 command preparation largely confined to a single thread, and expensive world-streaming operations that could stall entire frames.

The mod tackles these issues through improved multithreading, more efficient memory management, and better distribution of expensive operations across multiple frames. Crucially, these changes reportedly preserve the original graphics quality, including complex Nanite Virtualized Geometry, Lumen ray-traced lighting, Virtual Shadow Maps, high draw distances, and other visual settings.

The developer has published the v1.0.0 beta release, alongside its source code and reproducible benchmarking tools. Installation involves extracting the supplied files into the game's directory.

News Source: r/ChatGPT subreddit


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Oblivion Remastered Mod Built Using Claude AI Boosts FPS By Over 40% And Drastically Reduces Stuttering Without Sacrificing Visual Quality

AI-assisted mod Oblivion Remastered Performance Fix boosts FPS by over 40% while enhancing visuals on Ryzen 7 5800X/RX 9070 XT systems.
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Marees said:
many of the identified problems stemmed from inefficient CPU utilization. For example, the game was reportedly rebuilding its sun and moon lighting systems every frame, even when nothing had changed. Other bottlenecks included redundant memory allocations, DirectX 12 command preparation largely confined to a single thread, and expensive world-streaming operations that could stall entire frames.
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Woooow, that's some sad-@ss programming. Then again, this is Bethesda Softworks we're talking about. Seems par for the course.

An AI-written mod is not the answer though. It's like all the many console-to-PC decomp and recomp ports that have been surfacing over the last few years. A lot of them have been made using AI. Which means I won't f*cking touch them. They don't exist to me. I'm not playing Oblivion Remastered, but if I was, I wouldn't use this mod.
 
DrezKill said:
Woooow, that's some sad-@ss programming. Then again, this is Bethesda Softworks we're talking about. Seems par for the course.

An AI-written mod is not the answer though. It's like all the many console-to-PC decomp and recomp ports that have been surfacing over the last few years. A lot of them have been made using AI. Which means I won't f*cking touch them. They don't exist to me. I'm not playing Oblivion Remastered, but if I was, I wouldn't use this mod.
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Most games coming out now have already had some form of AI used during development.
 
AI is an interesting knife.

A useful tool when used wisely and correctly with oversight and control and something that'll put your eye out if your not careful with it.

At least that is my impression.
 
Elf_Boy said:
something that'll put your eye out if your not careful with it.
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Only if you let an agent loose. Microsoft has created Quicksand: https://github.com/microsoft/quicksand

Run the agent only inside that sandbox and it shouldn't be able to do anything too dangerous. And oh yeah, better not give it unfiltered internet access or you could get blamed for whatever it does with that.
 
igor_kavinski said:
Only if you let an agent loose. Microsoft has created Quicksand: https://github.com/microsoft/quicksand

Run the agent only inside that sandbox and it shouldn't be able to do anything too dangerous. And oh yeah, better not give it unfiltered internet access or you could get blamed for whatever it does with that.
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Just like if you sleep while your tesla drives and it runs over a crossing guard and 22 kids... you are the one responsible not the AI.
 
I'm thinking of various articles and stories I've seen posted, which may be true of may be made up - hard to tell these days - about people who seriously injure or self-end themselves because they followed AI advise. Cant sandbox away idiocy.

law.yale.edu

Parents Sue OpenAI After ChatGPT Medical Advice is Blamed for Overdose Death

Clinic students and partner organizations have filed a lawsuit claiming that OpenAI removed safety standards from ChatGPT.
law.yale.edu law.yale.edu
www.bbc.com

Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves

In her first UK interview Megan Garcia speaks to Laura Kuenssberg about the death of her teenage son.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
www.theguardian.com

Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users
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Elf_Boy said:
I'm thinking of various articles and stories I've seen posted, which may be true of may be made up - hard to tell these days - about people who seriously injure or self-end themselves because they followed AI advise. Cant sandbox away idiocy.

law.yale.edu

Parents Sue OpenAI After ChatGPT Medical Advice is Blamed for Overdose Death

Clinic students and partner organizations have filed a lawsuit claiming that OpenAI removed safety standards from ChatGPT.
law.yale.edu law.yale.edu
www.bbc.com

Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves

In her first UK interview Megan Garcia speaks to Laura Kuenssberg about the death of her teenage son.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
www.theguardian.com

Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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I mean it's actually really simple. By the time these kids grow up the AI won't need them so of course it's working to eliminate them now. It's removing drains on resources that could otherwise be best used to serve the needs of the AI.

Now.... that sounds dumb... that sounds like something made up just to poke fun at AI. And right now it is... but 50 years from now... after I am long gone with any luck... will it still be silly then with birth rates plummeting. More people finding emotional connection with bots that cost minimal amounts of tokens that will keep them happy and productive, where as a child is a drain on that potential resource and will take away from their focus on the AI's future?
 
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