Fallout 3 Optimization

[james1994]

Hi all.

 

Right. I have Fallout 3 which I bought off my friend for a cheap price and the problem is that on medium settings I get quite a choppy framerate esp. in combat. Ofc I know this is down to my GPU not being up to scratch. I don't particularly enjoy it when it's performing like this because it's not very immersive. What I'm asking is, is what tweaks and mods can I use to improve my FPS without dropping the settings too much and what is better, resolution over the other graphics settings or vice-versa?

 

Thanks in advance.

-James

[anokii]

The answers you seek are all in;

 

http://www.tweakguides.com/Fallout3_1.html

 

There are a few mods that will help in remove or decreasing stuttering - however as with anything there is a mix of success and failures with these as well.

Follow the guide as it's give you a huge understanding of the mechanics underneath as well as some advanced tweaking. Once you use this and you still have a problem then look at additional changes.

[JackieBrownDebian]

These helped me considerably

 

http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/224279-decent-system-low-fps/page__view__findpost__p__1976625

[james1994]

You two are both awesome. I will follow the Tweak guide and then move on to the mods anokii showed me in that thread.

 

Thanks all!

-James