FPS problem near torches

[hlvr]

I've recently reinstalled and reformatted my computer, and now I installed Oblivion once again.

It's smooth, BUT I noticed some FPS-hit whenever I approached someone wielding a torch. This didn't happen with any other lightsources (fires, candles, etc).

The FPS-hit was about 10 fps :sad: . On average I have 45-60 fps in the Cyrodiil wilderness.

 

I have these system specs:

Geforce GTX 260

Intel Core Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

4gb RAM

 

I updated my video card drivers a few days ago to the latest; although I didn't uninstall the previous ones (which I got from Windows update). I checked NVIDIA's homepage and they siad, however, that there is no longer any need to uninstall previous video card drivers. So I guess that's OK.

 

It should also be noted that I experienced a similiar problem before I reformatted my comp. At that time, however, the FPS-hit was biggest when I was in 1st-person wielding the torch. I don't recall having FPS-problems when NPCs were wielding torches.

 

ANY help with this would be greatly appreciated by me, :(

Thanks in advance,

 

hlvr

[Fonger]

Install Wrye Bash (found on tesnexus)

 

activate and rebuild the bashed patch

 

selection the option "no lights flicker"

[hlvr]

I thought about this before... that it could be linked to lights flickering. But it doesn't explain why I hadn't this problem before the reformat :S

And my system specs are decent, so it's strange.

I will try to disable lights flicker later, although I do enjoy the flickering; I think it brings atmosphere into the game. Therefore, it would really like to avoid removing it.

Is there no other, possible solution? :/