

I got annoyed and installed Windows XP Professional well. I deleted the old drivers, followed the instructions in readme.txt(of Driver Cleaner) carefully, didn't want to get troubles again. Then I reinstalled Vista(Yes, I know I could have fixed it somehow, but i'm lazy + I have time so why not just reinstall? There was anyway lot of junk I loved to get rid of.) Ok, then after I got it installed and installed updates etc. Haha, I went through alot of trouble, but you know what? I finally got it working.įirst time when I used Driver Cleaner it messed up my computer somehow(I couldn't install new drivers for some reason) and i thought it was my own fault.

You already tried video drivers, that didn't work to end the problem, now you reinstalled Dx9, and that didn't do it so what is left? Reinstall the game. Go to the source for drivers, not to Microsoft. Last, never assume that Microsoft knows which driver is actually the latest. It is also a fairly frequent situation when upgrading video cards to end up with conflicting leftovers from older drivers, so that not only do you need to uninstall the old software, no also need to run a program such as Driver Clean to be certain all the old bits are definitely gone. Microsoft will ignore the Dx9 installation, and end up corrupting it, requiring a fresh reinstall.

You can have conflicts with any of the three, but most commonly, it's Microsoft's meddling when gamers allow the company free rein to update whatever it want to whenever it wants to, automatically, instead of when you are in control, and have set a restore point in case of this exact situation occurring. Graphics Drivers are the second part, and the game itself is third. Ricky Meehan Posts: 3364 Joined: Wed 5:42 pmĪnd do both of you realize that three softwares are involved in rendering the graphics in the game? Direct3D is part of Windows that enables the 3D effects, and since Dx10 is not adequately backward compatible to suit the Gamebryo game engine, Dx9 must also be installed. Let us have our fingers crossed just in case if someone has a solution for this annoying issue. I'm also having the exactly the same problem as you have, but I've an instant CTD instead of 5-10 seconds. I would be glad to get some help from someone here. Graphic card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 and yes, I have downloaded the latest drivers. Video quality settings defaulting to Medium Quality." ini file from C\Users\Username\My Files\My games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini) I get the message "Oblivion will now detect your hardware and set video options accordingly." and after that instantly "Video hardware unrecognized. When I start oblivion(after installing Oblivion or deleting the. It always crashes in about 5-10 seconds after I press "New" and skip the demos. Oblivion(I have the Game of The Year edition) always crashes on character creation.
