Best Graphics Settings For Oblivion Remastered PC

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered comes with a complete overhaul of its graphical fidelity, with Unreal Engine 5 breathing new life into its world and characters. The PC comes with a host of graphical options that players can tweak to adjust the ratio between visuals and performance to their liking. Although Oblivion Remastered is quite optimized, here are some of the best and most optimized settings you can use to increase the game’s performance even further without compromising much on visuals.

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Best Graphics Settings for Oblivion Remastered on PC

The graphics settings in Oblivion Remastered are divided into three categories. Let’s explore all the options and use the best settings in each of the categories.

Categories	Settings	Best Preset	Notes
General	Window Mode	Borderless	Although fullscreen is recommended for best performance, Borderless works just as well. It also allows you to switch between the game and other tasks more easily.
	Display Resolution	Native	Choosing anything lower than native in resolution will result in textures looking blurry.
	Resolution Scale	100%	Since we’ll be using upscaling via Nvidia DLSS or AMD FSR, there’s no need to manually tweak the render quality.
	V-Sync	Off	V-Sync will introduce input latency, but can reduce screen tearing for players who’re experiencing it.
	Frame Rate Limited	Uncapped	–
	FOV First/Third Person	Player’s Preference	It’s up to the players to set an FOV they feel comfortable playing Oblivion Remastered at. However, setting the FOV too high will lower the game’s performance.
	Motion Blur	Off	–
	Screen Space Reflections (SSR)	On	It doesn’t impact the performance too much, but it significantly impacts object reflections in water and lakes.
Quality	Quality Level	Custom	We’ll fine-tune all the graphical options in this section, so it’s best not to use a pre-determined preset.
	View Distance Quality	High	Setting anything below high will increase the object pop-up rate and will render scenery at a very close distance, breaking immersion.
	Effects Quality	Ultra	It only takes effect when there are too many particles or spells being used on screen. If you’re using a mage/wizard build, it’s best to set this to high to save some FPS.
	Foliage Quality	Medium	–
	Shadow Quality	Medium	One of the most demanding settings in Oblivion Remastered. Medium looks good as it is, but using anything higher will reduce performance significantly.
	Global Illumination Quality	High	Surprisingly, it doesn’t impact the FPS that much.
	Texture Quality	Depends on the GPU VRAM	6GB VRAM GPU: Low-Medium, 8GB VRAM GPU: Medium-High, 12 GB+ VRAM GPU: Ultra
	Reflection Quality	Medium	–
	Hair Quality	High	–
	Cloth Quality	High	–
	Lumen Hardware RT	Off	If you have an RTX 3070/4070 or above GPU, it’s recommended to turn on Lumen Hardware RT to enhance the feel of the game. For others, it’ll knock down performance quite badly.
	Lumen Hardware RT Lighting Mode	High	If you’re using Lumen Hardware RT, at least use the high or ultra preset for the best visuals.
	Lumen Software RT Quality	Low	For players who aren’t or cannot use Lumen Hardware RT, software RT will be enabled by default, with its default setting being low.
Advanced	Upscaling Technique	AMD FSR or Nvidia DLSS	For Nvidia RTX GPU players, DLSS is the best option. For other players with either GTX series GPUs or AMD GPUs, FSR is a great option.
	DLSS/FSR Mode	Balanced	For a smooth visual experience with great performance, balanced mode is the sweet spot. If you can spare some performance, go for the quality preset.
	Sharpening	Personal Preference	–
	Frame Generation (FSR/DLSS)	On	Frame Generation will significantly improve your FPS in Oblivion Remastered. However, it may cause microstutters for some players, and in that case, it should be disabled.
	Nvidia Reflect	On	Nvidia Reflex will help improve input latency for players using Frame Generation. Sadly, there isn’t an AMD Anti-Lag option, at least at launch.

Is Oblivion Remastered Optimized?

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Since Oblivion Remastered’s graphics are being handled by Unreal Engine 5, the game’s performance is bound to be inconsistent for players. Although the game runs generally well, there are cases where the game stutters, drops FPS out of nowhere, and crashes when players are simply exploring menus. These performance issues are synonymous with UE5, but hopefully, they will get patched with stability updates down the line.

As far as performance is concerned, the best Oblivion Remastered settings above were tested on a PC with an i9-14900HX CPU, Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU, and 32GB of RAM. The game averaged around 80–90 FPS in heavily populated areas, with 1% lows being at 65 FPS. Most of the heavy lifting in performance is being done by DLSS and Frame Generation, as without them, the game is barely able to maintain anything over 60 FPS on max settings.