Oblivion HDR vs. Bloom + aa 4x

[Freddy_Kruger]

Oh man! This doesn't sound good for my system. (I was worried about that)
The 3 of us have similar rig specs.

Well those are much better frame rates then I was getting on Morrowind on a G2 64mb, 384 SD ram and 1ghz cpu. Back then It would dip to 3-4 frames a secound in Balmoral and while in the country side it would freeze every 5 secs for a sec if I was running.
It is very playable on my rig and I don't even have the CPU overclocked anymore. The only thing I cranked up was the resolution, to 1280x1024, I got HDR on and I may have fiddled with some other things but I can't remember what they are. So many options.
In fact, when I go through a door there is a screen that comes up while the next room is loading, but with my rig the room loads so fast I can't even read what it says. I only know that it has to do with OBlivion lore of some sort.

edit: HEy I just looked at our computers and I got the crappiest one.

[Timman_24]

Having to run 1680x1050 really kills my performance. To get decent fps (30-45 avg outside) I only use bloom. With HDR it dips down to 25-35 fps, which is not very smooth IMO. AA seems to hurt more than HDR in this game. I like 4xaa+bloom more than HDR. I can't stand jaggies. I play without either though