Best Settings for RTX 3080 in Oblivion Remastered

Use these settings to run Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered with your RTX 3080 at either 1080p or 1440p.

The RTX 3080 is an enthusiast-class GPU released in 2020. The card offers an immense upgrade over the RTX 2080, proving one of the best generation-on-generation upgrades. Its affordable MSRP of $699 attracted many gamers and professionals. Fast-forward to 2025, and we have a new generation of RT-based titles such as Oblivion Remastered, hammering current-gen GPUs like the 5080 and 5090 at 4K max settings.

While the 3080 could mainly tackle 4K max settings with titles released then, today, gamers with the GPUs, even on 1440p, will find these settings helpful with their current setup.

Note: The 3080 represents an enthusiast-class card from the past; any CPU below a Ryzen 5 5600X or a Core i5 10600K will severely bottleneck.

Best Settings for RTX 3080 in Oblivion Remastered (1080p and 1440p Optimized)

Oblivion Settings Page — Settings page from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Image via Bethesda)

A few keynotes to consider:

This guide tunes these settings with the 10GB and 12GB RTX 3080 in mind, so users of either version can refer to them.
To turn off RT completely, you must modify the game’s .ini files. Keep in mind that the game might not look as good as before.
You can disable screen space reflections for better performance, but the look will be significantly hindered.
Using the transformer model in this game will significantly improve the overall image quality. Try lowering post-processing and effects to counteract the performance hit of the transformer model.
If you run out of VRAM, consider dropping the texture settings on the 10GB model; the suggested settings should work better with the 12GB model.
Native Frame Generation is not available with RTX 30 Series; to use that, rely on Lossless scaling, as FSR’s implementation does not allow decoupled DLSS usage.

Best Settings Explored

Setting	RTX 3080 (1080p)	RTX 3080 (1440p)
Resolution	1920 x 1080	2560 x 1440
Display Mode	Fullscreen	Fullscreen
Resolution Scale	100	100
Frame Rate Limit	Uncapped	Uncapped
V-Sync	Off	Off
Motion Blur	Off	Off
FOV 1st-Person	75 // preference	75 // preference
FOV 3rd-Person	75 // preference	75 // preference
Quality Level	Custom	Custom
View Distance Quality	Medium (10GB) High (12GB)	Medium (10GB) High (12GB)
Effects Quality	High	High
Foliage Quality	Low	Low
Shadow Quality	Medium	Medium
Global Illumination Quality	High	High
Texture Quality	Medium (10GB) High (12GB)	Medium (10GB) High (12GB)
Reflection Quality	High	High
Post-Processing Quality	High	High
Hair Quality	Medium	Medium
Cloth Quality	Medium (10GB) High (12GB)	Medium (10GB) High (12GB)
Screen Space Reflections	On (Optional)	On (Optional)
Lumen Hardware RT	On	On
Lumen Hardware RT Lighting Mode	Low	Low
Lumen Software RT Quality	Grayed Out	Grayed Out
Anti-Aliasing	DLSS takes care of it	DLSS takes care of it
Upscaling Technique	DLSS	DLSS
DLSS Mode	Quality	Balanced
DLSS Sharpness	13	10
DLSS Frame Generation	Use lossless scaling	Use lossless scaling
NVIDIA Reflex	Enabled	Enabled

That wraps up the suggestions for the 3080 10 and 12GB models. Remember to monitor 1%, .1% lows, frame pacing, traversal stutters, and more, and then continue tweaking to get your desired FPS.

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