Oblivion Remastered - Bethesda recommends GeForce RTX 4090 GPU for full 4K Ultra visuals

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is available now, with the new Unreal Engine 5 visuals dramatically overhauling the 2006 classic. As an Unreal Engine 5 title, the PC version supports a wide range of hardware, including the Steam Deck; however, Bethesda and developer Virtuos recommend an AMD Radeon RX 6800XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 GPU for that immersive 60 FPS experience. However, crank everything to Ultra and 4K, and the story changes.

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Bethesda recommends a GeForce RTX 4090 to play Oblivion Remastered with full 4K 'Ultra' settings, image credit: Bethesda.

Running on Unreal Engine 5, the remastered Oblivion is a Lumen ray-tracing title that offers the option to choose from a hardware or software-based approach. Hardware Lumen RT differs from full ray-tracing as it blends screen-space information with hardware ray-tracing to enhance lighting. The difference is noticeable, with Lumen RT offering more realistic lighting, reflections, ambient occlusion, and more.

In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered's detailed open world, the enhanced ray-traced lighting. However, for the game's 'Ultra' quality visuals in 4K, Bethesda recommends a GeForce RTX 4090 (as seen in the review guide) - so this game will seriously push gaming PCs to their limit for years to come. On the plus side is support for NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR technologies.

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On the DLSS front, the game supports the latest DLSS 4 Super Resolution technology, which uses the latest AI transformer model, alongside Frame Generation and Reflex to boost performance, smoothness, and responsiveness. In our testing, we've found that DLSS's 'Balanced' preset in 1440p and 4K offers excellent image quality, so it's worth enabling for a smooth gameplay experience.

On the AMD front, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered supports FSR 4 for the latest Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs, which is fantastic as it offers comparable image quality to DLSS. Those with older Radeon RX GPUs have access to FSR 3.1, and all Radeon gamers also have the option to enable FSR 3 Frame Generation to improve performance.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered shadow dropped hours ago, and it's already the best-selling and one of the most played games on Steam. Some users have been reporting performance issues, especially when running the game on older hardware. However, this is not unexpected based on the game's Unreal Engine 5 visuals, ray-tracing, and demanding requirements.