arkngthand is the 1st dungeon area i made my way too
the game runs very good on my quad core i get prob 40 to 50 fps
but when i get near npcs and melee combat begins with each hit i take i also take oin a huge lag spike
i loaded up a save in the mages guild not sure what town but i attacked the mages there and they give the same lag it appears that any time in melee combat i get some nasTy lag at least when im in doors i do
any ideas or info on this issue?
it makes it difficult for me to play as wInning these lag fights r verY difficult at times

What video card do you have?
What video card do you have? Morroblivion requires a fairly powerful one.
What is the clock speed on your quad core? Oblivion's engine only runs on one core so clock speed (GHz) is more important than the number of cores.