Im playing on a 3.4GHz dual core with an ATI Radeon HD 5750 and 4GB of RAM. After unlocking FNV the game detected my hardware and set everything to ultra high/max as expected. Ive had no crashes or bugs (just a few bad pathfinding problems) but I do get severe drops in frame rate in a few area and especially when a lot of NPCs are involved in combat.

For instance the early quest to resolve the conflict between Goodsprings and the Powder Gangers. As soon as the 6 man gang come into the town my FPS plummets as they begin fighting each other.

This is a well known problem and is all over these forums. Just look and you will find answers you are looking for.

Or you could just be helpful and link to it. :shrug:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1123822-potential-fix-for-npc-slowdown/

P.S.

Oops, wrong link but fixed now.

There is so many posts stating on how to fix it that it should be pretty simple to find.
I try to help as much as I can. :shakehead:

Indeed, but it was no skin off my nose to link to it.

No need for a head shake, it wasn't personal. Just a remark you could have been a bit more helpful than you already were.

That was not a head shake. That was an "I'm blue and I'm gonna puke everywhere in the next few moments!" face.
Have I been entered into a who's more helpful contest? I lose.

Jeez, forget I said it and move on. It's not the big deal you seem to think it is. It was just a suggestion you could have been a bit more helpful than you were. (Meaning saying there was a fix available was helpful.) It took me 10 seconds to find, and add the link.

There was no intent to annoy you so!!

Well OP. Welcome to teh club.
I get increadibly low FPS - practically a completely frame hallt - whenever a big fight occurs.
That fight you mention is where my game is currently stopped at, since i can't progress through it, and i damn sure want to. Had a similar incident allthough to a lesser degree, killing a group of Geckos earlier on.

There's so many temporary fixes on the forum and i hope you find one that fixes your problem. Personally i've tried them all and nothing's changed as of yet.

Anxiously awaiting a patch.

I hope you understand that I really do not care and carry these conversations on for no reason. I just like to make conversation. :dance:
Sorry for any inconvenience.