This game needs a very powerful gaming computer to run smoothly.
What i did was lower my display resolution from my usual 1024 X 768
to 800 X 600. Disable shadows, short-range sighting..e.t.c.
I played this game about 1 year ago. This is the kick-ass build I
used.
Magic Specialization.
Major Skills:
Athletics (For fast running speed)
Hand-to-Hand (For lightning fast attacks)
Destruction (For cooking your enemies when you don't feel like
beating them up)
Conjuration (For summoning a powerful monster to fight for
you)
Alteration (For opening locks and giving yourself a LOT of damage
resistance)
Sneak (For playing hide-and-seek with your victims)
Alchemy (This is a must-have for any build you use. Potions are
mainly use for fast recovery during combat and curing abnormal
status.)
Pros:
High Speed - (You can run faster than a horse, which means you can
easily out-run every opponent you encounter)
High-damage resistance (With enchanted clothes and max-out
Alteration
magics, your armour-rating will be stronger than a warrior that is
wearing heavy armour.)
You do not fight alone - (By summoning a creature to fight for you,
you are creating a diversion which can give you a lot of advantage
in combat. You can even beat up your own summoned creature like a
punching bag when you need some self-training.)
And many more advantages for you to find out...
Cons:
Magicka(Mana) is essential for this build. Once you run out of it,
you cannot do much.
Low health. This is not really a big problem most of the time but
can be fatal will you trigger some nasty traps that do a lot of
damage.
No blocking! Using your arms to a block a axe or sword attack is a
very bad idea.