How well did F.E.A.R. run to you?

[Murray]

I can't believe it myself, I bought all high-end (3500+, X800XTPE, 1GB RAM) and still the game is running with lower FPS than anticipated. I was running at maximum overall settings at 1024x768. It was playable, but just barely.

I'd like to know how the game ran for the rest of you. If anyone where able to play it on overall maximum settings and still have an acceptable amount of FPS.

Added poll just for the hell of it.

[Shakermaker]

I can't believe it myself, I bought all high-end (3500+, X800XTPE, 1GB RAM) and still the game is running with lower FPS than anticipated. I was running at maximum overall settings at 1024x768. It was playable, but just barely.

I'd like to know how the game ran for the rest of you. If anyone where able to play it on overall maximum settings and still have an acceptable amount of FPS.

Added poll just for the hell of it.

I basically have the same rig. The only difference is that I have a X850XT in stead of ur X800XT. I was a bit disappointed by the peformance. I was expecting to run it at full settings without a problem, but I had to scale down a little.

[Gorgon]

I can't vote right now, because the demo had a problem with its installation step. Double click on the demo icon to install and it won't open.!!!!

I asked a mod at the official forums and told me to download it from another source. I m getting it now from a torrent site :|

[Murray]

I can't vote right now, because the demo had a problem with its installation step. Double click on the demo icon to install and it won't open.!!!!

I asked a mod at the official forums and told me to download it from another source. I m getting it now from a torrent site :|
Judging by the looks of your signature, I think it will run pretty well on your comp. :D

[clarky003]

i played it on an Alienware 3.6 gig laptop with a 256 meg 6800.. the controls where awkward but it ran super smooth at maximum, apart from the odd hickup here and there, and just as it ends when that thing falls through the roof especially.

[jimbo118]

ran ok at high/max settings(although there is no high, its medium, minimum and max in the options)...on all max with 1152x864 it ran like crap...dropping some stuff helped...

[ailevation]

It ran pretty well all settings to the max with 1024 x 728. But, it ran quite sluggish with all settings max on 1280 x 960, but still playable.

[CyberPitz]

Everything low and it ran perfectly!....:( Oh well, game still kicked ass

[jimbo118]

update:

i turned volumetric light to medium and the game runs smooth as silk now, try it folks or turn it off altogether, everything else maxed, 4aa/16af...

3.,2ghx p4
gig ddr2 ram
x800xt

still get a very annoying stutter/lag in places...

[Gorgon]

Judging by the looks of your signature, I think it will run pretty well on your comp. :D

Oh yeah, I know. Setting everything to MAX and on 1280 res I should get min 90FPS

[AH_Viper]

My comp owns this game :)

Well glad I bought that extra gig a while back :D

Maxed out but ran res at 1024*768 4xAA 4xA Filtering

Plays smooth as a babies bottom

AMD 3400 64
Asus X800 XT PE
2GB 2-2-3-5 RAM
SATA 250GB HD

[cadaver]

It ran quite smooth on overall medium settings in 1024*768.

amd xp2400
512MB ram
Radeon 9500 pro
asus A7N8X

upgrade to 6600gt and another 512mb ram before oktober.

edit:
tried it with some settings on maximum. still playable.

[Frank]

A mixture of medium and maximum setting...
1280x930 or something something...

[VictimOfScience]

update:

i turned volumetric light to medium and the game runs smooth as silk now, try it folks or turn it off altogether, everything else maxed, 4aa/16af...

3.,2ghx p4
gig ddr2 ram
x800xt

still get a very annoying stutter/lag in places...

Same here, except with a 3.6 ghx p4 and 850xt pe. It runs fairly well at 1024 with fsaa off and trilinear filtering and most else on medium/high. Not great performance, but I am sure the final build will be much better optimized, especially given the specs they released.

[mortiz]

I played it on high mode, with a couple of changes ( 4xAA and 2xAF ) and it ran without any slow down except in a couple of rooms.

[jimbo118]

Same here, except with a 3.6 ghx p4 and 850xt pe. It runs fairly well at 1024 with fsaa off and trilinear filtering and most else on medium/high. Not great performance, but I am sure the final build will be much better optimized, especially given the specs they released.
i hope so anyway, it looks like the game might be needing 2gigs for max settings, i say that'd solve my stutter bug, could be time to get another gig...:|

[Teta_Bonita]

This game ate my computer alive! :o (althon xp 2500, 1 gig ram, radeon 9600 xt 256 MB) I hope it's coming to Xbox 360. :) *puts on anti-flame suit*

[Pesmerga]

Wheres the "I only came to this thread to say something useless" poll option?

[john121]

i will be saving up for a gig of RAM and a new video card for christmas... how well do the X800 cards run?
ran ok at low settings.. 512 RAM X300 radeon 2.5 Ghz

[rAdIOhEaD]

I am gonna quote myself:

I just finished downloading it, My PC 1gb ram, 6800GT and Athlon 64 3500+, I maxed out every setting thinking that my PC would be a hot knife and the demo would be butter, jeez I was mistaken this game pwnd my pc, anyway volumetric fog is the trick, turn that off and the game ran just fine, then I had another problem, its mid night, as soon I got the corridor and saw that shadow passing before me I stopped the game, too scary for me, I will play tomorrow day light time... :E

to sum up, turn volumetric fog off, I have all setting maxed except that one, playing at 1024, AA 2x aniso 8x, fps hovering in the 70`s and down to the 40`s in big firefights, the game looks beautiful...

[Frank]

This game ate my computer alive! :o (althon xp 2500, 1 gig ram, radeon 9600 xt 256 MB) I hope it's coming to Xbox 360. :) *puts on anti-flame suit*

Did you try and turn the volumetric light and fog off?

[SenorDingDong]

Is there a way to make this game run at 1280 x 1024, for us LCD monitor folk?

[rAdIOhEaD]

Is there a way to make this game run at 1280 x 1024, for us LCD monitor folk?

It seems that there is a way to force it, this was posted at the nvidia.net forums, I havent tryed myself but it seems it works, let us know

You can edit the cfg to get the 1280*1024 res.

It is stored here:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Monolith Productions\FEARSPDemo

Edit the settings.cfg with notepad (here's mine)

"GammaB" "1.000000"
"GammaG" "1.000000"
"GammaR" "1.000000"
"BitDepth" "32"
"HardwareCursor" "1.000000"
"ScreenWidth" "1280"
"VSyncOnFlip" "0.000000"
"ScreenHeight" "1024"

[DreadLord]

Ran perfectly on max.

[Murray]

Ah, I turned on Overdrive. It runs better now. :)

[DarkStar]

Ran perfectly on max.


ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe MB | 4GB DDR RAM | 2x BFG Nvidia 7800GTX (256MB PCI-E) | AMD64 4000+ | 2x 75GB 10000RPM HD

Well it would wouldn't it?

You sir, truly are 1337.

[TheSomeone]

You should add "FEAR Can't run on my computer" rather than "My computer can't run FEAR" I surpass the requirements and it still won't run.

[Ennui]

I played it and god damn it was pretty damn awesome and scary.

Ran fine on med/high settings.

[Thadius Dean]

Plays well on medium, barely playable on high.

A8N-SLI Premium, 1GB Corsiar XMS(I think), x850xt, Athlon 64 4000+, 250GB Seagate HD

[TheSomeone]

Woohoo, I got it to work.

[jimbo118]

Plays well on medium, barely playable on high.

A8N-SLI Premium, 1GB Corsiar XMS(I think), x850xt, Athlon 64 4000+, 250GB Seagate HD
you're joking, your comp is amazing:eek:

[Thadius Dean]

jimbo, just look at gorgon's and dreadlords. compared to theirs my computer is already out of date. :P

[OCybrManO]

Judging by the looks of your signature, I think it will run pretty well on your comp. :DSpeaking of Gorgon's signature... isn't it a bit long?

[Ennui]

Staff's been flexible as to sig length lately.

[Gorgon]

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

It ran perfect on overall maximum settings.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

I got my demo working. Guys my settings are all ON MAX with FSAA on max and Antistopic on 16x (EVERYTHING IS ON MAX) @ 1280 res. :D

Its super SUPER SUPER SMOOTH............. I m so fooking happy. I just played the first 3 mins of the game and I got realy scared.

PLAY FEAR 2moro mornin when the sun light my room :D

[TheSomeone]

Gorgon what are your parent's jobs? :P

[Gorgon]

Gorgon what are your parent's jobs? :P

LOL not them, my job is private security.

£80-100 a day :D

just for summer, got UNI this sep. ;(

Yeah excellent job, you can apply for one if you want. Just ask for David @ the royal garden Hotel HydePark LONDON

[Loke]

It ran pretty good on my computer, except with a low frame rate at certain areas though (like the tunnel at the beginning). I had everything maxed except lightning and shadows. No AA and Trilinear filtering.

P4 3.4 GHz
1024 DDRAM
GeForce 6800 256MB PCI-E

[duffers20]

It ran ok on medium settings on my pc, but my gfx card is the weakest link. Totally need to get something with a bit more guts. Might have a play with settings and see if it affects performance.

[TheSomeone]

LOL not them, my job is private security.


Yeah I was just kidding :P.

Too bad I live about 5,000 miles from London. Oh well. :)

I'm trying to find employment but I'm still too young for most jobs. Next summer hopefully.

[Sparta]

It runs very good. Everything is on high except the textures.

P4 2.4 GHZ
768mb DDR Ram
6800GT 256mb

[Icarusintel]

Runs like a dream with everything on maximum at 1280x960, the only time i experienced any slowdown was the very end the first time through when that mech drops down, and haven't had a problem with that scene since
P4 3.4GHz, X800 XT, 2GB DDR2 RAM

[JellyWorld]

I think it's time to kill off my X300.

[JellyWorld]

Oh and btw a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with Hyperthreading is comparable to which AMD CPU?

[diluted]

It runs like shit even with settings on low/medium and resolution at 800x600.

P4 3.0ghz
1gig of RAM
Radeon 9600xt (256mb)

I'm guessing it's my video card that's holding me back.

[Warbie]

It doesn't run too well on my system :( A64 @ 2.6 gig, 1 gig ram, X800 XT.

1024, everything on medium, and framerates still drop into the low 40's in fights.

[fantasiser]

1024, medium settings (soft shadows OFF), and it was perfectly playable even during firefights.

Athlon XP 2800+, 1 gb DDR, 9600XT 128mb (No joke, a 128mb 9600xt, MAN i love this card, it got me through FC, HL2, Doom3 on high detail at a respectable resolution and framerate at an absolutely awesome price.... soon to be replaced when i upgrade to PCI-E :'(, I shall miss you 9600XT)

[weskerQ8]

1280 × 768 ( maximum sitting (4x anti-aliasing) )

it's run perfectly on my pc
I got P4 2600 , Ati Radeon X800 Pro

wow the game is just make me fear

[Warbie]

It just goes to show that one mans 'perfect' is one mans 'turd on a stick' :)

None of it really matters, as longas you're enjoying the game.

[Gorgon]

I have been playing fear for the last 40mins and I CAN'T get passes the first four S.G

this is fooking HARD

[Kouler]

Tip for performance enhancement:

Turn volumetric lights off.
Tone lighting down.
Tone shadows down.
Texture resolution to medium.

Before i did this, i had to play it on 640x480 on medium quality to get a decent framerate. After i did it, i now play it on 1024x768 with all settings set to maximum, (except for the ones mentioned above) and now i get awesome framerate with awesome graphics.

My specs: P4 2.5ghz, ATi 9600 XT, 1gb ram

[JellyWorld]

How well do you think it will run on the following hypothetical system?

P4 3.2Ghz
1GB RAM
6800GT overclocked to Ultra speeds?

[Murray]

I have been playing fear for the last 40mins and I CAN'T get passes the first four S.G

this is fooking HARD
You did try slowdown, right?

[cadaver]

It ran quite smooth on overall medium settings in 1024*768.

amd xp2400
512MB ram
Radeon 9500 pro
asus A7N8X

edit:
tried it with some settings on maximum. still playable.

edit nr 2:
Turned on 4xAA, didn`t have any notecable hit on performance.

[Unfocused]

Luckily, I'm one of those people that don't need min.60fps to enjoy the game. On the TV you get 25fps, so if I get constant 25fps in a game it's still OK. I'd rather have even 20fps all the time, than 40-50 with slowdowns/freezes every few seonds.

[jimbo118]

performace seems to have got worse for, even on autodetected settings it is choppy. i defragged, virus scanned all the usual...

comp: 3.2ghz p4
gig ddr2 ram
x800xt pci-e

res is default at 1024x768
4aa/4af(although my ati ctrl panel has it at 16 but the game overrides it it seems)
soft shadows off, vsync off, volumetric light density at medium, rest maxed...very choppy, the stutter though is the worst, every new area i get a stutter, 2 gigs of ram time...

i've no idea how some people are running it maxed with 4aa and 1280x768 res like wesker with slower comps;(

the mp performed great for me...

[fantasiser]

Luckily, I'm one of those people that don't need min.60fps to enjoy the game. On the TV you get 25fps, so if I get constant 25fps in a game it's still OK. I'd rather have even 20fps all the time, than 40-50 with slowdowns/freezes every few seonds.


Same, i wouldnt have noticed that theres even a difference between 30 and 60 unless im told by the computer itself. Even if you do notice a difference it isnt much and not like "OMG I CANT PLAY UNDER 40FPS" like some people claim.....

Im kinda like that with aa and af as well..... i switch my games to using these features and not using these features, and when im acutally PLAYING and not looking at the changes, i dont notice a SINGLE DIFFERENCE. Wow, you running a card that cost 500 more than mine so that you can have slightly smoother diagonals, you rule.

[DEATH eVADER]

It looks like most people with Radeon Cards seem to be pWned. I'm still downloading my demo and I'll be playing on a 6600GT, I'm hoping for the best because I have ps3.0 as well as UltrashadowII tech but I won't get all excited yet, my download is going at a smooth 1%p/qh (per quarter hour)

[Warbie]

Same, i wouldnt have noticed that theres even a difference between 30 and 60 unless im told by the computer itself. Even if you do notice a difference it isnt much and not like "OMG I CANT PLAY UNDER 40FPS" like some people claim.....

Im kinda like that with aa and af as well..... i switch my games to using these features and not using these features, and when im acutally PLAYING and not looking at the changes, i dont notice a SINGLE DIFFERENCE. Wow, you running a card that cost 500 more than mine so that you can have slightly smoother diagonals, you rule.

It's all down to personal taste.

I notice a huge difference between 30 and 60 fps. So much so that I'd rather play with all settings on low at 60 fps rather than all on high at 30. 50 is the lowest i'm happy with, and even then it's very obvious that the rate has dropped.

It's also easier to aim with a decent frame rate, something which anyone who's clanned at a decent level will tell you. (dropping to 30 fps in a firefight against others with a high rate is a serious disadvantage. You can only be so precise with low fps)

Lastly, monitors and tv's work differently, and can't be compared like for like when it coms to framerate http://www.daniele.ch/school/30vs60/30vs60_1.html (30fps on a tv > 50 fps on a monitor)

[DEATH eVADER]

Lastly, monitors and tv's work differently, and can't be compared like for like when it coms to framerate http://www.daniele.ch/school/30vs60/30vs60_1.html (30fps on a tv > 50 fps on a monitor)
Wow, thanks for the link, it was very informative

and besides I'm comfortable with 30Fps (perhaps 20Fps depending what game I'm playing) the reason being is that I use to play TA with 5Fps in heavy combat, and played HL in a 300x480 (I forgotten what the size was, but small) using software graphics not hardware, so I kind of was conditioned in being pretty laid back about this issue

[Kouler]

performace seems to have got worse for, even on autodetected settings it is choppy. i defragged, virus scanned all the usual...

comp: 3.2ghz p4
gig ddr2 ram
x800xt pci-e

res is default at 1024x768
4aa/4af(although my ati ctrl panel has it at 16 but the game overrides it it seems)
soft shadows off, vsync off, volumetric light density at medium, rest maxed...very choppy, the stutter though is the worst, every new area i get a stutter, 2 gigs of ram time...

i've no idea how some people are running it maxed with 4aa and 1280x768 res like wesker with slower comps;(

the mp performed great for me...

Kill the volumatric lights. That should solve your problem.

[Alig]

"It ran ok on medium settings" for me..often it would freeze for a second when i come into the view of new map, quite a big problem though ..but hopefully it'll be fixed by release..or better optimised. Still, it looks superb on Low.

My CPU is in need of an upgrade though.

[Dalamari]

Ran it on high without any trouble, although my res was 800x600