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.

 

[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.

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

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! (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! (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

 

[Thadius Dean]

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 compared to theirs my computer is already out of date.

 

[OCybrManO]

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

Speaking 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.

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

 

[TheSomeone]

Gorgon what are your parent's jobs?

 

[Gorgon]

Gorgon what are your parent's jobs?

LOL not them, my job is private security.

£80-100 a day

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 .

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.