FEAR Help

[liamk13490]

Hi everyone after all your help with my graphics card I have now another question for you.

I have FEAR running on a AMD 3000+, 512MB RAM, Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB.

Will this be ok??

 

[michael 118]

Yeah should be fine, maybe add another stick of RAM so you have 1gb
Try www.novatech.co.uk or www.ebuyer.com/customer/home/ for the ram, and make sure its identical to your current stick.

 

[liamk13490]

Yes i am going to get a new stick of RAM but i have got to take out the previous 2 X 256MB.

 

[TriplexDread]

Try get one stick of 1 gig then. Save buying two sticks of 512

If your board accepts Dual channel memory the get the 512sticks

If you can, do the first option

You can always add another gig in near future then

 

[michael 118]

Yeah, you can get one gig sticks for around 50 quid, i think (correct me if im wrong).
Then FEAR should run high at most settings

 

[TriplexDread]

That all depends on what settings!!

As for the memory that all depends again on settings and grade/brand

But with his machine it should be fine yes

 

[michael 118]

That all depends on what settings!!

As for the memory that all depends again on settings and grade/brand

But with his machine it should be fine yes

Yes but what he has told us about his machine, it should run very well if he has that memory upgrade

 

[liamk13490]

Thanks Guys.

Is there anything else that i should upgrade?

 

[liamk13490]

And also what memory should I get?

 

[michael 118]

Find out what your current memory is first.

If you dont know what it is, google pc wizard - its a utility tool that tells you what hardware you have. From the sounds of things i assume you have PC3200 ram, but make sure for yourself

Crucial are a good, typical company to choose from

 

[liamk13490]

I have gone for Crucial 1GB PC3200.

 

[michael 118]

I have gone for Crucial 1GB PC3200.

Excellent choice, FEAR will run very smoothly .
Where are you buying the memory from?

 

[liamk13490]

Overclockers as it is where i bought my graphics card from.

Will this allow me to play FEAR on high and have smooth gamplay?

 

[michael 118]

Overclockers as it is where i bought my graphics card from.

Will this allow me to play FEAR on high and have smooth gamplay?

FEAR should run smoothly, i would imagine it would run nicely at high settings on 1280x1024 if your monitors res goes that high.
If you have 1024x768 resolution on your monitor, then you should be expecting to see around 100 frames per second, very smooth

 

[liamk13490]

It arrived yesterday and installed it and rebooted computer.
I started playing Half Life 2 and it ran really well.
Playing FEAR today i hope it works!!

 

[michael 118]

It arrived yesterday and installed it and rebooted computer.
I started playing Half Life 2 and it ran really well.
Playing FEAR today i hope it works!!

What resloution and settings was half life 2 running at?
Do you know what fps you were getting? just out of interest

 

[liamk13490]

No I didn't.
I am now playing FEAR and it is really good, harldy any lag at all.
Only problem is that it just randomly freezes.

 

[michael 118]

I am now playing FEAR and it is really good, harldy any lag at all.
Only problem is that it just randomly freezes.

Good to hear
The freezing is probably just a bug in the game, patch it up if they release one

 

[liamk13490]

Ok thanks.
Is there anyother games you can recommend me as I am a fan of First Person Shooters!!

 

[TriplexDread]

u mean 1st or 3rd person. u can usually chnge perspective within game



Theres loads m8

I suggest Farcry being you next buy if u aint already got it


Sniper elite
total overdose
brothers in arms
call of duty
call of duty 2
swat 4
lots of the star wars series

bet on soldier
quake 4
pariah
chrome
farcry
serious sam second encounter
serious sam 2


the list goes on dude, check em out