Can't get my new game to work.

[Guest]

Need help just got FEAR for my pc downloaded it just fine, no problems
whatsoever. When I go to play the game it says video card doesn't meet the
requirements what can I do. In the book it tells me to enable pixel doubling
(where do I find that) then put my 'force dx8 shaders' to on (what) Hope
someone can help me.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi playarls,

How does your video card stack up to the requirements I've posted below?
Are you trying to play the game with a card that cannot support FEAR?

Here are a few ways to identify which video card you have
installed on your computer.

1. Click Start / Run / type: dxdiag
Click the Display Tab
Look under Device for the name and manufacturer

2. Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel
Click Display
Click the Settings Tab
Click the Advanced... button
Click the Adapter Tab

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Problem:
System Requirements & Supported Chipsets

Solution:
In order to install and play F.E.A.R., your system must meet or exceed
the following minimum system requirements:

Minimum:

..Windows(R) XP, x64 or 2000 with latest service pack installed
..DirectX(R) 9.0c August Edition (Included) or higher
..Pentium(R) 4 1.7 GHz or equivalent processor
..512MB RAM or more
..64MB GeForce(TM) 4 Ti or Radeon(R) 9000 video card
..Monitor that can display in 4:3 aspect ratio
..5.0 GB free hard drive space for installation
..Additional hard drive space for a swap files and saved game files
..4x CD-ROM drive (DVD-ROM drive for Director's Edition)
..16-bit DirectX(R) 9.0 compliant sound card with support for EAX(TM) 2.0
..Broadband or LAN connection for multiplayer games
..Mouse
..Keyboard

Recommended Specifications:

..Pentium(R) 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent processor
..1 GB RAM
..256 MB Radeon(R) 9800 Pro, GeForce(TM) 6600 or equivalent DirectX(R) 9
compliant video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader 2.0 support
..Sound Blaster(R) X-Fi(TM) series sound card

Supported Video Card Chipsets with the latest Driver Version Info:

ATI

Catalyst(TM) Drivers (Windows(R) 2000/XP): v5.8

Radeon(R) 9000 Series
Radeon(R) 9500 Series
Radeon(R) 9600 Series
Radeon(R) 9700 Series
Radeon(R) 9800 Series
Radeon(R) X600 Series
Radeon(R) X700 Series
Radeon(R) X800 Series
Radeon(R) X850 Series

NVIDIA

ForceWare(TM) Drivers (Windows(R) 2000/XP): v77.77

GeForce(TM) 4 Ti Series
GeForce(TM) FX 5900 Series
GeForce(TM) 6600 Series
GeForce(TM) 6800 Series
GeForce(TM) 7800 Series

http://support2.vugames.com/vug/answer.aspx?ID=7320


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playarls Wrote:
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| Need help just got FEAR for my pc downloaded it just fine, no problems
| whatsoever. When I go to play the game it says video card doesn't meet the
| requirements what can I do. In the book it tells me to enable pixel doubling
| (where do I find that) then put my 'force dx8 shaders' to on (what) Hope
| someone can help me.

 

[Paul Smith]

Need help just got FEAR for my pc downloaded it just fine, no problems
whatsoever. When I go to play the game it says video card doesn't meet
the
requirements what can I do. In the book it tells me to enable pixel
doubling
(where do I find that) then put my 'force dx8 shaders' to on (what) Hope
someone can help me.

Those options can be enabled in the options on the menu.

What graphics card do you have? If it's less than the requirements by a lot
as Jimmy pointed out then it probably won't run at all.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Guest]

When trying to open my software "Bejeweled 2" I keep getting a Fatal Error
box saying "unable to prepare game executable." Game has been working fine
until now. Any advise? Thanks in adbance.

Sue

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Sue P.,

Please follow this solution from Popcap games:
http://www.popcap.com/help.php?cat=dlxtech#four

and if the problem persists, please contact them at:
http://www.popcap.com/helpform.php


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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Sue P. Wrote:
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| When trying to open my software "Bejeweled 2" I keep getting a Fatal Error
| box saying "unable to prepare game executable." Game has been working fine
| until now. Any advise? Thanks in adbance.
|
| Sue
|
| "Paul Smith" wrote:
|
|| ||| Need help just got FEAR for my pc downloaded it just fine, no problems
||| whatsoever. When I go to play the game it says video card doesn't meet
||| the
||| requirements what can I do. In the book it tells me to enable pixel
||| doubling
||| (where do I find that) then put my 'force dx8 shaders' to on (what) Hope
||| someone can help me.
||
|| Those options can be enabled in the options on the menu.
||
|| What graphics card do you have? If it's less than the requirements by a lot
|| as Jimmy pointed out then it probably won't run at all.
||
|| --
|| Paul Smith,
|| Yeovil, UK.
|| Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
|| http://www.windowsresource.net/
||
|| *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*

 

[gcs747]

Hi I have a question I just bought the original FEAR game and I can't get it to run. It downloaded quite fine but when I click Play it pops up the loading CD symbol and then does nothing.

My specs.
Intel QuadDuo
4 GIG RAM
1 TB
Radeon HD 4800

All of my other games run like HL2 and FC run like charms but this wont even boot up. Any advice?