F.E.A.R. -PC Horsepower need to run in widescreen 1680/1050?

jackbandel · Post by **jackbandel** » 09 Dec 2006, 04:11

I have a ATI Radeon 1600 Pro and my motherboard is an ASUS with Athlon 2.25 Ghz CPU. Should that be enough to run FEAR in widescreen mode at 1680 X 1050? It doesn't run at a smooth framerate on widescreen, but runds good if I go back to the default settings. Is there anything I can do to make it run better in widescreen?

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 09 Dec 2006, 05:30

jackbandel · Post by **jackbandel** » 09 Dec 2006, 05:51

are you asking me? no, it's not overclocked. Should I overclock the
graphics card? I don't even know how to do such a thing?

OC?

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » 09 Dec 2006, 07:36

You have 3 choices.

Try turning all the settings down
Overclock your Gfx card/CPU
Buy a new Gfx card.

F.E.A.R is one of the most graphically intense games currently on the market.

This should be in the hardware forum.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 13 Dec 2006, 19:56

Since it's more aimed at FEAR, I'll put it in General Gaming.

But yea, FEAR is rather system intensive. It'll bring even high-end PCs to their knees if you put settings too high.

Gabbo · Post by **Gabbo** » 16 Dec 2006, 02:02

I don't think you could OC the x1600 enough to get nice framerates at 1680x1050.

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 21 Dec 2006, 02:26

I struggled to run Fear at 1440x900 with my 7800GT (with 2GB and an Athlon X2 4200).

The game uses every big of juice the system has.

I can run it above 30 fps on my X1900 and my current setup, but i still cant max out the physics settings without the CPU throwing a hissy fit :).

qaz89qaz · Post by **qaz89qaz** » 21 Dec 2006, 23:55

eek, does that mean i wont be able to play FEAR with full graphics on the HP f2105 im going to buy?! (1680x1050)

glenn37216 · Post by **glenn37216** » 28 Dec 2006, 12:25

I have the exact same card ,I run a monitor at that same resoulition. Youll never get past meduim settings with your stated rig. Personally , I play on all low settings .. with less smoke and sparks.. your view of the enemy is alot better . I have a 7800 gs superclocked agp card that runs that game on all high settings at 1440x900.. with a 3.4GHZp4 and 2 gig ram. But i dont play it on multiplayer at that settings because of the advantage you get when you dont see all of the smoke and explosions. - good luck and hope to see you in 'da game
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thedeadguy · Post by **thedeadguy** » 28 Dec 2006, 19:33

maybe theirs a chance we can run it on high with quad. anyone tried doing it with conroe 2.93 gig, with 4gigs or ram an a 8800gtx?

SadistBlue · Post by **SadistBlue** » 28 Dec 2006, 23:10

maybe theirs a chance we can run it on high with quad. anyone tried doing it with conroe 2.93 gig, with 4gigs or ram an a 8800gtx?

Most high end systems can run the game fine. I use a conroe e6600 @ 3.2 2gb ram, and an 8800gtx, with consistent 60fps, with a minor drop to 50 in intense scenes where slo-mo is a must anyways and completely unoticable.

Post by **Gilly** » 29 Dec 2006, 00:09

i get 63fps on the stress test everything stock, 2xaa at 1680x1050.

the 6800gt got me less frames and aa, and on medium.... at that res

SadistBlue · Post by **SadistBlue** » 29 Dec 2006, 06:14

i get 63fps on the stress test everything stock, 2xaa at 1680x1050.

the 6800gt got me less frames and aa, and on medium.... at that res

Mine is using the max settings possible, including soft shadows :/ Forgot to mention that.

DasFox · Post by **DasFox** » 31 Dec 2006, 07:38

For me FEAR seems to run pretty good at this resolution, and when I ran SLI with 7900GT KO Superclocks everything seemed good.

But I had some issues with the 7900s and Evga upgraded me to 7950 GT KO 512MB cards, now when I play with these I see some screen tearing at this resolution.

I can't believe that SLI with 7950 GT KO 512MB cards can't handle this.

Anyone have any ideas?

FEAR says that 1680 X 1050 isn't a supported resolution in the Options panel, I thought with version 1.08 it is?

THANKS

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