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Extremely poor F.E.A.R performance

Huugs

Huugs

Huugs

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Hi Guys,
Im running the system in my sig but for some reason F.E.A.R XP is performing really badly.
If I start it up and get it to autodetect the settings it does the test at an average of 87 FPS which I am more than happy with. I then have a fiddle with the settings (e.g. up the res to 1600x1200, FSAA 4x, Ansio to 16x, world detail and physics to max) and it drops a significant amount to 63. Thats still pretty respectable but then sometimes it will go down to 2 or 3 FPS after doing the test a few times. There is no certain setting that drops it and it the performance drop even happened in the middle of the test one time.To get the performance back I have to quit and start it again but with the final settings that it was just performing badly with it then works fine.
So my question is what could be causing it?

Task manager doesnt have full load on the CPU as far as I can see and there is no real hard disk activity.

Also the other thing I have noticed (seems to happen a bit in other games aswell) is that sometimes the screen partly flickers. Like the top half goes dimmer for a split second or the bottom part lags behind when turning or moving fast. I cant think of how best to describe it. It happens at all settings though and my system is all running at stock speeds (well the GFX is OC'd in factory). Any ideas for this aswell?

Sorry about the long post but its driving me nuts.

Paul
 
Pretty sure there was a mem leak bug with this, and basically you have to alt-tab out then back again to clear the cards memory and it'll then work fine again.

Thought they fixed it in the later drivers tho?
 
Not sure about the first issue, but the second one sounds like a bad case of screen tearing.
Do you have vsync off by any chance? Turning it on will hopefully fix the issue.
 
Wow that VSync setting does the trick on the tearing. Brings my average FPS down to around 50 with most on Max @ 1600x1200, but Im happy with that.
Now for the big issue.
Fear is version 1.08 which is the newest version I can find and my display drivers are the 163.75 Forceware Beta Drivers (had to use these to get Portal to work). Do you mean a graphics or system mem leak bug?
Alt-Tabbing out doesnt help.

EDIT - Those were the latest drivers the other day wen I looked but just downloading 169.01 Beta. Ill let you know how this goes
 
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Thats the one. Its seems to have the problem after about 10-15 mins with it running. Ill try the new drivers. Are you using them?

I dont suppose your dual booting Vista and XP are you? If you are, do you have trouble and have to reconnect the keyboard each time you boot to the other OS?

Paul
 
Yeah i am using them i take it you are on the 3.15 s these new ones sorts all the reconnect problems but i can't be 100% sure it will work for you because i run XP X64 and Vista X64 not the normal xp and vista.

Also there is a SetPoint 3.3 Bluetooth Patch what is worth the download too once the 3.3 drivers are installed.:D

Hope this helps
 
In SetPoint it has Control Centre & Driver Versions as 3.30.165 on Vista (x64). I cant remember what version Im running on XP which is only the x86 version of XP. Ill try updating the drivers if they arnt the newest and see if that sorts the disconnecting. Its a shame its causing the probs. Dont thiink I would ever have guessed it was the keyboard and mouse!
 
Huugs said:
Its a Logitech MX500 with the MX100 Laser Mouse. Both on bluetooth. Think this might be the cause?
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That's funny because i'm running a G15 and G5 setup, and I had the same symptoms as you in F.E.A.R. I eventually managed to track it down to a bug with the game and USB mice/keyboards.

I'll try to find where I saw it.

[Edit] It's stuff like this - but it only seems to be with the G15 / G7 / G5 so I don't know if other Logitech products do it as well.

http://www.rage3d.com/board/archive/index.php?t-33865152.html
 
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OK thanks for that Tute. I only seem to have the problem in Vista not XP was this the same as you?

EDIT Will try XP again and see if there is a problem there aswell.
 
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