FEAR

Wayne~ · 6 Jul 2008 at 12:17

Right I've recently reinstalled FEAR on my new desktop, got Vista 32 on it. I can play it fine stays perfectly at max 60fps. Then all of a sudden it drops to teens :| It only goes away when the game is restarted

Guessing it must have happened to someone else, how do I fix this?

Thanks

helmutcheese · 6 Jul 2008 at 15:08

Some GPU's could not let go of the Textures in Memory, it used to effect the GTS 320 a lot but I thought drivers sorted that long ago.

Wayne~ · 6 Jul 2008 at 17:16

Well I have the new GTS :/

matt_fsr · 24 Jul 2008 at 16:43

Patched FEAR up properly? Also, try disabling soft shadows - if I remember rightly, that was what used to cripple performance on FEAR.

Going through Perseus Mandate at the moment, not the most original of expansion packs - but still got some super-scary adrenaline junkie moments, which leave you with an empty gun, high as a kite but no target hit!!

L33 · 24 Jul 2008 at 17:05

Exactly the same happens to me (vista x64). A billion FPS smooth as silk then suddenly drops and locks at 12fps. Its apparently caused by logitech software and/or mice, the solution (well, poor workaround) is google-able, don't have the link with me right now but it has something to do with disabling certain USB composite devices in device manager.

uv · 24 Jul 2008 at 17:59

yup, it's caused by logitech setpoint drivers. easily fixable if you've just got a logi mouse (uninstall the drivers and use the MS ones), but if you're using a G15 or whatnot, then it might take a while to google the answer