Poor FEAR performance with X1950 pro 512MB

[z0mbi3]

i must have had 2 dud ati cards then, everything else in the system was upgraded apart from the hdd's!

It was probably a software conflict. Cards either artifact or they work. Very rarely get something in between.

 

[Marshy]

Anyone know what this week's lottery numbers will be?

Yes , A random combination of six numbers between 1 & 49

And for the OP another vote for 2Gig of ram.

 

[DJKahuna]

You need 1.5Gb or more RAM for decent performance on any recent game. Even BF2 loves 2Gb! And i certainly love max settings!

 

[Jack Bauer]

drop textures to medium, this will make the game use < 1 Gig

 

[Jimbo]

Even with medium texture settings I'm

drop textures to medium, this will make the game use < 1 Gig

Lol.

 

[Jack Bauer]

lol, oops. Not a memory problem then.

 

[z0mbi3]

lol, oops. Not a memory problem then.

Disagree. Even at medium my BF2 would page to disc as it was runing at of ram. That was on an x800 pro at 1280 x 1024 medium settings. 2 gigs later it was running fine on high.

 

[RaiderX]

i run F.E.A.R. and BF2 maxed out with an ATI X1950 Pro and 1GB RAM, i rarelly have HDD access

 

[Participant]

I played and completed Fear maxed out on an x1800 XT with an A64 3500+, ran great.

I think FEAR must be coded well.

I played the single player start to finish with a XP2500+ w/ 1Gb RAM and an AGP 7600GS. It ran really well on medium settings. I'm now playing the excellent (and free) multiplayer version where there's a lot more going on and it really more than holds its own, very pleased.

 

[Tony Williams]

I ran F.E.A.R at about 50fps> on medium (1024x768) with a 6600GT, amd 3000+ and 1GB of RAM.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Disagree. Even at medium my BF2 would page to disc as it was runing at of ram. That was on an x800 pro at 1280 x 1024 medium settings. 2 gigs later it was running fine on high.

there a couple og points in the game where it writes to disc even on my [email protected], 2 gig n 8800 but constant stuttering... shouldnt realy happen on medium textures with 1 gig

 

[J.D]

Ran FEAR last night and it ran superbly. This was only @ 1024x768 at first then upto 1280x960 with every setting maxed out. 4xAA and 8XAF. The reason I don't use 6xAA and 16xAF is that the difference is minimal from screenshots I studied a while ago so there is no point. This is all on 1 gig of RAM.

I'll try up to 1680x1050 later on but I think my card will start to struggle a little.

I have a set of Corsair TwinX 2x512mb with LED's lying about. Should they work with the Gskill?. Also would I lose dual channel if all four slots were used?. I know 2T will have to be used and my overclock might come down a little. Also would it be good enough to just add 1 512mb stick?.

Sorry about all the questions .

 

[Fuzz]

Can't complain at my 1950XTX setup with 2GB of corsair RAM.


Runs a treat with everything flat out. 1600x 1200 I think.
In it's own little stress routine 100% above 50fps

But then I am being greedy with two of them in Crossfire mode.