Poor performance in F.E.A.R.

barmyllama · 1 Sep 2009 at 20:10

I have a fairly decent PC, Q9550, GTX 260, 4GB and 300GB raptor running Vista 64.

I decided to reinstall F.E.A.R and it runs like a dog, no more than about 32 FPS no matter what resolution or settings I use. SP and MP are the same, yet any other game I can run without any problems.

FEAR is patched upto 1.08 and VISTA is also fully up to date and using Forceware drivers 190.38.

Anybody got any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanks

barmyllama · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:05

Happy said:
I know that the 38 drivers have been reported to have a memory leak in them causing similar symptoms to those you're reporting. Have you tried the 186.XX drivers? Does the game start fine, but then performance degrades pretty quickly or is it just crap from the get go?

It's crap from the start.

I haven't tried any other drivers, surley if it was a memory leak then I would have problems in other games too.

barmyllama · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:08

Nabz said:
bo offfense u dont wanna play it, the graphics are HORRIBLE..........good game maybe back in the day, but its HORRIBLE to play.

Although I am a GFX whore, a good game is a good game and I liked FEAR.

I actually reinstalled it for the MP.

barmyllama · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:09

uv said:
running Logitech setpoint software by any chance?

Yes, I got an MX 518 mouse and a G15 keyboard.

barmyllama · 1 Sep 2009 at 23:30

HangTime said:
That'll be your problem then, it's a known issue with logitech keyboard drivers. Try the game after uninstalling them (obviously you'll probably want to do this when you can have a 'free run' at the game, as you won't want to have to play other games without the drivers).

I will give it a try without the drivers.

Thanks for the help.