FEAR game problem

chriskmee · 05-16-2008, 07:31 AM

I am having this weird problem with the FEAR series, i own all 3 and they all seem to have the same problem. i can play them on any settings, even maxed out or minumum, and after about 20 or so minutes i get 5 fps. I usually get a nice steady 50 fps or so. I cant fugure out why this is. any help would be appreciated.

hp dv9500t
4 gigs Ram (shows 3)
8600m gs
core 2 duo 2.4ghtz
vista home prem 32 bit

I thought it was ram because i used to have 2 gigs and vista was using page files for ram, but the extra 2 gigs didn't seem to help. I also dont think its heating as no matter what settings i have, the result is the same. i also have a stand and slight cooling going on. im so confused

**DCIScouts** · 05-16-2008, 02:06 PM

You have 4GB of RAM in your mobo but it only recognizes 3 in Windows? I think that shows that you are having some sort of incompatibility issue between the RAM and either the mobo or Vista. What brand are the new 2GB and does it help to remove them? Also, are they all the same RAM between the 4GB? You could even be having incompatibility issues between the RAM sticks themselves...

meanman · 05-16-2008, 04:29 PM

vista 32 will only recognize 3gb of ram vista 64 will recognize more than 3gb of ram,
maybe a background program is runnin in the background time you are playing the game.

chriskmee · 05-16-2008, 05:39 PM

Just to clear things up, 32 bit can see 4 gigs... BUT that 4 gigs includes video memory from graphics card. Somehow i have 1 gig of video memory (probally shared memory) so i can only see 3 more. I have noticed that taking out my tv tuner greatly increased the time i could play (it needed like 20% cpu power when recording). but eventually it still hapens. one thing that is weird, can turn the game off and right back on and it works for another 30 min or so...

chriskmee · 05-18-2008, 05:45 PM

anybody have any other ideas?

05-16-2008, 07:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
chriskmee Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 39	FEAR game problem I am having this weird problem with the FEAR series, i own all 3 and they all seem to have the same problem. i can play them on any settings, even maxed out or minumum, and after about 20 or so minutes i get 5 fps. I usually get a nice steady 50 fps or so. I cant fugure out why this is. any help would be appreciated. hp dv9500t 4 gigs Ram (shows 3) 8600m gs core 2 duo 2.4ghtz vista home prem 32 bit I thought it was ram because i used to have 2 gigs and vista was using page files for ram, but the extra 2 gigs didn't seem to help. I also dont think its heating as no matter what settings i have, the result is the same. i also have a stand and slight cooling going on. im so confused

05-16-2008, 02:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 25 Posts: 5,046	You have 4GB of RAM in your mobo but it only recognizes 3 in Windows? I think that shows that you are having some sort of incompatibility issue between the RAM and either the mobo or Vista. What brand are the new 2GB and does it help to remove them? Also, are they all the same RAM between the 4GB? You could even be having incompatibility issues between the RAM sticks themselves... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

05-16-2008, 04:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
meanman Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: england Posts: 1,700	vista 32 will only recognize 3gb of ram vista 64 will recognize more than 3gb of ram, maybe a background program is runnin in the background time you are playing the game. __________________ my sig Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition ocd to 3.15 ghz Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 "SSC Edition" 1024MB GDDR3 CoolerMaster Stacker 832 Coolermaster 700W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU member of the cod 4 www.cfclan.co.uk

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05-16-2008, 05:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
chriskmee Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 39	Just to clear things up, 32 bit can see 4 gigs... BUT that 4 gigs includes video memory from graphics card. Somehow i have 1 gig of video memory (probally shared memory) so i can only see 3 more. I have noticed that taking out my tv tuner greatly increased the time i could play (it needed like 20% cpu power when recording). but eventually it still hapens. one thing that is weird, can turn the game off and right back on and it works for another 30 min or so...

05-18-2008, 05:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
chriskmee Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 39	anybody have any other ideas?