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    FEAR XP Problem

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Peter Bazooka, Apr 26, 2007.

  1. Peter Bazooka

    Peter Bazooka Notebook Evangelist

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    A few days ago I bought FEAR Gold Edition. In Vista I was able to run the original game at 1280x800 with settings med/max. The game was pretty stable but occasionaly when a new area loaded the shadows were all screwed up and my frame rate would drop significantly. When this happened I ran past the area where it was happening and tried to ignore it. Now I just started XP and it is having this same problem but about 70% of the time. In 1024x768 it is barely playable unless I turn shadows off. I updated my driver from the original to Nvidia's 101.41 and then to 101.70 from TweaksRUs and I still had the same problem.

    Anyone else having this problem? Is this a driver problem or is XP just a lot more demanding and less stable? Do I need to post a pic?
     
    Peter Bazooka, Apr 26, 2007
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