getting best of f.e.a.r with my pc...pls help

i've been playing f.e.a.r and i really love the game however im having trouble finding the best setting out of the game with my current laptop. i know i should'nt expect much but im just looking for the best settings possible with my config. right now i play it at 800X600 res with computer settings max. the graphics settings is at minimum except AA x4 no AF. i get 30 fps min, 56 average, and 85 max. thanx for your help...the config is in my sig.

 

turning off anti aliasing will give you a big boost in fps

 

for gpu settings,

turn off AA

go to 1024x768 resolution

turn off all shadows ESPECIALLY SOFT SHADOWS (soft shadow drain performance like a GT40 drains a tan of gas)

then everything else to high or medium


this will look much better then any game running at crap 800x600

you can leave the computer settings at maximum. a t7200 can handle it fine.

 

Agree with hmmmmmm...........AA kills GPU, if you turn that off, and bump the res up you should be good.......you can also consider OCing your GPU

 

wow i think that is a very good combination of settings hmmmm. i tried it and it looks much better than better i appreciate it. but how about AF?

 

AF doesn't have as much of an impact on FPS as AA. But I find better resolution fixes what AF does -.-

 

Overclocking on a X1400 doesn't improve the framerate much, its practically pointless. I raised the clocks from 432/396 to 535/435 and only saw a 6 frame per second increase. Plus it caused my fan to turn on more which means more heat.

 

right now im playing with 1280X800 res and getting average of 46 fps. should i bump that down and raise something else?

 

As people said: Soft shadows and aa kill fear FPS. In the singleplayer you should have shadows though - otherwise it is not so good.

I also found that anisotropic filtering 2x on my x700 doesn't impact the framerate, but the textures look much better in the distance.

I play FEAR combat at 1280x800 all on medium except lights (minimum) with no shadows and it runs very good (over 50 fps at all times). Overclocked to 480/480

Cheers,

Ivan