[doinbox]

hello all. heres my pc specs

Intel Pentium D 2.8ghz
160gb SAta Had drive
512mb Ram
Asus EN7600GT PCIE graphics card

the problem im having is when i run F.E.A.R it chooses the best settings for my computer however when i play the game with these settings it is completley unplayable. when i shoot my gun i have to wait 2 seconds before it fires. I have tried the settings on low and it is playble but still jumps quite frequently. need for speed carbon is the same.

Please help me repair this problem cause i only just bought the pc brand new the other day and its not doing what i want it to.

P.s my friend has a ASUS n7600gs agp graphics card and it was alot cheaper than mine, yet his runs better than my graphics card.
his specs are.

pentium 4 3.0ghz
100gb hard drive
1gb ram

thankyou for any help it is greatly appreciated

 

[pharoah]

you need to do one of two things to fix it. 1:turn down the settings 2:add more ram. id say it runs better on your friends machine because he has 1gig of memory,and you have 512mb.

 

[doinbox]

ok just to let you know i have done everything in the read before you post guide and i also went to sierras website and tried everything they said but it is still the same. i have read on review sites that this graphics card runs games brilliantly. come on someone help me im really bored cause i cant play any games

 

[doinbox]

hi pharoah ive tried the settings on low but it is still the same. sierras website tells you what to change if the game runs slow i did all that and it didnt help

 

[pharoah]

add more ram that game needs alot.most people that play fear say they use 2 gigs to run that game with no stutters at max settings

 

[doinbox]

ok pharoah thanx. sorry to bug you but do you have any ram recommendations that are not too expensive. i want 2 x 1gb ddr2

 

[pharoah]

what speed ddr2 800,667,533?

 

[doinbox]

i dont know? the best

 

[pharoah]

give me your computer maker and model

edit:if its a home build what is the motherboard brand and model

 

[doinbox]

the motherboard is ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

 

[pharoah]

ok i know that board can run ddr or ddr2 so you want to go with ddr2

 

[doinbox]

ill be honest with you i dont have a clue whats what so if ddr1 is better ill have that but i dont know. sorry if im driving you mad

 

[pharoah]

lol your not driving me mad:laugh: here is some ddr2 667 memory that isnt to high a price

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145098

 

[doinbox]

cheers thats perfect. thanks alot m8 youre a star

 

[pharoah]

do remember that board can use both types of ram.check with your motherboard manual.to see how to change the ram type most likely a jumper,but not sure be sure to use the proper slots for the ddr2 would be the yellow slots.here is a pic from newegg.

 

[Indoril Nerevar]

Hi,

Just to throw a spanner in the works, I don't think the problem is your RAM. Even 512MB of RAM should play FEAR reasonably well, when coupled with a decent video card like the 7600GT. I do agree with pharoah - more RAM will help a lot. However, I'm thinking there may be something more to it - especially given that FEAR is not the only game you have this problem with.

Download SensorsView Pro (link in my signature), and record the temperatures, both when the system is idle (at the desktop) and when under load (after 15 minutes or more in a game). Post those for us here.

One other thing: are you using the latest drivers for your video card? If so, try back-dating to the 84.21 version (see the NVIDIA Drivers thread in my signature for more info). The latest NVIDIA drivers cause a lot of problems.