F.E.A.R ! to those that know Underground places its released.

ViRuS2k · Oct 14, 2005, 09:45 PM

this is for anyone to post what they think of the final game and how it runs on ATI/NVIDIA hardware.

it looks like its been released ahead of time. 4 days before official release.
to those that have access to underground i dont want any posts on where to get the game, i just want posts from people that can get access to play it and what it runs like on there systems.

i will post pictures soon.

pr0digal jenius · Oct 14, 2005, 10:13 PM

several stores broke NDA and you can actually find it for sale in parts of canada, for example.

I assume thats what you mean by "underground", right? (smile and nod)

ViRuS2k · Oct 14, 2005, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

several stores broke NDA and you can actually find it for sale in parts of canada, for example.

I assume thats what you mean by "underground", right? (smile and nod)

yeah thats what i ment (smiles back and nods harder lol)

:P

pr0digal jenius · Oct 14, 2005, 10:20 PM

good, cuz ANY TALK OF WAREZ WILL BE SWIFTLY REMOVED

Thanks

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carry on....and good evening (off to a football game, yall kids behave)

Dark Lord · Oct 14, 2005, 10:32 PM

4 days to go.... god monday is gonna drag on.

ViRuS2k · Oct 14, 2005, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by another-user

4 days to go.... god monday is gonna drag on.

I will post some pictures and some info on how fear runs on my X850XTPE tommorow to get your thought the weekend

i have been hearing reports that this game just doesnt FAVOR ATI hardware at all, and favours NVIDIA a lot more.

but i will find this out tommorow when i post pics.

SFOSOK · Oct 14, 2005, 10:52 PM

Your Completely Legal version right

Dark Lord · Oct 14, 2005, 11:05 PM

i havnt heard anything about how it runs on ati/nvidia, but i know the multiplayer demo and single player demo run just fine with everything maxed on my system. 2x aa 16x af, and volumetric light turned on. according to the built in stress test with the demo, i only do 9-11% under 25fps

SFOSOK · Oct 14, 2005, 11:12 PM

with 2AA
Gama and Transparent AA max 79% is over 49 fps : ) Highest FPS on it was 120 something.

BulletTheory · Oct 15, 2005, 12:59 AM

for me its 100% over 70FPS. Max was 150 FPS and all setting are at High. Really cool :P

[hobo]eclipse · Oct 15, 2005, 01:26 AM

mmmmm.......seemed to locate it down below!!!!!! we'll have to see how this pans out, ill be around..........w00t!

Necrosis · Oct 15, 2005, 01:34 AM

Hmm found it but think I'll just buy it when it comes out.

[hobo]eclipse · Oct 15, 2005, 03:48 AM

here we go!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 15, 2005, 04:20 AM

What i want to know is did they add anti cheat to the multiplayer yet?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViRuS2k

I will post some pictures and some info on how fear runs on my X850XTPE tommorow to get your thought the weekend

i have been hearing reports that this game just doesnt FAVOR ATI hardware at all, and favours NVIDIA a lot more.

but i will find this out tommorow when i post pics.

Well about the time of the demo nvidia "bought" thier way
so I hope they didn't mess with it too badly

Peak FPS peak I saw with really high but custom settings
no aa/af @ 1024X768 was like 230FPS peak, all over like 130 fps.
I had no problems if this changes, we will know who to blame...

Mr cairo · Oct 15, 2005, 08:07 AM

been known to get the odd bit of Underground stuff myself but F.E.A.R is one of those game's that i will pay cold hard cash for

klevo · Oct 15, 2005, 08:34 AM

the demo run just fine on my 9800 pro (with medium settings), so I don`t know why the final game should be worse.

gonz0 · Oct 15, 2005, 09:03 AM

A bunch of stores already have it on their shelves. My BB and EB both had the game available for purchase today. You can buy it legitimatly already, no need for warez.

Tipstaff · Oct 15, 2005, 09:08 AM

Yep, openly available now. You can thank Best Buy for breaking the street date.

Picked it, and Serious Sam II up today, but thanks to Microsoft dumping a parcel off for me yesterday neither will get much playtime for a day or so. As soon as I can pry myself away from *

* III I'll let you know how FEAR runs.

SFOSOK · Oct 15, 2005, 09:26 AM

Hmm hint hint?

pr0digal jenius · Oct 15, 2005, 03:39 PM

time to go hit up CC, and if they wont sell it to me(useta work there, will pull some strings), we'll try best buy(roommate works there, will pull some more strings)

ViRuS2k · Oct 15, 2005, 03:50 PM

hehe

Awsome game infact im sure they did some optimizations to help with the stuttering on ati hardware but its still present just not as bad as the demo version....

i got that wraped up in the game lol i forgot to do some pics.....
ill get around to that today and post later on.

im only on act 2 and wow the chopper lol and getting off it omg

this game is freaky

cant wait untill ATI OPTIMIZE the drivers for IT.

Mayro · Oct 15, 2005, 04:00 PM

I hate the "Saving" COUGH COUGH COUGH - Loading zones.....

Think Half-Life 2 pre patch.... I need a new computer.... Thats all there is too it.

*Computer Wish List to play FEAR.*

-X4 Multi-Core M2 with 2 megs of cache.
-4 gigs of DDR3 ram
-The R600 and the Nv80 in (Die mode, Patent pending....)
-A soundblaster sound card that actualy helps instead of hinders.

umm.... well..... The game isnt officaly out. (Wait for ATI to find that rabbit.)

Complaining aside, I havent stayed up till 4 am playing a video game since I quit wow back in january...

*Mayro's Score.... Problems Aside.... 9.5!*

Sandok · Oct 15, 2005, 04:30 PM

I'll aquire it when possible... Seems cool. Sorta. The demo sucked though.

Dark Lord · Oct 15, 2005, 06:08 PM

ill have to make some calls this afternoon...

Pluvious · Oct 15, 2005, 07:43 PM

Now I wish I hadn't pre-ordered it. If I knew I could go down to the store and buy it today vs waiting until the 19th (2-day shipping) I wouldn't have pre-ordered.

Oh well..

For online.. I turned some settings down to get this:

Zardon · Oct 16, 2005, 12:41 AM

great looking game and the audio is just as good. quite creepy. Only negative I will say is it can get a little repetitive in parts.

Pluvious · Oct 16, 2005, 12:47 AM

Like Max Paine and all the rest I'm sure.. but multi has my attention as well.

Dark Lord · Oct 16, 2005, 02:28 AM

no one around here is selling it yet....

MythicaL · Oct 16, 2005, 02:57 AM

I could post some screenies, but everything is mostly off or on as low as possible so...

SFOSOK · Oct 16, 2005, 03:18 AM

I found out that Collectors edition at the local EB sold for 60$ laugh. So I decided to take the money off that Pre-order (because I was goin to just walk in and pick up a copy on the 18th, I had 15$ on it) and picked up a used copy of Splinter Cell CT, I only had to pay 2.50 for it cause it was some type of clearance+Used+EB edge. Funny thing is a couple months before I sold the game I had purchased before back to them for like 35 bucks. EB = ripped off.

Also I am waiting for a friend of mine to stumble a copy my way from that Local Walmart

Oct 14, 2005, 09:45 PM	#1
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	F.E.A.R ! is Released !? only Underground though. :P this is for anyone to post what they think of the final game and how it runs on ATI/NVIDIA hardware. it looks like its been released ahead of time. 4 days before official release. to those that have access to underground i dont want any posts on where to get the game, i just want posts from people that can get access to play it and what it runs like on there systems. i will post pictures soon. Last edited by ViRuS2k; Oct 14, 2005 at 10:08 PM.

Oct 14, 2005, 10:32 PM	#5
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	4 days to go.... god monday is gonna drag on. __________________

Oct 14, 2005, 10:52 PM	#7
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Your Completely Legal version right __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Oct 14, 2005, 11:05 PM	#8
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i havnt heard anything about how it runs on ati/nvidia, but i know the multiplayer demo and single player demo run just fine with everything maxed on my system. 2x aa 16x af, and volumetric light turned on. according to the built in stress test with the demo, i only do 9-11% under 25fps __________________

Oct 14, 2005, 11:12 PM	#9
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	with 2AA Gama and Transparent AA max 79% is over 49 fps : ) Highest FPS on it was 120 something. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Oct 14, 2005, 10:13 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	several stores broke NDA and you can actually find it for sale in parts of canada, for example. I assume thats what you mean by "underground", right? (smile and nod)

Oct 14, 2005, 10:20 PM	#4
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	good, cuz ANY TALK OF WAREZ WILL BE SWIFTLY REMOVED Thanks This public service announcement brought to you by the DriverHeaven Staff carry on....and good evening (off to a football game, yall kids behave)

Oct 15, 2005, 12:59 AM	#10
BulletTheory Forgiveness is a Six Gun Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Quebec City Posts: 1,329 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	for me its 100% over 70FPS. Max was 150 FPS and all setting are at High. Really cool :P __________________ Asus P8Z68-Pro \| Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4Ghz \| Asus GTX580 Matrix @ 940/4630 \| 8GB Corsair Vengence \| Intel 510 120GB SSD WD Black 1TB \| Corsair AX750W PSU \| Corsair Obsidian 650D Case \| Samsung 245bw 24inch LCD Razer Lycosa \| Razer Imperator \| Razer Goliathus Extended Edition \| Razer Megalodon Headset

Oct 15, 2005, 01:26 AM	#11
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	mmmmm.......seemed to locate it down below!!!!!! we'll have to see how this pans out, ill be around..........w00t!

Oct 15, 2005, 01:34 AM	#12
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Hmm found it but think I'll just buy it when it comes out.

Oct 15, 2005, 03:48 AM	#13
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	here we go!

Oct 15, 2005, 08:07 AM	#15
Mr cairo F0rum For Humans Only Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Slightly to the left Posts: 1,780 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	been known to get the odd bit of Underground stuff myself but F.E.A.R is one of those game's that i will pay cold hard cash for __________________ *Please consider Sponsoring my wife for the race for life*

Oct 15, 2005, 08:34 AM	#16
klevo 2 l33t Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Slovakia Posts: 587 Rep Power: 0	the demo run just fine on my 9800 pro (with medium settings), so I don`t know why the final game should be worse. __________________ My blog

Oct 15, 2005, 09:03 AM	#17
gonz0 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: California Posts: 70 Rep Power: 0	A bunch of stores already have it on their shelves. My BB and EB both had the game available for purchase today. You can buy it legitimatly already, no need for warez. __________________ _______ AMD Dual Core 4400+ Asus A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard 2gb OCZ Platinum Ram @ 2-3-2 Nvidia 7800GTX Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS Western Digital 74gb Raptor Drive _______

Oct 15, 2005, 09:08 AM	#18
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Yep, openly available now. You can thank Best Buy for breaking the street date. Picked it, and Serious Sam II up today, but thanks to Microsoft dumping a parcel off for me yesterday neither will get much playtime for a day or so. As soon as I can pry myself away from ** III I'll let you know how FEAR runs. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Oct 15, 2005, 09:26 AM	#19
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Hmm hint hint? __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Oct 15, 2005, 03:39 PM	#20
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	time to go hit up CC, and if they wont sell it to me(useta work there, will pull some strings), we'll try best buy(roommate works there, will pull some more strings)

Oct 15, 2005, 03:50 PM	Thread Starter #21
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	hehe Awsome game infact im sure they did some optimizations to help with the stuttering on ati hardware but its still present just not as bad as the demo version.... i got that wraped up in the game lol i forgot to do some pics..... ill get around to that today and post later on. im only on act 2 and wow the chopper lol and getting off it omg this game is freaky cant wait untill ATI OPTIMIZE the drivers for IT.

Oct 15, 2005, 04:00 PM	#22
Mayro -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 173 Rep Power: 0	I hate the "Saving" COUGH COUGH COUGH - Loading zones..... Think Half-Life 2 pre patch.... I need a new computer.... Thats all there is too it. Computer Wish List to play FEAR. -X4 Multi-Core M2 with 2 megs of cache. -4 gigs of DDR3 ram -The R600 and the Nv80 in (Die mode, Patent pending....) -A soundblaster sound card that actualy helps instead of hinders. umm.... well..... The game isnt officaly out. (Wait for ATI to find that rabbit.) Complaining aside, I havent stayed up till 4 am playing a video game since I quit wow back in january... Mayro's Score.... Problems Aside.... 9.5!

Oct 15, 2005, 04:30 PM	#23
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	I'll aquire it when possible... Seems cool. Sorta. The demo sucked though.

Oct 15, 2005, 06:08 PM	#24
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ill have to make some calls this afternoon... __________________

Oct 15, 2005, 07:43 PM	#25
Pluvious Elisha = hottie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA CA. SF Bay Area Posts: 1,318 Rep Power: 0	Now I wish I hadn't pre-ordered it. If I knew I could go down to the store and buy it today vs waiting until the 19th (2-day shipping) I wouldn't have pre-ordered. Oh well.. For online.. I turned some settings down to get this: __________________

Oct 16, 2005, 12:41 AM	#26
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	great looking game and the audio is just as good. quite creepy. Only negative I will say is it can get a little repetitive in parts.

Oct 16, 2005, 12:47 AM	#27
Pluvious Elisha = hottie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA CA. SF Bay Area Posts: 1,318 Rep Power: 0	Like Max Paine and all the rest I'm sure.. but multi has my attention as well.

Oct 16, 2005, 02:28 AM	#28
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	no one around here is selling it yet.... __________________

Oct 16, 2005, 02:57 AM	#29
MythicaL I like computers. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In front of a monitor Posts: 3,399 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	I could post some screenies, but everything is mostly off or on as low as possible so... __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

Oct 16, 2005, 03:18 AM	#30
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	I found out that Collectors edition at the local EB sold for 60$ laugh. So I decided to take the money off that Pre-order (because I was goin to just walk in and pick up a copy on the 18th, I had 15$ on it) and picked up a used copy of Splinter Cell CT, I only had to pay 2.50 for it cause it was some type of clearance+Used+EB edge. Funny thing is a couple months before I sold the game I had purchased before back to them for like 35 bucks. EB = ripped off. Also I am waiting for a friend of mine to stumble a copy my way from that Local Walmart __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!