F.E.A.R. GPU Performance Tests: Setting a New Standard

Sidney · 20th October 2005, 16:42

As we said in our introduction, FEAR does indeed set a new standard for games, and there is no denying the quality of its graphics. Perhaps there could have been more variety in some areas, but the beauty of the action sequences can't be matched in any first person shooter we've seen. For graphics, FEAR paves the way for a new generation of games, and is also the first game able to bring the highest powered cards available to their knees when played at its full graphical potential.

http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2575&p=1

jmke · 20th October 2005, 22:09

this game looks G R E A T , but the gameplay is even better, reminds me of Half Life 1 first time I played it; the enemy AI is very good, and it's creepy and has a very nice atmosphere

jmke · 21st October 2005, 00:04

I'm playing it at 1024x768x32bit with CPU&GPU in-game settings on "High"

first run with 77.xx drivers was average of 29fps.. not too good.

upgraded to 81.85 drivers (just released today

) and got 36fps average. I looked through the driver settings and noticed I had "4x FSAA" enabled for all games.. DOH

disabled this and now I get:

jmke · 21st October 2005, 01:06

although the game looks good, there are some "details" which stand out...

Sidney · 21st October 2005, 01:13

Working late!!

Sidney · 21st October 2005, 02:59

The new driver helps increasing FPS to my card too. DOOM3 HQ 1028 is now >71 FSP. It doesn't do anything in 3DMark01, in fact it lowers the score a bit.

jmke · 21st October 2005, 08:36

Quote:

Originally posted by lazyman
It doesn't do anything in 3DMark01, in fact it lowers the score a bit.

something I don't care about :-)

RichBa5tard · 21st October 2005, 08:51

36fps is not that great with a very good GPU (6800GT) and low settings... i hope it will play fine on Doc's r9800 pro.

A pitty they only included new videocards.

jmke · 21st October 2005, 08:59

did you see my updated post? ( http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/show...841#post110841 )

I had 4xFSAA enabled

without the game is flying at 1024x768 (avg 62).

I'm running with a low 2ghz A64 CPU

RichBa5tard · 21st October 2005, 09:42

'low' ?

That thing is damn fast! Damn it seems i haven't been keeping up in hardware evolution.

20th October 2005, 16:42	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	F.E.A.R. GPU Performance Tests: Setting a New Standard As we said in our introduction, FEAR does indeed set a new standard for games, and there is no denying the quality of its graphics. Perhaps there could have been more variety in some areas, but the beauty of the action sequences can't be matched in any first person shooter we've seen. For graphics, FEAR paves the way for a new generation of games, and is also the first game able to bring the highest powered cards available to their knees when played at its full graphical potential. http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2575&p=1 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

20th October 2005, 22:09	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	this game looks G R E A T , but the gameplay is even better, reminds me of Half Life 1 first time I played it; the enemy AI is very good, and it's creepy and has a very nice atmosphere __________________

21st October 2005, 00:04	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I'm playing it at 1024x768x32bit with CPU&GPU in-game settings on "High" first run with 77.xx drivers was average of 29fps.. not too good. upgraded to 81.85 drivers (just released today) and got 36fps average. I looked through the driver settings and noticed I had "4x FSAA" enabled for all games.. DOH disabled this and now I get: __________________

21st October 2005, 01:06	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	although the game looks good, there are some "details" which stand out... __________________

21st October 2005, 01:13	#5
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Working late!! __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

21st October 2005, 02:59	#6
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	The new driver helps increasing FPS to my card too. DOOM3 HQ 1028 is now >71 FSP. It doesn't do anything in 3DMark01, in fact it lowers the score a bit. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

21st October 2005, 08:51	#8
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	36fps is not that great with a very good GPU (6800GT) and low settings... i hope it will play fine on Doc's r9800 pro. A pitty they only included new videocards. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

21st October 2005, 08:59	#9
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	did you see my updated post? ( http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/show...841#post110841 ) I had 4xFSAA enabled without the game is flying at 1024x768 (avg 62). I'm running with a low 2ghz A64 CPU __________________

21st October 2005, 09:42	#10
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	'low' ? That thing is damn fast! Damn it seems i haven't been keeping up in hardware evolution. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

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