FPS issues

[Baron Thincollar]

My rig outclasses the game's recommended requirements by light-years, yet whenever I boot up the single-player I experience frequent drops in frame-rate, particularly in the middle of any firefights. Drops from 30 to as low as 15 are common, which makes aiming and shooting a pain in the behind. I've tried forcing the game into directx9 and I've tried lowering the settings, but nothing has worked so far.

This is a disaster. Even for the measly $5 price tag during the sale, this game is not proving to be worth the monetary investment so far. Has anyone a solution to this problem?

My rig:

1 Terabyte Hard Disk
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Nvidia GeForce 2GB GTX660Ti
AMD FX 4100 - 4 Cores - 3.6Ghz
8GB DDR3 1333Mhz Memory

[TMAC Blade]

Originally posted by DredFX:

My rig outclasses the game's recommended requirements by light-years, yet whenever I boot up the single-player I experience frequent drops in frame-rate, particularly in the middle of any firefights. Drops from 30 to as low as 15 are common, which makes aiming and shooting a pain in the behind. I've tried forcing the game into directx9 and I've tried lowering the settings, but nothing has worked so far.

This is a disaster. Even for the measly $5 price tag during the sale, this game is not proving to be worth the monetary investment so far. Has anyone a solution to this problem?

My rig:

1 Terabyte Hard Disk
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Nvidia GeForce 2GB GTX660Ti
AMD FX 4100 - 4 Cores - 3.6Ghz
8GB DDR3 1333Mhz Memory

that card should work fine with this game. i have a gefroce 620 gt and it runs a steddy 60 frames just overclocked slightly. it might just be the fact the devs did not optimize the game well for the pc (i have heard this game was built for consols first and all that jazz). also make sure you dont have any background programs open like anti-virus or internet. close them or at the very least minimize them. i end up minimizing steam every time i play a game to ensure the game does not drop in frames ( you could say im paranoid with that statement). if none of the solutions i gave you worked then it is obvious that the devs lack of interest in fixing the game (its last update was in 2011) is making it die on the pc. optimization is needed.

[BurningTofu]

Check your Vsync, check your profiles if they are forced. This is the most common problem with graphical lag to a over qualified PC.

[Krovik]

I have lower specs than the game's minimal requirment's but i still run it at 60/60 fps on highest graphics, Could be Vsync or you have something causing it to lag, Like a second game, If you have another game up while playing F.E.A.R 3 of course it's going to lag, If you just play it normal.. I'm not sure.. Nividia Geforce GTX460 2GB 2.8Ghz 4 cores Windows 8 64 Bit

[Commander Makara]

Does the effect coincide with multiple sounds being played?

Possible broken codecs causing leaks when sound buffers are getting filled and overwritten quickly.
I would check your codec priorities, particularly fdshow.

[Dmcybe]

no u have amd cpu and nivida gpu they dont mix

[Commander Makara]

Originally posted by dmcybe:

no u have amd cpu and nivida gpu they dont mix

Rubbish.

Whilst certain chipsets have certain features to encourage greater cooperation when SBS, there's absolutely no functional issues with running AMD CPU and nVidia GPU in a system.

[Tarman]

Don't listen to em! I heard whispers that when the two are mixed, Cthulu rises from the ocean just to make fun of you for using non compatible hardware! Beware!

[Commander Makara]

Originally posted by MacCready:

Don't listen to em! I heard whispers that when the two are mixed, Cthulu rises from the ocean just to make fun of you for using non compatible hardware! Beware!

yeah but that only happens on Fridays, everyone knows that :P