Graphics problems in FEAR (was: Please help me)

**Fuji** · August 22, 2007, 09:25 AM

So i just got this game fear and installed it but theres somthing wrong witht the graphics....
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/530/naamloosgm8.png

so its pretty unclear ill try to make a new one, but im talking about those weird black lines and little black squares

Now i got a pretty nice card i think (x1900) and all option set to high (doesnt matter if i change them)

**Legio XX** · August 22, 2007, 10:06 AM

System specs?

Start troubleshooting by checkning if you have the latest drivers for your graphics card...

**Freddie** · August 22, 2007, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Fuji

So i just got this game fear and installed it but theres somthing wrong witht the graphics....
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/530/naamloosgm8.png

so its pretty unclear ill try to make a new one, but im talking about those weird black lines and little black squares

Now i got a pretty nice card i think (x1900) and all option set to high (doesnt matter if i change them)

Does it happen right away (once the level has loaded and you start playing) or does it happen after 5-10 minutes? Does this also happen in any other games or is it exclusive to Fear?

**Roman Clone** · August 22, 2007, 12:36 PM

Its either overheating or really bad driver.

**Fuji** · August 22, 2007, 12:54 PM

From the start (even in the films) and I downloaded and installed a new driver but still the same problem, happens in some games (not total war games, counter strike, half life 2, oblivion...) i got 2 gb ram and a dual intel processor (2 times 3.00GHz).
And if I let the game chose my settings i always picks high and maxiumum quality so ??

If its overheating what can I do about it ?

**spartan_phalanx** · August 22, 2007, 02:11 PM

Open your case and see if there's dust in there, if so get a can of compressed air or use an air compressor to blow the dust off/out.

**Freddie** · August 23, 2007, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by Fuji

From the start (even in the films) and I downloaded and installed a new driver but still the same problem, happens in some games (not total war games, counter strike, half life 2, oblivion...) i got 2 gb ram and a dual intel processor (2 times 3.00GHz).
And if I let the game chose my settings i always picks high and maxiumum quality so ??

If its overheating what can I do about it ?

Get yourself an air duster (a can of compressed air) and blow all the dust out from your video cards fan and heatsink. Get a fan (most new cases have a 120mm fan placement) and place at the back of case (making sure its sucking air out from your case not sucking it in), this will lower the overall case temperature.

**Spiff** · August 23, 2007, 03:16 PM

You could try checking to see if there are any patches available for the game which may fix this sort of thing.

Otherwise i would reinstall your video drivers making sure to run drivercleaner after you first uninstall them. This will remove any trace of the previous ones so you can be sure you're getting a clean install.

**Mathias** · August 22, 2007, 02:35 PM

Contact fear support. They should know how to solve this. Come to think of it, I bought fear, but I got an error message on start-up and I contacted fear support, but nothing they said helped so I just had to give the game back to the store and get my money back. They are still worth a try though.

**Fuji** · August 23, 2007, 10:03 AM

Mhm there was dust allright but nothing spectaculair and i cant really reach my graphic card, ill try installing the new driver (though i have a really new omega driver but ill try something official this time) and toggle sum options (only thing fear support could advise me )

**Roman Clone** · August 24, 2007, 12:52 PM

You need to Uninstall your driver before you reinstall it. Otherwise something might go wrong.

**Fuji** · August 26, 2007, 10:09 AM

Im gonna wait with all the cleaning and install patches first, theres like 8 of them ! I think I installed the drivers correcly though...

When I turn shadows off its a bit better (can turn all the rest to maximum and the game runs pretty smootly but theres still those weird squares :p )

Those patches are huge !!