F.E.A.R. GPU Performance Tests: Setting a New Standard
by Josh Venning on October 20, 2005 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Soft Shadows Performance
Please refer back to our earlier section on soft shadows to learn why (aside from abysmal performance) we recommend against enabling soft shadows. Upon selecting the option in FEAR to enable soft shadows, a dialog box will pop up to inform the gamer that soft shadows are a high end option, which will only run well on heavy hitting graphics hardware. It is very true that you need to high end hardware to run the game with soft shadows, but we just don't like the feature.
Please refer back to our earlier section on soft shadows to learn why (aside from abysmal performance) we recommend against enabling soft shadows. Upon selecting the option in FEAR to enable soft shadows, a dialog box will pop up to inform the gamer that soft shadows are a high end option, which will only run well on heavy hitting graphics hardware. It is very true that you need to high end hardware to run the game with soft shadows, but we just don't like the feature.
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dev0lution - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
How is it that the X800XL is consistantly left out of the benchmarks? You have multiple ATI cards in the test that aren't even available, but leave out one of their best sellers in this and plenty of other reviews.Avalon - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
I would not declare 30fps playable when your game settings involved sound disabled. No one is going to play with sound off, and thus their framerates will be even lower. This game runs like ass. I hope I can get my copy to run at all on my 6600 @ 400/700.Leper Messiah - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
Fo' sho'.cmon AT, where's the SLi benchies? Can 2 7800GTX's run this game at 1600x1200 with AA/AF and sound?
aldamon - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
For the NVIDIA cards, was Forceware set to Quality or High Quality?Were Transparency AA and Gamma Correct AA turned on?
If Transparency AA was turned on, was Multipsampling or Supersampling used?
Ender17 - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
is AnandTech ever going to get with the times and use 1920 x 1200 for all us widescreen users?DerekWilson - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
In our most recent graphics performance article we did include 1920x1200For FEAR, the resolution is not an option (physically) and would have been too difficult to hack into existance.
the game does not run widescreen resolutions. Check tweakguide for more details.
Le Québécois - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
Normally I would agree but with FEAR why bother with 1920 when 1600 is barely an option.lexmark - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
very good read AT! New software benches makes me all gimpy inside :)I know im probably beating the dead horse here, but I was actually looking foward to purchasing a x1800XT for my main computer. (building one with a 7800GT for my son) :-) Now I either have to settle for the XL, jump on the 7800GTX bandwagon, or wait to mid-November :/
As much as I love ATI products, I think they might have lost me as well as other customers who are tired of playing the waiting game.
lexmark - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
purchasing a card to play F.E.A.R. that is.lexmark - Thursday, October 20, 2005 - link
Jeez i need a break. ><"I'M" purchasing a card to play F.E.A.R.that is.