FEAR freezes in game all the time

hans030390

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Yeah, I THOUGHT that switching video drivers fixed my problem, but it didn't. FEAR will randomly freeze in game (or in the menus, if you were in the game) and make me have to restart the computer...

Yes, I have the 1.02 patch for the game.
I've cleaned my computer of viruses and all that, and everything else seems to be up to date...The demo of the game never froze...So what could be causing this? Any suggestions to fix it, or a way to figure out what is causing it?

And help is greatly appreciated, as i'd love to be able to play the game :)
 

hans030390

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How would my lack of RAM lead to a complete freezing of the game? I can understand stuttering, but not freezing.

This also happened in the AOE III demo for me. It also happened a couple times in the FEAR SP demo, but went away (and it all just happened for like...a day).

I noticed the freezing happens much sooner in game with my current 81.85 drivers, but it takes a little longer with older drivers.
 

daveybrat

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possibly the 300watt power supply feeding your 6600GT???
 

Agamar

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More likely it is AGP Fast Writes in the Bios causing the trouble. Check it out. If it is on in the Bios, turn it off and try again.
 

imported_Leporello

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We have exactly the same problem with an AMD 4000+ and Geforce 7800GT 1024Mb RAM system. On our searches for a solution we found that quite a lot of other people with different systems were hitting the snag. I believe its related to the game engine as there seemed no common hardware or software in the many posts seeking help.