Very Annoying Problem...

[Nightmare225]

Ok, I've been trying to play F.E.A.R., and most of the time that I open the game, it is very jerky. This doesnt include only the game itself, but the the menu animations, the mouse movements, and the pre-game company movies. EVERYTHING LAGS and is jerky. This only happens in this game. I've patched it to 1.06 and still get the problem. Any help?

 

[jiffylube1024]

So hang on, the menus are jerky but the game is fine? I had terrible jerkiness in-game, but that was caused by having only 1GB of RAM at the time; upgrading to 2GB cleared that right up.

Not sure what's happening to you if the menus are lagging. Do you have internet explorer/Firefox open in the background? If so, animated GIFs in the background could be the problem...

 

[Nightmare225]

Everything is jerky, everything from the moment you open the game, to the moment you exit.

 

[hmorphone]

Maybe it got badly fragmented hard drive wise on install/updates ?