FEAR is no fun with lag...

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Since the past few missions (I'm on chapter 08 now), it's been starting to lag, but just intermittently, so it's bearable. But this current level, it's sitting there at 10FPS. I averaged around 40-50FPS before, but this is just crap.

Any ideas?

[RangerXLT8]

Turn details down. The machine obviously cannot keep up with the physics and or eye candy. Are you playing FEar: Extraction Point? Chances are the 6800NU is struggling.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

No, it's regular FEAR. But why should it lag now? It was working fine before at the same settings... I'm confuzzled.

[RangerXLT8]

Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

No, it's regular FEAR. But why should it lag now? It was working fine before at the same settings... I'm confuzzled.

Different environments, maps, textures ect. For instance, in FEAR Extraction point, beginning around the 4-5th level, the see-through ninja type bad guys come in waves of about 3 each and run around REAL fast, and that alone put a big strain on my X1900XTX, so I went in and turned down particle counts and AA\AF..

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

Different environments, maps, textures ect. For instance, in FEAR Extraction point, beginning around the 4-5th level, the see-through ninja type bad guys come in waves of about 3 each and run around REAL fast, and that alone put a big strain on my X1900XTX, so I went in and turned down particle counts and AA\AF..

Ya true it's a pain.
If you don't mind, turn off shadows. Seriously, I live without it now because it really gives out a nice FPS.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Ya true it's a pain.
If you don't mind, turn off shadows. Seriously, I live without it now because it really gives out a nice FPS.

I noticed I had them on, so I turned them off, but no help.

OK, here's something. I've got this process MsMpEng.exe running, killing half my CPU. This could be it. To the searching!

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Quick search turns out it's a process related to Windows Defender (installed that very recently) and that's probably the problem.

BTW, in FEAR, my lag is 45FPS one sec, 0 the next, 45FPS next sec, 0 the next, and so on.

[polobunny]

It might be trying to clean an infection. It's generally a rather transparent process, so i'd check it out.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

FREEDOM!

That thing was eating half the CPU for like 10 minutes, went back to 0, then started up again to 50%. I deleted it and now I don't hear any noise from my computer. All quiet!

BTW, when you do hear a noise (during CPU usage), is it the hard drive, CPU, or both that's making the noise?

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

FREEDOM!

That thing was eating half the CPU for like 10 minutes, went back to 0, then started up again to 50%. I deleted it and now I don't hear any noise from my computer. All quiet!

BTW, when you do hear a noise (during CPU usage), is it the hard drive, CPU, or both that's making the noise?

If the noise you hear is a rattling then it's the hard drive. If you hear a whiny noise then it's probably your power supply. (I'm not kidding)