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The F.E.A.R. Multiplayer Demo features:

Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Elimination and Capture The Flag game types, plus the ‘Slo Mo’ variants of these game types
2 Maps – DM Factory & CT Facility
Demo size – 461 Meg
LAN Support
16 Players
9 Weapon Types
3 Grenade / Mine types
In order to install and play F.E.A.R., your system must meet or exceed the following minimum system requirements:

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIRED

•Windows(R) XP, x64 or 2000 with latest service pack installed
•DirectX(R) 9.0c August Edition (Included) or higher
•Pentium(R) 4 1.7 GHz or equivalent processor
•512MB RAM or more
•64MB GeForce(TM) 4 Ti or Radeon(R) 9000 video card
•Monitor that can display in 4:3 aspect ratio
•800MB free hard drive space for installation
•Additional hard drive space for a swap file and saved game files
•16-bit DirectX(R) 9.0 compliant sound card with support for EAX(TM) 2.0
•Broadband or LAN connection
•Mouse
•Keyboard
In order to play the game at the recommended resolution, detail and
performance levels, your computer should meet or exceed the following
specifications:

•Pentium(R) 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent processor
•1 GB RAM
•256 MB Radeon(R) 9800 Pro, GeForce(TM) 6600 or equivalent
DirectX(R) 9 compliant video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader 2.0
support
•Sound Blaster(R) X-Fi(TM) series sound card
The demo is out. I will post my opinions of it here.

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I got the demo with the latest edition of PC Gamer (I think that was the mag). I haven't had the chance to give it a go but I will soon.
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•512MB RAM or more
•64MB GeForce(TM) 4 Ti or Radeon(R) 9000 video card
•Monitor that can display in 4:3 aspect ratio
Looks like I'll have to wait and see what you guys say about it....

only have 256mb ram, currently dealing with a gf2 card, and not sure if my monitor will do the 4:3

sucks to be broke :cry:
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bubba wrote:
•512MB RAM or more
•64MB GeForce(TM) 4 Ti or Radeon(R) 9000 video card
•Monitor that can display in 4:3 aspect ratio
Looks like I'll have to wait and see what you guys say about it....

only have 256mb ram, currently dealing with a gf2 card, and not sure if my monitor will do the 4:3

sucks to be broke :cry:
Game runs just fine for me and I don't have exactly the best video card. Its a demo so just give it a try. Get it from 3d gamers that was the fastest with the shortest line to wait. Your monitor has to do 4:3 if its just a regular CRT. I dunno about the GF2 video and 256mb ram. give the lowest game settings a try. Also set it to force DX8.0 and you might be able to play it.

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duh, my bad I was thinking wide screen...
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[AK]Zip wrote:
bubba wrote:
�512MB RAM or more
�64MB GeForce(TM) 4 Ti or Radeon(R) 9000 video card
�Monitor that can display in 4:3 aspect ratio
Looks like I'll have to wait and see what you guys say about it....

only have 256mb ram, currently dealing with a gf2 card, and not sure if my monitor will do the 4:3

sucks to be broke :cry:
Game runs just fine for me and I don't have exactly the best video card. Its a demo so just give it a try. Get it from 3d gamers that was the fastest with the shortest line to wait. Your monitor has to do 4:3 if its just a regular CRT. I dunno about the GF2 video and 256mb ram. give the lowest game settings a try. Also set it to force DX7.0 and you should be able to play it.

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Min specs say GForce 4 Ti and or Radeon 9000 -> they are DX8 cards... Does it have support for DX7 ? Just don't want you waisting the time downloading ~600Mb for nothing!
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kenc51 wrote:
[AK]Zip wrote:
bubba wrote: Looks like I'll have to wait and see what you guys say about it....

only have 256mb ram, currently dealing with a gf2 card, and not sure if my monitor will do the 4:3

sucks to be broke :cry:
Game runs just fine for me and I don't have exactly the best video card. Its a demo so just give it a try. Get it from 3d gamers that was the fastest with the shortest line to wait. Your monitor has to do 4:3 if its just a regular CRT. I dunno about the GF2 video and 256mb ram. give the lowest game settings a try. Also set it to force DX7.0 and you should be able to play it.

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Min specs say GForce 4 Ti and or Radeon 9000 -> they are DX8 cards... Does it have support for DX7 ? Just don't want you waisting the time downloading ~600Mb for nothing!
I did not see DX7 support, but I did see the option to force DX8 over DX9. I will test this demo on another system tonight for everyone with lower end systems. The system specs are below.

AMD Athlon 2500+ Mobile XP @ 2700MHz (13x207 , 1.95v)
Maxtor 120GB (IDE)
512mb Crucial PC-2700 DDR333 (2.5-2-2-5, 2.7v)
Abit NF7 (Rev. 2.0)
Gainward GeForce 3 Ti200 (240/540)

I will let everyone know how it goes.

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I down loaded it last night here at work, I'll try it out this week end and see what happens. couldn't play serious sam 2, so dont think this will be any differant.

man I need a new card....
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Well I just tested on the system above and it is in no way playable at all. Its more like a slide show of just pictures. This is running with everything possibly on low and 640X480. After a few tests I honestly don't think this will be playing on the Geforce 4 cards or the lower ATI cards. I believe 9500pro or higher is what you need to be able to play this.

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then I wont even try
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It ran somwhat slow on my system as well with a 3500+ Winchester 1GB RAM and a Radeon X800 PRO vid card. Looked very nice though. Sometimes demos don't run as smooth as the finished product so we'll see. It was fun but a short demo.
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if a demo is good- it allways feels too short :mrgreen:
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The full version will be available Tuesday!
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