F.E.A.R. Crack

[moxing2]

So i bought F.E.A.R. and when i tried to install it i got an error, the second cd couldn't be read, so i couldn't install. Me being lazy, i didn't want to try and get a replacement, so i let it sit for about a year. Finally i came back to it wanting to play it, so i downloaded the game with a crack and it worked, fortunately. Unfortunately, it will randomly get laggy in some places(doesn't matter if its inside or outside, actually runs good outside). I have got everything on max except for soft shadows, and i was wondering if it is because of the crack that my game is running so poorly. It will run fine for an hour, but then it gets so laggy i cant do anything so i quit and reopen and then its fine until the next time it happens. its not that big of a deal if i can't fix it, but if you have any advice, it would be appreciated. i was also suggested to set the game process in task manager to a higher priority, would that be helpful or dangerous?

Specs: SAPPHIRE Radeon X1800XT 256MB

Antec TruePower 2.0 550W

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz Socket 939

ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4

pqi TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400

[hitchface]

You won't find much support here for cracked software. Even if you bought the game and it didn't work, you still participated in an illegal act. I would have taken the game back right away, but thats just me.

My real 2 cents involve your RAM and your task manager. Setting a higher priority shouldn't cause any trouble. Done it a few times with no ill effects. As for the RAM...I don't know how you managed to cram DDR stuff in there...I'll assume that it's a typo.

[moxing2]

hmm, honestly, i didnt no having a crack was illegal if i still had the game. whoops... and for the DDR, i originally had DDR2 but the motherboard i got recommended here was not compatible, so... but if anything is slowing it down its probably my ram? thanks for the advice

[pam123]

moxing2 you should have emailed the game publisher and gotten a new copy ( taking open games back to the store is a problem ) .
For the rest, FEAR does have a lag problem but I don't know if the patch will work with a cracked copy.

[hitchface]

Yeah, F.E.A.R. is a pretty intensive game. With the detail it has to draw and the interaction with your environment, the lighting, the physics...all of it requires a ton of your machine and isn't very forgiving. The reason I call your RAM into question is because your video card is about 53% better than mine (according to Tom's Hardware) and we run the same processor. I still get lag and I've got 2 gigs of Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800. Just turn the settings down a tad, it still looks incredible. Oh, and turn off HDR. You still get nice looking brights and really deep darks without it, and things look a little more raw.

If that doesn't fix it, which it might not since you mentioned than it ran fine for an hour or so, maybe take a look at your task manager right before you suspect it of happening again and see if a spike in CPU usage occurs.

[tomster2300]

When I originally bought HL2 the included cd key was already in use (most likely in someone's cracked copy). I took it back to the store and had it exchanged for a new one. Any retail store will let you do that. It beats having to make a phone call to the manufacturer and having to wait for them to send you a new one.

When a program or a game is cracked, then it most likely will never run quite as well as the untarnished retail copy. You often get odd problems like the ones you're experiencing.