Graphics card problems!
Well here I am again, writing another blog about my troubles. Well now I am having problems with my graphics card. I decided last that to reinstall F.E.A.R on my computer, as one of my friends wanted to play. I thought to myself “meh, why not?” Then all hell broke lose. I just remembered that my UK version of F.E.A.R needs to be fully patched to version 1.08 before I can even begin to play with my friends on multiplayer. But the problem is, you can’t download a patch that will take you straight from version 1.00 to 1.08. Instead for the UK version, you have to bloody download each patch file one by one, which is total bullshit. How the hell does the American version get that patch file but not the UK version? But anyway, once I downloaded each patch file (which took a good two hours) I decided to start my game up. I thought I wouldn’t have any problems as I have an 8800GT so it should have played well. But the problem wasn’t the fps, it was my damn game crashing over and over again after about five to thirty minuets of play. Red artifacts just appeared all across my screen and my whole computer locked up, forcing me to pull the computer by the plug. I couldn’t fucking believe this, I spent about three hours installing and upgrading the game, and it turns out that my computer just crashes as soon as I start playing it. I googled my problem and found out that the 8800GT has problems with F.E.A.R. Supposedly it has something to do with the memory clocks on my graphics card being too high. I mean what the fuck? This game has been out for about 4 years now, so I should expect most new cards to run it flawlessly. But no, old Shocky can’t have what he wants, a game of F.E.A.R without having to yank my power cord out after five minuets of gameplay.
Anyway I think I shall call that a night. For knows who want to know what my screen looked like when it crashed, I have included a picture at the bottom.

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