Can you run F.E.A.R. on Minimum Requirements? Athlon XP & GeForce4

[@MidnightGeek99]

This video is my first try in creating something EPIC...we're not there yet but I hope we will be soon enough, 10x! 5:17 Also, the struggle is real!!!

[@Mini-z1994]

Did you try adding the fps fix seen on pcgamingwiki ? Might help with performance on the dual core system. The Dinput8 dll fix.

[@tamw]

Excellent job, you gave the game the justice it deserved, one of my alltime favorites! And I agree, if you're into retro skip the pre 2006 era harware for this one and preferably go with a nice modern 27"+ display and 8800gtx or 4870 1gb card, it looks absolutely amazing.

[@RetroTinkerer]

Hey, someone must send you an OLED high refresh monitor so you can tell everyone if it is any better than a 20+ year old CRT!

[@Jack7277]

played it on my athlonxp 2000 + ati radeon 9600xt, 800x600 medium, bring me back my 2005

[@MidnightGeek99]

Medium? Nice!

[@Jack7277]

@@MidnightGeek99 i was glad to play it at any fps, i remember it was slow)))

[@P9HL2BETA]

Ah yes, the better Doom 3. FEAR may not look as good as D3 in some areas but it mops the floor with it when it comes to gameplay and tension.

[@gutsygutman2475]

Doom 3 was a slog chore like mopping the floor compared to FEAR. I choose to replay FEAR at least 5 times compared to zero for Doom.

[@alexarmstrong9915]

​@@gutsygutman2475lol, i have never played F.E.A.R., but ive played DOOM 3 3-4 years ago, and im still dont wanna do it again 😅.

[@enricofermi3471]

IDK, Doom 3 is a good game IMO. The problem is, people wanted a DOOM game (see D2016 / Eternal as reference), but got a random action horror set in (kinda? maybe?) the same universe. It's like Quake and Quake 2, or Far Cry and Far Cry 2.

[@MidnightGeek99]

The better Doom 3 =)))) I like both of them, Doom 3 to me is special, I don't why, it has elements that scratch my itch.

[@MidnightGeek99]

@enricofermi3471 I agree!

[@adamlach6572]

F.E.A.R. holds up incredible. That visual style reminds me of stalker and half life 1 - perfect for making you feel uneasy anywhere you go. Dynamic lights look awesome even today because they are so pronounced. And the gameplay is one of a kind - Trepang2 tried, and it's cool, but it's not as good as it's main inspiration. Also - amazing video, subbed!

[@MidnightGeek99]

Thank you! Yes, FEAR has an amazing atmosphere, ir really sucks you in and keeps you on your toes.

[@Mini-z1994]

Worth trying the dinput fps fix on the game as you should get more out of that pc. Otherwise really good video & ofc game is a gem I'd put next to half-life 2, Doom 3 & Quake 4 of this era.

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x! I did copy the d8input.dll file.

[@phillycheesetake]

Midnight Geek uploads, I click, shrimple. My personal minimum requirements for FEAR are Athlon 64 and GF6, which was more than I had at the time. I played F.E.A.R. on xbox360 as a result.

[@MidnightGeek99]

I've never played FEAR on Xbox, but I'm sure that it ran better than on a GF 6.

[@Kamil92Zgon]

I like content like this, ulimate reviews of old games may refresh this channel well

[@MidnightGeek99]

I like this type of videos also, but I don't know if people resonate with this format, we will see.

[@00935ASDF]

OMG I love this game!!!! almost 20 years and looks like yesterday I played for the first time!

[@MidnightGeek99]

yes, it's a very good game :)

[@Stermy57HW]

Gameplay, AI, Graphics is just a F***** gem. My personal best FPS ever. It will take too much time to explain everything. Just play at maximum difficulty. Don't worry about increasing it.

[@MidnightGeek99]

Yeah, FEAR is a gem indeed. 10x for the tip!

[@LucasMancini-93]

Very well made video, just subscribed to your channel. Please, keep'em coming like this one! F.E.A.R. is one of my favorite games of all time, and you showed through this video the why's and what's

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x :) I'm planning to do more videos like this, for sure.

[@gtacoldplaya122]

guys making such videos is really time consuming, requiring real research, true experience and having the actual hardware comps to make such vid possible. Let's all support the creator with at least 2 minutes of watch time for the video and a like so the algorithm pushes it further to more retro gaming interested people

[@MidnightGeek99]

Thanks a lot, and yeah, it's time consuming, but it's fun :)

[@looks-suspicious]

Two minutes of watch time? My bad, I accidentally watched the entire thing.

[@deus_nsf]

Love this video, thank you algorithm! Can you do one on STALKER SoC please? :)

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x! Yes, Stalker SoC is on the list for such a video.

[@mystique886]

Nice video! Rather Epic Mega Video!

[@MidnightGeek99]

Thank you very much :D

[@ivanromashkin9569]

Great job!

[@MidnightGeek99]

Thank you!

[@Complextro93kg]

Great video, do with other popular games from that era :)

[@MidnightGeek99]

Thak you, this is my plan, to do such a video for all 1998-2005 games.

[@MylstarElectronics]

The Wade family has come to an end. Armacham is brink on the sacrifice. Soon you'll be awaiting the hallucinations of nightmare from hell.

[@MidnightGeek99]

Actually both I and my mother survived :D

[@MJ-mk8jg]

Really good video, the longer format & one game coverage works really well. Thanks for putting the effort in & i feel my 99p investment as always pays good dividends. Thanks from Yorkshire

[@MJ-mk8jg]

I sent you a super chat because I was convinced I was a member, obviously not so today's task is to see who I'm sending your £1 a month to. Again thanks for the video, I've watched it twice.

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x a lot! And yeah, I don't have KZbin membership. Ask that guy for a refund :)))

[@neuronkilladnb]

i know your voice and u too :D Your English is very good,for a fellow Romanian! Tot asa!

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x! My English...exists :))

[@E4rthDweller]

Very nice. Please so something similar for the epic Half-Life 2 too :D

[@MidnightGeek99]

Thanks. The plan is to make similar videos to many popular (and not so popular) games from 1998 to 2007.

[@Constantin314]

foarte frumos video-ul, MG. mi-l aduc aminte: luat de pe DC++, instalat, pornit cam un minut, 15FPS, delete din cauza celor 15FPS

[@MidnightGeek99]

:))) Na, pe vremea aia nu prea aveam sisteme asa puternice.

[@upgrade1373]

Dang I might need to give this game a try.

[@MidnightGeek99]

You might as well :)

[@enricofermi3471]

Midnight geek: Ah yes, 640x480 at 23 FPS with 4200Ti is ok, kinda playable. Meanwhile me: VSR 7680x4320 scaled to native 4K on RX 6900XT not enough, can still see aliasing. Also, one of the few games that I know of actually well balanced for the highest difficulty, as long as you have at least somewhat above average skill. In fact, I spent 2/3 of the game with 10 med kits (maximum inventory).

[@MidnightGeek99]

:))) I've also played some older games with DSR from Nvidia, on a 4K TV, and they look amazing.

[@JordanD9569]

Great video and realy great channel 😌 🎉 the last month i build a old system nostagic moment 😊 for the all same game in your channel DOOM 3 FARCRY/FEAR/SYSTEM SHOCK 2 DEUS EX and more… Pentium 4 HT Northwood 3.0GHz in socket 478 OC in 3.6GHz Asus Motherboard P4C800-E Deluxe edition 2X1 GB Kingston on DDR 400 and 2x512 MB Corsair XMS DDR 500 i buy two more stick of Corsair XMS for more stability and OC more higher, for the moment the graphic card is a Radeon 9800 PRO with 128 MB All cooling system is Zelman Cooper, for the CPU and the graphic card, And the storage is a SSD Kingston 256 GB Windows XP SP3 i think some litle upgrade in the futur and is fantastic to see i’m not alone 😁 Sorry for my English i learn the English is not my native language.

[@bryo4321]

Awesome build. That would be my 2003 dream pc.

[@MidnightGeek99]

@JordanD9569 That is an amazing PC, with a lot of classic components, gg! For upgrading your PC you can go with a 3.4 GHz Northwood and maybe a 6600 GT / 6800 GS AGP card.

[@JordanD9569]

@@MidnightGeek99 Thank you, i want play this all old game in maximum settings with the original hardware, that is my personnal mission 😂 i have all my game in original CD No Steam no GOG and more original collection 😌 a lot of game run really great on the Radeon 9800 Pro i’m really surprise, the only problem i find is the price of some old part, in my country 🇫🇷 this is ridiculous low price but i’m not found all unfortunaly, and in Ebay for exemple this is ridiculous high price last day i watching for the Northwood HT 3.4GHz 512kb not a Extreme Edition 150 euros seriously 😳 this is most expensive them the entire price i pay for this build 😅, i buy for the moment a Northwood 3.2GHz for 10 euros and cross my fingers for OC in 3.8 adding a Noctua Fan for the Northbridge too and a RGB system but you know the secret hack the RGB give you 20fps+ for sure 🤣🤣

[@JordanD9569]

@@MidnightGeek99Thank you for the suggestion 😊 but a Nvidia Card ? Personaly a think of buying a X1950XT with 512 MB for DOOM 3, i don’t know if i need 512 MB too for the Extension of DOOM 3 ? but you right too i show for the Nvidia too for little collection of AGP card and Bench and compare the frame rate.

[@JordanD9569]

@@bryo4321 when i child in 2003, every month i reading the computer magazine and i remember the picture and the old configuration back in the day 😌, and i say one day in re build the old configuration dreaming me when a child and today is one of my favorite passion.

[@melancholia1]

Nice!!!

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x!

[@jeffyp2483]

Dont forget Shogo : MAD

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x for the suggestion, I've added the game on my GoG wishlist.

[@greggregson9687]

Did you turn off the hyperthreading on the p4 3ghz? I always used to get better performance with mine (using a 6600gt agp) back in the day after turning the HT off in the bios menu. They always had hyperthreading enabled on P4's at or over 3ghz.

[@MidnightGeek99]

Yeah, sometimes HT can result in worst performance in games, but no, I usually don't disable HT, unless it's for testing purposes.

[@gottalight3574]

Bro the video is not in 60fps , a big fail honestly haha, but really cool review anyway

[@MidnightGeek99]

Next time I'll shoot it at 120 FPS and decreased the speed by half, to 60 FPS, the entire video is going to be slow-motion galore!

[@stolz_ar]

32:59 Giggidy

[@MidnightGeek99]

:D

[@Pidalin]

I will wait for actual reviews from real gamers, you obviously got that game for free for review. 😀 BTW, input lag which you feel in mouse is mostly caused by long frametime because of low FPS, actual input lag of display is just very small part of all those lags combined. I never saw that slow display that it would cause delayed mouse. Motion blur yes, ofcourse, but not literally delayed mouse just because of monitor, that's fault of too long frametime due to low fps. But in some games, mouse just feels weird and you can't do anything with that. Widescreen support was added in 1.08 if I remember it correctly and I think datadisks don't actually support wide screen, but maybe they already fixed it in today gog and steam versions. VA panel is the best for the best shadows and contrast, but I would say that 8ms IPS feels faster than 5ms VA or 2ms TN, manufacturers are lying ot using weird methods how to measure that.

[@MidnightGeek99]

10x for the comment :) I was using the 1.0.8 retail version, that's why I had widescreen. Trust me, the Eizo S2100 has a lot of input lag, even if I'm using my modern PC, it's not about the freamerate, although the framerate pushes it even lower. I love VA panels, like you've said, for the good contrast, nothing beats good contrast.

[@Pidalin]

@@MidnightGeek99 The most important is that it is REAL contrast, not some fake nonsenses like "dynamic contrast" or local dimming which can cause artifacts and for some reason, computer displays never actually adopted local dimming. I have 5ms VA and contrast is really good, but I feel like it's actually slower than my older 8 ms IPS DEL, but it's pretty old 4K screen from 2017, today they have much faster and even with more Hz. BTW, with new tools in nvidia and AMD drivers on modern computers, 4K displays are pretty good for retro gaming, you can finally use more scaling methods and play those games like if it was native even when it's 800x600 or something and you can't change it.