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Can My PC Run F.E.A.R.?

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Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

F.E.A.R. PC Requirements

Minimum Requirements

CPU
Pentium® 4 1.7 GHz or equivalent processor
GPU
64 MB GeForce™ 4 Ti or Radeon® 9000 video card; Monitor that can display in 4:3 aspect ratio DirectX®: 9.0c (August Edition) or higher Hard Drive: 17 GB free Hard Drive Space for installation; Additional hard drive space for a swap file and saved game files Sound: 16-bit DirectX® 9.0 compliant sound card with support for EAX™ 2.0 Multiplayer Requirements: Broadband or LAN connection for multiplayer games
VRAM
Not stated
RAM
1 GB
Storage
Not stated
OS
Not stated
DirectX
Not stated
Network
Not stated

Recommended Requirements

CPU
Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent processor
GPU
A 256 MB Radeon® 9800 Pro or GeForce™ 6600 or equivalent supported DirectX®: DirectX® 9 compliant video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader 2.0 support Sound: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series sound card
VRAM
Not stated
RAM
1 GB
Storage
Not stated
OS
Not stated
DirectX
Not stated
Network
Not stated
✓ Independently verified against the publisher 2026-08-17Source: Steam store page

Game details

Developer
Monolith Productions, Inc.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Games
Released
21 May 2010

About F.E.A.R.

Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

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What PC do I need for F.E.A.R.?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card
A 256 MB Radeon® 9800 Pro or GeForce™ 6600 or equivalent supported DirectX®: DirectX® 9 compliant video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader 2.0 support Sound: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series sound card
Processor
Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent processor
Memory
1 GB RAM

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Can my laptop run F.E.A.R.?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the A 256 MB Radeon® 9800 Pro named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

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