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FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS

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Index:
1. General Issues
2. Performance Tuning
3. System Requirements
4. Update Notes
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1. General Issues
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-Saved Games
Your saved games are located in your \My Documents\My Games\FalloutNV\Sa
ves directory.
-Prior to Installing the Game
Before attempting to install Fallout: New Vegas, please verify that your
computer meets system requirements.
We also recommend that you prepare your hard drive for installation by r
unning ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter prior to installation. These utilities are
part of Windows and can identify and resolve problems with your disk drive which
could hinder installation and/or playing of the game.
To launch these programs and optimize your hard disk drive:
1. Open "My Computer".
2. Right-click the disk drive you wish to install the game onto (usua
lly C:).
3. Click on "Properties".
4. Select the "Tools" tab.
5. Click "Check Now" to launch Scandisk.
6. When Scandisk has completed, follow steps 1-3 and click "Defragmen
t Now" to launch Disk Defragmenter.
-Remapping Your Controls
You can remap your controls while playing by selecting SETTINGS, CONTROL
S, ACTION MAPPING. There are separate controls for each input device you have. Y
ou can have actions tagged to multiple devices. So if you want to remap an actio
n to one of your mouse buttons, select DEVICE to change to the mouse settings in
the bottom right corner of the screen.

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2. Performance Tuning

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There are several things you can do to increase game performance.
-Make sure you have no other programs running in the background.
-In the Fallout: New Vegas Launcher, select OPTIONS:
*Lower the Resolution
*Turn Antialiasing OFF
*Turn Anisotropic Filtering OFF
*Set Detail settings to MEDIUM or LOW. Select Advanced for more detail o
ptions.
*Turn all water options to LOW or OFF.
*Set Screen Effects to NONE.
-While running the game, go to the SETTINGS menu and select DISPLAY.
*Reduce the FADE distance sliders for Actor, Item, Object, Grass, Shadow
, Light, Specularity, OBject LOD or Tree LOD

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3. System Requirements
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Windows 7/Vista/XP
Dual Core 2.0GHZ
2GB Ram
10GB HDD Space
GeForce 6 Series or ATI 1300 Series Video Card

-Supported Video Card Chipsets:

ATI HD 5800 series
ATI HD 5700 series
ATI HD 4800 series
ATI HD 4600 series
ATI HD 3800 series
ATI HD 3600 series
ATI HD 3400 series
ATI HD 2900 series
ATI HD 2600 series
ATI HD 2400 series
ATI X1900 series
ATI X1800 series
ATI X1600 series
ATI X1300 series
ATI X850 series
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
NVIDIA

GeForce
GeForce
Geforce
Geforce
Geforce
Geforce
Geforce
Geforce
Geforce
Geforce

400 series
200 series
9800 series
9600 series
8800 series
8600 series
8500 series
8400 series
7900 series
7800 series

NVIDIA Geforce 7600 series

NVIDIA Geforce 7300 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
VIDEO
-Regardless of your video card, make sure to download the latest drivers from yo
ur manufacturer.
INPUT
-ALT+TAB may cause some game instability with some hardware configurations and i
s not advised.
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4. Update Notes
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For complete list of Update Notes, visit http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloa
ds/updates.html.