***************************************************************** FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS

***************************************************************** Index: 1. General Issues 2. Performance Tuning 3. System Requirements 4. Update Notes ***************************************************************** 1. General Issues ***************************************************************** -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.

***************************************************************** 2. Performance Tuning

***************************************************************** 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

***************************************************************** 3. System Requirements ***************************************************************** * * * * * 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. ***************************************************************** 4. Update Notes ***************************************************************** For complete list of Update Notes, visit http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloa ds/updates.html.