- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Btcc22
Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Posted by: darekster2ongame
Or MAYBE, just a thought, Bungie wants to use new features? Live Anywhere, future support, better resource management, better operating system. Also, Bungie will be able to take the advantage that they can design for higher ended systems, as they know that nobody will have below the minimum specs for Vista...
Thank you. You've basically summed up everything I was going to say in one neat little paragraph.
1. "Live Anywhere" - Could have been done on XP. It's not even out yet, so it's not exactly a core part of the OS, is it? Could have run on XP with Live disabled if need be.
2. "future support" - Not at all related to OS. Even so, XP will be supported for years to come.
3. "better resource management" - Doesn't really do much for a game, since the OS will be using all those resources up that XP wouldn't have done so much.
4. "better operating system" - So it means that it can't run on XP? Despite the fact it could easily have worked with either Vista AND XP?
5. "Also, Bungie will be able to take the advantage that they can design for higher ended systems" - Higher end systems which will struggle more with Halo 2 on Vista than had it been on XP? Not only this, but why do they care? I mean, there's a reason why games allow users to disable features if their PC can't cope with it. Come on, Halo 2 ran on 733mhz Xbox and nothing much is being added except the ability to play in a higher res. Low spec PC? Turn the settings down.
6. "as they know that nobody will have below the minimum specs for Vista" - Being able to run an OS doesn't mean you can run a game. I could run Vista on some 600mhz machine or something. Doesn't mean it's going to run games.
In general, game requirements are higher than the OS requirements.
If you're going to argue that it isn't on Vista only because it's 'better', then at least provide a *plausible* argument.
1. Halo 2 Vista is not the only game that is using the Live system.
2. Future Support - As I said before, H2V isn't the only game that's using the Live system. What would it be more convenient for Bungie, have to do updates on multiple operating systems, or do one quick update.
3. Better Resource Management - Hmm, I would think this would do a lot of a game, considering Halo 2 Vista will have custom, downloadable content.
4. Better Operating System - See 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
5. What are you trying to say here? "Higher end systems which will struggle more with Halo 2 on Vista than had it been on XP?" When was Halo 2 ever on XP? How would you know that? He said "Bungie will be able to take the advantage that they can design for higher ended systems" And is absolutly right...Hey, ever heard of DX10? Yeah, that's coming with Vista, why would Bungie make a game for XP, when people have cards that are DX10 that can only be used with Vista?
6. These are Vista's minimum system requirements
* A modern processor (at least 800MHz¹).
* 512 MB of system memory.
* A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.
I've got a 5 year old computer that can run Halo PC, with an Nvidia TNT2 card, and a Intel Pentium 3 933mhz. This runs Halo decently too. I would not be surprised at all if you cold run Vista, you can run Halo 2. Now, it may not look the best, but I'm sure you'll be able to run it at a decent frame rate.