- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The machine itself runs beautifully on Vista:
1gb of RAM (hopefully going to upgrade that to the full 4gb possible, but $500 for memory is quite expensive, considering the machine cost only $700)
1.73ghz Dual Core processor
120gb HD
DVD RW drive
On the side of Vista, I can get all of Aero's effects, the card was actually designed for them.
I'm not sure if it would help anyone, but the card runs Halo full specs at around 15-20 fps, depending on what I'm looking at, however, extremely large textures give me some problems (ie, a 512x512 base texture with a 120 repeat on a detail map appears heavily pixelated, I'd take some pics, but I fear for your bowels)
On the side of using the system's memory, we are talking about notebook here. Performance, heck, even quality, are not my goal, but rather just the ability to play. I had no troubles running a pixel-shader-less 32mb card on Halo PC/CE as it wasn't my goal to have an amazing experience, by game play or graphics. I'm a mapper, plain and simple.
If all else fails, I do plan on purchasing more memory for my desktop, which has an ATI Radeon x800 that has always served me well.
[Edited on 04.10.2007 1:24 PM PDT]