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Subject: HELP!! Someone plz tell me if my PC will be able to play Halo 2 VISTA.
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There is just something magical about leaning your head back, letting your eyes roll into the back of your head, and taking a piss while floating in the swimming pool.

I just upgraded to Vista Ultimate and think the OS is pretty nice. I haven't had a problem with it at all except when it comes to my gaming. My system is;

AMD 64 FX-57 2.8 Ghz
4gb Corsair XMS 400mhz
Dual SLI nVidia 7800GTX 256mb
10,000rpm Raptor Drive
playin on 24"'s of Dell love!

So, things ran awesome with every game I threw at it with Windows XP but with Windows Vista things are way different. I'm a huge Half Life 2 Deathmatch fan and I've never had an issue playing it. Now, even with all my hardware the games frame rates are extremely low at 1920X1200 and I have to turn it down to 1680X1080. When I played Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion it ran perfect with XP but Vista it is terrible!!!

My Vista Experience ranking is such;
Component Details Subscore Base score

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-57 Processor 4.4
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 4.6
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 5.9
Gaming graphics 527 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
Primary hard disk 37GB Free (69GB Total) 5.7
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate


Is Microsoft going to fix the problems? What exactly are the problems? Am I going to be able to play Halo 2 Vista without problems or should I just skip it?

I need some advice guys. Help!!!

  • 04.11.2007 10:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Have you updated your drivers.

  • 04.11.2007 11:10 PM PDT
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well yes it will and id figure youd know that, plz read the stickies and look at other threads before going and being an idiot.


check this - http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=10491683

  • 04.11.2007 11:11 PM PDT
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There is just something magical about leaning your head back, letting your eyes roll into the back of your head, and taking a piss while floating in the swimming pool.

Pink Ferry,

Why don't you make like a tree and leave! I asked an honest question and wasn't looking for a dicklike answer.

  • 04.11.2007 11:18 PM PDT
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You should have no trouble at all running it, the reason your other games are running so bad is lack of good drivers for Vista, Hopefully by the time it comes out nVidia will have decent drivers available. For Half-Life you should go have a look on their forums and someone might have found a fix ;-)

  • 04.11.2007 11:22 PM PDT
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well with that kind of hardware you cant be hardware-stupid so id figure you knew what uou were doing and just trying to show off... like all the other fr00bs here. id try drivers. seeing as all the drivers for vista are still terrible. if new drivers dont work id just w8 till new ones are out.

  • 04.11.2007 11:25 PM PDT
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There is just something magical about leaning your head back, letting your eyes roll into the back of your head, and taking a piss while floating in the swimming pool.

The computer was given to me and I don't know much about computer hardware hence why I was asking. Drivers are something I haven't looked into other than what Vista has updated for me. I'll look into that. Pink, calm down dude and don't be such an -blam!-. Jesus!

  • 04.11.2007 11:31 PM PDT
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Did googling the system requirements for Halo 2 Vista not even cross your mind? Because, believe it or not, doing your own research is quicker and more accurate than asking a question that's been asked and answered about a billion times already. Hence, the hostility you've recieved. So please, in the future, read the stickies, and try doing some research before you ask a question.

  • 04.12.2007 12:25 AM PDT

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Wow! Thats all I really have to say, because I marvel at people's inability to think of google.

[Edited on 04.12.2007 8:20 AM PDT]

  • 04.12.2007 8:20 AM PDT
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There is just something magical about leaning your head back, letting your eyes roll into the back of your head, and taking a piss while floating in the swimming pool.

I find it mind boggling that you people would rather take the time of day to -blam!- and moan and complain about someone's post or question instead of answering the question.

Instead of crying like little girls sitting in their diapers about the post, why don't you just move on or answer the question. Clearly the self esteem in these chatrooms is so low that constant bombardment of degrading statements have to be obtained in order to bring one's self up. Pathetic!

  • 04.12.2007 8:40 AM PDT
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We complain because, like I've said before, we see this exact same question about 5 times a day. So before you go and bite our heads off, take a minute to look at things from our perspective. This is a forum, not a chatroom. Meaning we like to answer intelligent questions. Not questions that could easily be solved with a 30 second google search. Ask a stupid question, expect a stupid answer.

So why don't you use a little common sense next time and 1: Post your question in one of the many, many other topics of the same name. Or 2: Google it yourself so you don't even have to ask it. And if you have a problem with this forum, then as you've said so eloquently before, make like a tree and leave.

  • 04.12.2007 9:30 AM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Posted by: cromy1
I find it mind boggling that you people would rather take the time of day to -blam!- and moan and complain about someone's post or question instead of answering the question.

Instead of crying like little girls sitting in their diapers about the post, why don't you just move on or answer the question. Clearly the self esteem in these chatrooms is so low that constant bombardment of degrading statements have to be obtained in order to bring one's self up. Pathetic!

I don't remember posting *tear*tear* nor do I remember anyone else posting that, how about instead of trying to shoot back at those that know what they are talking about you listen. What do you say to that? Oh and there are stickies for a reason.

  • 04.12.2007 1:05 PM PDT
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No offense, but stickies exist because people keep posting the same questions over and over again :/

To answer your question, SLI and Vista don't mix, because Vista still lacks good drivers. Therefore your second GF7800GTX is practically useless. You can pretty much just wait for nVidia to release a driver with SLI support.

  • 04.13.2007 6:53 AM PDT
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There is just something magical about leaning your head back, letting your eyes roll into the back of your head, and taking a piss while floating in the swimming pool.

Posted by: namiskuukkeli
No offense, but stickies exist because people keep posting the same questions over and over again :/

To answer your question, SLI and Vista don't mix, because Vista still lacks good drivers. Therefore your second GF7800GTX is practically useless. You can pretty much just wait for nVidia to release a driver with SLI support.


Golly, that is pathetic on nvidia's part. SLI has become the norm IMO and I would have thought for sure that the drivers would support SLI. Even with that being the case and only one graphics card is "working" as you say, I shouldn't be having issues with games like Half life 2 or Oblivion. Damn.

  • 04.15.2007 8:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_101.41.html go download

  • 04.15.2007 9:01 PM PDT
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u have to look on your pc that has a sticker that says vista compatible

  • 04.15.2007 9:20 PM PDT
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u have to look on your pc that has a sticker that says vista compatible


No no no, he said he already had Vista. He want's to know if he can run Halo 2 Vista.

  • 04.15.2007 9:30 PM PDT