- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I'm a bit dissatisfied with most everyone's posts in this thread. Lets start from the top and work our way down:
Posted by: Master Kim
Do you honestly expect this to run Halo 2 Vista?
The only reason you can play Halo or Half-Life 2 at such high-resolutions is because the rest of your parts are high-end to make up for your crappy GPU--I'm not even sure if you can categorize your integrated chipset as a video card. Just buy something else. Like a GeForce 7950.
Do you even know anything about the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3000? Yes, it is integrated and probably not as good as many dedicated graphics cards. Having said that, I think you should do a little research and know what exactly you're talking about before you run your mouth... or fingers as the case may be, and make false assumptions. The IGMA X3000 is an extremely improved and unlike previous intel integrated cards before it. It runs Vista's Aero feature on both 32 and 64 bit PC's. Will it be able to run H2V? Who the hell knows? But if you aren't exactly sure, can you really say that it won't? Halo PC, though not as demanding as current games are, runs on integrated graphics chips, despite the lack of T&L, and shader support.
Overall, I'd say the X3000 is a decent chipset for what you pay for it. It offers 8 full-featured unified pipelines running at 667 MHz. This is a quite high clock speed compared to most GPUs, which are generally between 400 MHz (low-end) and 667 (high-end). Intel datasheets say there are 2 pixel pipelines, for total of around 1.33Gpixels/. It can also share up to 384MB of RAM with the computer's CPU.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, computers cannot overcompensate for lack of graphic card power with other components. Like Recoton said, he runs Half-Life 2 fine on relatively high resolution and max settings. Yeah, high RAM and the CPU frequency is extremely nice, but it is not going to run a game by itself. The card is ultimately responsible for that. Looking at the list of games that can run on that chipset, I have to say, like LOL Walmart, that I think Halo 2 Vista will most likely run, though maybe not look the best.
Posted by: staticx576
Posted by: No Refunds
Yes it wil, read the stickies. ..
Care to explain where the stickies said anything about this class of video processor?
Excellent point static. I don't know about anyone else, but for me, I'm tired of people replying to case specific, hardware "can it run H2V" threads with a form of "read the stickies" in it. Yes, the stickies tell you the minimum requirements of the game... Whoop-dee-doo! Does that help in any way? Obviously not. How can a list of system requirements adequately answer a specific question about meeting those same requirements?
Posted by: Desert Fox RWTF
Integrated Graphics??? eeeewwwww!!! And where is the "I don't know what stickies!" are option?
Where's the GTFO or GTFU option for people like you?
How can the stickies help? He even said
I have looked at the minimum specs of the game, but I'm still uncertain.
He wants clarification to quell his uncertainty. He knows the minimum requirements already. What would reading them again do for him? Again, the FAQ offers no "case specific" information on the application of the requirements. What is so hard to understand?
And for "Pink-blam!-47''s post, read immediately above ^
Finally, I would like to say that Recoton handled himself excellently in this thread. The best way to deal with national-socialists flamers is to put them in their place. Your question was absolutely reasonable, and I congratulate you on replying in a mature and thoughtful manner and for conducting yourself accordingly.
End outrageous harangue.
Cheers.
[Edited on 04.25.2007 12:58 PM PDT]