- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Ok... OP
1st off im in a similar boat.
2nd go to help and support, type in "windows score" in the search bar. Whats your computers overall ranking?
Halo 2 Vista requires a ranking of 3.0 its recommended comp ranking is 5.0.
ok the way the score works is it rates your computers componentes and then rates you by the lowest one. I have 2.6 in memory (1.5gig of ram) so i get an overall of 2.6 (rest of my comp is 3-5 range) (my motherboard can only handle 2.0gig so im in the market for 1 gig dimm. SOON)
In the meantime H2V runs slugish on low setting with no AA on, but only when multiple peeps are on the screen. im counting 15 or so for slow down. I am in 800by600 setting too. (my graphics card is an ati x1300 512meg card, it can handle more but Vista is a ram hog)
here this should help....
Windows Vista Premium Requirements:
Processor: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
System memory: 1 GB
Graphics processor: Windows Aero Capable, WDDM driver, Pixel Shader 2.0, 32 bits per pixel (Intel, ATI, NVIDIA, S3, Via)
Graphics memory: 128 MB
Hard drive space: 40 GB
Hard drive free space: 15 GB
Optical Drive: DVD-ROM
thats just to run Vista
now add this to that
here are the requirements for H2V:
OS: Windows Vista™
Processor: 2 Ghz Pentium 4 class processor (or x64)
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 7 GB
Video Card: DX9 graphics card: WDDM driver, PS 2.0/32BPP, At least nVidia 6000 or ATI x700 or above
Online Multi-player: Internet connection for Games for Windows – LIVE
Drive: DVD-ROM drive
ok now the way windows Vista works Memory wise is if the memory it wants is avaliable it takes it. So it wants 1 gig. and so does Halo 2. For best preformance you will want 2 gig in your box. That way each will get what they want and not have to share.
[Edited on 05.24.2007 11:02 AM PDT]