Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Poll: Should Halo 2 be brought to PC ??  [closed]
yep, definitely:  83%
(19 Votes)
dunno:  4%
(1 Votes)
no way:  13%
(3 Votes)
Total Votes: 23

Hi Everyone
I was wondering what resolution and settings you are all running Halo PC on. Its just that the game seems to suffer on my machine from alot of slowdown. I've got a AMD 3000+, 1.5gb ram and an ATi Radeon 9200 256mb. I run the game on highest settings, at a resolution of 640x480. Many people i've talked to on this issue have replied that the game has 'bad coding', apparently a mistake on Bungie's part. If this is the case, will Bungie release a patch to solve the problem ?? Halo is such a great game that I feel outraged that XBOX owners get to play the game (AND its sequel) on a higher resolution than myself.

cheers,
D-Sti

  • 12.04.2004 3:43 AM PDT
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Where the BLAM have you been?
It is a no brainer that HALO for PC has a bad code, and Bungie ain't be goin to fix crap. I mean, they didn't make the game, gearbox did.

Go on, be outraged, no one cares.

  • 12.04.2004 3:45 AM PDT
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calm down. ive posted on tons of forums b4 bout this issue. evry1 just avoids answering, like its a dark little secret... i mean, if they arent going to bring halo 2 to pc, then they might as well fix halo. i mean for -blam!-s sake, halo on pc is one of the most popular online games now... its never empty of servers, and seeing as they've decided to get their arses into gear n make patches for it, they may aswell fix it while theyre at it.

oh and by the way... u bought a pc from alienware so ur obviously a moron.

  • 12.04.2004 3:50 AM PDT

what a monkey

were are the BUNGIE Servers I don't get any on my list of online games at the moment...........any idears anyone????

  • 12.09.2004 1:13 PM PDT
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Who the hell knows.

Probable they want to force us all to buy seX-box

//:=[

  • 12.09.2004 1:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: BRUNNEN G
Who the hell knows.

Probable they want to force us all to buy seX-box

//:=[

bear in mind that microsoft loses $5 everytime an xbox is sold
halo 2 better come to pc.
i didn't buy my nvidia 6600GT for nothing

  • 12.09.2004 1:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: Iamwhie

Posted by: BRUNNEN G
Who the hell knows.

Probable they want to force us all to buy seX-box

//:=[

bear in mind that microsoft loses $5 everytime an xbox is sold
halo 2 better come to pc.
i didn't buy my nvidia 6600GT for nothing



Yeah true!

I have, however, a suspicion that they dont care about that if it leads towards world domination, eh?

Prices and volumes can go up late.

Bg

PS! heard about the fun games .xls, .ppt, .doc etc ? There were alternatives just a decade ago.

  • 12.09.2004 2:07 PM PDT
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By the way lamwhie:

<what most people don't realize is that the Rocket Launcher is a close-range weapon... >

Truest thing I heard today!

You can rather easy take out a tank with the gun (close the the bunker that is)

  • 12.09.2004 2:11 PM PDT
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Why are you people buying NVidia Cards. Ever since the fued between ATI and NVidia has been going on, ATI has always been better. Why can't you see that???

It's also more expensive with NVidia!!!

  • 12.09.2004 8:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: D Sti
Hi Everyone
I was wondering what resolution and settings you are all running Halo PC on. Its just that the game seems to suffer on my machine from alot of slowdown. I've got a AMD 3000+, 1.5gb ram and an ATi Radeon 9200 256mb. I run the game on highest settings, at a resolution of 640x480. Many people i've talked to on this issue have replied that the game has 'bad coding', apparently a mistake on Bungie's part. If this is the case, will Bungie release a patch to solve the problem ?? Halo is such a great game that I feel outraged that XBOX owners get to play the game (AND its sequel) on a higher resolution than myself.

cheers,
D-Sti


about your system, the main reason you arent getting the best performance out of it is cause your video card lacks a little bit in the speed category. The radeon 9200 is a good chip, and you struck gold with the 256 mb, but... to compensate for the "bad" coding in halo, you would need something a little bit faster. I say, if you arent having any trouble otherwise, just play the game. maybe decrease the options a little. like to medium tex, no speculars, and no shadows. that should bring your performance way up.

  • 12.09.2004 8:43 PM PDT
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The 9200 isnt a "good chip" With my 9600 almost pro I can run at 800x600 with all graphics settings maxed out. Both of our cards are getting outdated, a good video to upgrade to right now would be the Nvidia 6600GT, it is more powerful than a 9800XT and costs less than one at about 200$ USD. Wait a few months and prices will come down.

[Edited on 12/10/2004 10:57:48 PM]

  • 12.10.2004 10:38 PM PDT
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Hey yas

you have two options
1 go get a new video card like a 9600 xt, 9800 pro, 5700, 5900, 6800, or even x800's
2 or what you can do is get the latest Catalyst drivers for your 9200 card, and also turn down your video settings, like specular, and start lowering everything else on the video options menu

  • 12.11.2004 12:24 AM PDT
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what i meant by good card is that it can run dx9 games, and is inexpensive
its just not for the involved gamer thats all

  • 12.11.2004 1:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spartan_0214
Why are you people buying NVidia Cards. Ever since the fued between ATI and NVidia has been going on, ATI has always been better. Why can't you see that???

It's also more expensive with NVidia!!!

in preformance:
ati=nvidia
it's equal, but diffrent

in price:
ATi<Nvidia
nvidia's cards are realy expensive
having driver's that work:
nvidia>ATi
true the new nvidia driver sucks, but on the whole, nvidia's driver's work and ATi's drivers are usualy crap that fix one game, but causes problems in others

  • 12.11.2004 7:44 PM PDT
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hmm
i think that you have the first stat wrong
performance
ati>nvidia
and i would like to add one more
displaying everything right
ati>nvidia
look at the active camouflage for instance
ati=looks right
nvidia=just a transparent person

  • 12.11.2004 10:15 PM PDT
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if you dident vote yes on the pole you should die in a firey death. anyways... ati is king i have graphic cards from both and my ati has beter textur quality, preforms beter, and comes with cooler -blam!-. thoses of you who have doom 3 understand why this is so important.

  • 12.12.2004 2:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Heero Yuy
hmm
i think that you have the first stat wrong
performance
ati>nvidia
and i would like to add one more
displaying everything right
ati>nvidia
look at the active camouflage for instance
ati=looks right
nvidia=just a transparent person

that's just one (big) example. for halo, nvidia has litrelaly HUNDREDS of little fixes, that make up for invisibility being off.
i'll try to find the list again...

  • 12.12.2004 2:57 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

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  • 12.13.2004 12:26 AM PDT