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Subject: How to properly run H2V!
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Settings screen

That's how I'm running it at the moment, and I'm getting steady 50-60 FPS!

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ECS Mobo
SATA HDD
2GB DDR2 800 RAM
Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Radeon HD 3850 256MB

I suggest getting a 3850 or 3870 if you want to run H2V and modern games well. I have had no problems with anything I throw at it, including Shadowrun, H2V, Crysis, and SCDA.

  • 01.13.2008 5:15 PM PDT

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I don't no anything about ati, but i think 256 shoudl run it at max. My nvidia geforce 8600 256mb can run at the res of 16??x14?? highest settings, and it does same thing for cod4 and bioshock and for crysis at medium , and can play all games at highest anti-alising at no lag, i thought anything with 256mb could run halo 2 at highest settings.

  • 01.13.2008 6:01 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

I'm getting an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT today. Maybe that will work...

  • 01.15.2008 12:31 PM PDT

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well look on the bright side if it doesn't work you'll be able to run crysis pretty on high setings

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  • 01.15.2008 2:23 PM PDT

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Medium settings at best. Even I run H2V at 1440x900 w/ 4xAA and High settings with a consistent 80FPS.

Crysis is an absolute beast and really puts this game to shame in terms of graphical fidelity, however, I attempt to play with High Post Processing and High Shaders and the framerate takes a serious hit. We're talkin' 25FPS at 1280x768.

  • 01.15.2008 4:56 PM PDT

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Well, I'm running Halo 2 Vista @ 1680x1050 on highest detail with 4x sampling rate and getting ~55FPS even during a fire fight, I usually stick with the 2x sampling rate and I get 65FPS smoothly on an average.
Specs: AMD X2 5000+ 2.61Ghz
500GB Western Digital
Asus Mobo
2GB OCZ Titanium Series
256mb XFX nVidia 8600GTS
Case: MicroATX form factor (I just call it the Cube)
After I start upgrading my computer, I will replace the Processor, Add more ram to get 4gb's, and Up my video card.
I still put more case fans on this case, it just hot boxes its self and runs on an average with no load: 37*C with load: 52*C

  • 01.15.2008 10:58 PM PDT
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How to properly run H2V:

1. Slap yourself for even buying the product in the first place.
2. Make up for your shame by taking a hammer to the disk.
3. Record the destruction.
4. Mail a copy of the video to Bungie/Microsoft to let them know how you felt about the product.

  • 01.17.2008 7:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Stop trolling please.

kthxbai

  • 01.17.2008 8:01 PM PDT
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would core 2 duo e6850@3.00GHz work good on h2v and be fast


thanks

  • 01.18.2008 2:46 AM PDT
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Posted by: Aj6627
Stop trolling please.

kthxbai

Trolling does not equate being honest.

kthxbai

  • 01.18.2008 8:04 AM PDT

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*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*

Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Posted by: Aj6627
Stop trolling please.

kthxbai

Trolling does not equate being honest.

kthxbai


Stop trolling, it's getting old. We get it that you hate h2v so there is no reason you need to come in here.

  • 01.18.2008 9:31 AM PDT
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Despite the fact Halo 2 Vista is not even worthy to be a paper weight on my desk, Agamemnon, Static is right. You're not contributing to the discussion.

Anyways, Aj, why would you defile a machine like yours by installing Halo 2 on it? :)

[Edited on 01.18.2008 11:20 AM PST]

  • 01.18.2008 11:14 AM PDT
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Epic double post manuever.

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  • 01.18.2008 11:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: staticx576
Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Posted by: Aj6627
Stop trolling please.

kthxbai

Trolling does not equate being honest.

kthxbai


Stop trolling, it's getting old. We get it that you hate h2v so there is no reason you need to come in here.

I don't hate H2V, I'm dissatisfied with the quality of the product, and every time someone comes here talking like it's a game is an insult to my intelligence. I can express my opinion. Don't like it? Don't read my posts.

  • 01.18.2008 11:53 AM 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*

Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Posted by: staticx576
Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Posted by: Aj6627
Stop trolling please.

kthxbai

Trolling does not equate being honest.

kthxbai


Stop trolling, it's getting old. We get it that you hate h2v so there is no reason you need to come in here.

I don't hate H2V, I'm dissatisfied with the quality of the product, and every time someone comes here talking like it's a game is an insult to my intelligence. I can express my opinion. Don't like it? Don't read my posts.

No one is insulting your intelligence as no one is talking to you. Don't like it? Don't post about it.

Lets be honest about this, don't try to insult my intelligence when you are clearly wrong about what you did and looking for an excuse to feel better about it.

Let us review, the title of the thread is clearly: "How to properly run H2V!" No where in there does it mention your name and you do hate the game so there is literally no reason for you to come in and troll. And the sad fact, as stated above, that you are making excuses such as being "honest". Trolling and honesty are NOT mutually exclusive so while you honestly feel that the game is a bust it doesn't mean it can't be trolling when posted in this thread.

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  • 01.18.2008 5:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Have you even played a legal copy of the game Agg?

  • 01.18.2008 5:57 PM PDT

Posted by: Aj6627
Have you even played a legal copy of the game Agg?

I know I have and its not that bad

  • 01.19.2008 1:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: Death2BlueCheese
im afraid im gonna have to confiscate your testicles.

What are you, the Cyber police? lol.

Posted by: Master Kim
Despite the fact Halo 2 Vista is not even worthy to be a paper weight on my desk, Agamemnon, Static is right. You're not contributing to the discussion.

Anyways, Aj, why would you defile a machine like yours by installing Halo 2 on it? :)
Whats wrong with it? I cant figure out what is so bad about H2V, it cant be that bad...

  • 01.19.2008 1:58 PM PDT
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Whats wrong with it? I cant figure out what is so bad about H2V, it cant be that bad...


Me neither. I have seen a bunch of glitches, but theres just a couple that wasn't in the Xbox version. There's high resolution, lots of pretty pictures, and the framerate is better than Halo PC (at least for me). I would expect better if it was original or if they just started over and remade it for PC, but its a port, and they didn't spend that much time on it.

  • 01.19.2008 6:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: staticx576
Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Posted by: staticx576
Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Posted by: Aj6627
Stop trolling please.

kthxbai

Trolling does not equate being honest.

kthxbai


Stop trolling, it's getting old. We get it that you hate h2v so there is no reason you need to come in here.

I don't hate H2V, I'm dissatisfied with the quality of the product, and every time someone comes here talking like it's a game is an insult to my intelligence. I can express my opinion. Don't like it? Don't read my posts.

No one is insulting your intelligence as no one is talking to you. Don't like it? Don't post about it.

See, that doesn't work that way. We have this little thing called "freedom of speech." It means I'm at liberty to say things you very much won't like to hear. So, once again, tough s***. Get over it.

Posted by: staticx576
Lets be honest about this, don't try to insult my intelligence when you are clearly wrong about what you did and looking for an excuse to feel better about it.

Wrong about what? Trying to get people to avoid this God-awful product? Oh yes, I admit to my defeat; you win. I'm terrible for trying to get people to spend their money on something worth it.

Posted by: staticx576
Let us review, the title of the thread is clearly: "How to properly run H2V!" No where in there does it mention your name and you do hate the game so there is literally no reason for you to come in and troll. And the sad fact, as stated above, that you are making excuses such as being "honest". Trolling and honesty are NOT mutually exclusive so while you honestly feel that the game is a bust it doesn't mean it can't be trolling when posted in this thread.

Uh huh. Sure thing there chief. I mean, I'm obviously the only one who considers it a bust. It's been down-reviewed from just about everyone and its insane requirements to play, couple with the numerous bugs that were met at launch, and then include the fact that it had one of the most silent releases of all times, and then count the number of peak players there are, and the statistics speak for theirselves.

You hypocritically talk about "trolling" because you lack the initiative to see this game as anything else but what you got from the Xbox version, and to you you're not feeling so bad about it, despite the Xbox version being littered with glitches and the fact that Bungie left out about half the planned content for their third game. Whereas we received new weapons and extensively new content in the first PC port, we received NOTHING new in this one, and the whole button interface was an attestment to how much effort was put into this game. I mean, what, with the whole, "Press A to continue" garbage.

So yeah, it's not my fault you can stomach recycled, down-played garbage and then also sit there and talk about this horrid port like it's a real game. I seriously worry about the future of mankind when someone out there goes to drop $50 for this garbage.

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Have you even played a legal copy of the game Agg?

Yes.

  • 01.20.2008 4:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
Uh huh. Sure thing there chief. I mean, I'm obviously the only one who considers it a bust. It's been down-reviewed from just about everyone and its insane requirements to play, couple with the numerous bugs that were met at launch, and then include the fact that it had one of the most silent releases of all times, and then count the number of peak players there are, and the statistics speak for theirselves.

You hypocritically talk about "trolling" because you lack the initiative to see this game as anything else but what you got from the Xbox version, and to you you're not feeling so bad about it, despite the Xbox version being littered with glitches and the fact that Bungie left out about half the planned content for their third game. Whereas we received new weapons and extensively new content in the first PC port, we received NOTHING new in this one, and the whole button interface was an attestment to how much effort was put into this game. I mean, what, with the whole, "Press A to continue" garbage.

So yeah, it's not my fault you can stomach recycled, down-played garbage and then also sit there and talk about this horrid port like it's a real game. I seriously worry about the future of mankind when someone out there goes to drop $50 for this garbage.
Perhaps I would agree with you, Agamemz0rs, but that's not what this thread is about. :/

  • 01.20.2008 5:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

If you read the ToU, then you will see that there is no freedom of speech on a privately owned forum. ;)

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Posted by: Agamemnon582bc
See, that doesn't work that way. We have this little thing called "freedom of speech." It means I'm at liberty to say things you very much won't like to hear. So, once again, tough s***. Get over it.

Under my recollection, generally, people who exercise freedom of speech get shot.

Just because your allowed to say it doesn't mean we can't jump on your ass trying to get you to shut up.

And if you really want to show your intelligence I suggest you not do it on a gaming website devoted to unrealistic fighting games created for low IQ 13 year olds. In truth Aggy, I think your an idiot. (freedom of speech har dibilly ha ha) You write all the time, in every post, like you have some superiority over the general person. You act like some how your killing our consumerist ways by telling us to not buy a product. In the end, none of this -blam!- matters. You can act smart, you can use big words, but in the end, all everyone is talking about is a game devoted to NOT thinking. If you want to prove that your intelligent, go do it on some political board or blog, because here your nothing but a hypocrite.

  • 01.20.2008 9:13 AM PDT