Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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You can read about it here and download it here

Apparently, Halo gets a 20% increase in performance.

w00t!

[Edited on 6/9/2005]

  • 06.09.2005 9:30 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

Hmm, very interesting, nice post darthbob. :)

it says up to 20%, so hey, as long as I get any boost in preformance, I'm that much more happier especially now since my 9800 pro died and I'm back on my 9600 pro.. I want every f/s I can get. :P

  • 06.09.2005 12:54 PM PDT
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just got it today. Not only is performance improved, there are other options for video playback such as selecting a de-interlacing method and stuff.

  • 06.09.2005 6:16 PM PDT
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Much better on Doom 3, that's for sure. I can get at least 10-15fps more on anything.

  • 06.09.2005 6:26 PM PDT
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wawww, this makes me cry thinking about all the performance you guys are getting and me stuck with my lousy Nvidia card, oh well at least it's a kickass lousy videocard... :)

But then again I think I can look forward to Halo 2 PC being "officially" supported by Nvidia, wait a sec.., didn't MS drop Nvidia in for ATI to make the 360's graphics processor...oh crap.

  • 06.09.2005 8:39 PM PDT
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Thanks a bunch for the nfo bob...much needed since my dad is a cheap bastard and not geting me the XPS anytime soon.

  • 06.10.2005 1:23 PM PDT
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u think ur dad is a cheap bastard? I only have an 8400 with an ati x300se. I'd have to win the lottery to get an XPS.

  • 06.10.2005 3:54 PM PDT
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last post was off topic. There is an option to get an email alert when a new catalyst version comes out. If you go through the knowledge base section of the site to the catalyst downloads, there's a link that says "email topic". I got an email the day 5.6 came out.

  • 06.10.2005 3:58 PM PDT
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^^^ you defintiely got us there. I did buy halo myself, but $20 doesn't make me more poor than you.

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  • 06.10.2005 4:06 PM PDT
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especially now since my 9800 pro died and I'm back on my 9600 pro..
mines still alive and kicken. and i hope it stays that way because my old graphics card is not a pleasant fall back...

  • 06.10.2005 6:52 PM PDT
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it cant be any worse than my fall back, it made halo look like the first doom games and over clocked half the time.

  • 06.10.2005 6:55 PM PDT
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Yes i think my dad`s a cheap -blam!- cause i`m still stuck with my 3 or 4 year old heap that was a mid to low range PC 3 or 4 years ago!

And i HATE it when he gets my damn hopes up by saying -blam!- like "yeah...u know i`m not giving u that 1000 $ to make yourslef a custom rig...i`l get you the Dell XPS gen 4"...then about 2 weeks later he`s like "you don`t need such a PC,i`m not spending 2000$ on you"

oh but spending the 10000$ on your freakin tv was so much easier. dick

  • 06.11.2005 3:19 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

Aright, sure, you wish you had a better computer... BUT, remember this. This's his money, not yours. So he has supreme control over his cash. A man works his ass off for years, raises a family, he deserves a damn good tv. Game Point, no do-overs. Once you're oldert MST, you'll see, oh you'll see. ;)

Also, if you're legal age to work? get a job, make some cash, buy a comp. If he gets mad, say "hey, it's my cash. You spend yours the way you want, and I'll spend mine the way I want." Me bud's gotta pretty good job insulating houses, makes some serious cashflow during winter eh? so with that he's boughten a top-of-the-line asus mobo, with a x800 XT to go with it. Look at Davis, he's got ta job too, even better, in computers, so not only does he get good cash, but he gets company discount don't ya buddy? or, he's probably taking it a step further n' scavenging for deals.

Don't worry mst, once you're older man? you'll be in control of your cash, your time, your life. For now? you just gotta work with what you've got man.

  • 06.11.2005 5:23 PM PDT
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good point mard, and i feel for u, im still using my 9600pro and it hasn't failed yet but i get no good graphics out of it.

  • 06.11.2005 6:58 PM PDT
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Look guys the main broblem is that i`m no PC specialist(though maybe i should start somthing but there are WAY too many PC specialists in my town) and i don`t have so much time on my hands either and affter this summer vacation(starting in a week and lasts till sept 15th) i`l be in the 12th grade and last year of highschool.This whole school year i`ve been doing preparations and such with an architect and next school year i`l be going weekly not 1 every two weeks like till now and i`m takin up extra math classes too cause i`m gona aply to one of the 3 architecture uni`s in Romania and it`s hell at the admision test cause there are 50 places and we`r like 1000 or 2000 kids on 1 competing for 1 spot.
The good thing is that my dad was not all out cheap and was realy cool making a uni fond for me and i`l be getting money from that fond 5 years monthly if i get into collage :)
Then i`l have loads of money but still it`s over a year till then and i NEED a better PC.

I guess you are right about him spending his money on whatever he wants but still if he can afford 10000$ tv`s and this new house that he built in the last 3 years(btw we just moved in) then 2000$ shouldn`t be that much.I spouse he`s waiting for my mom to pay for my PC since they divorced and he feels like he`s doing everything i guess.But he should check his and her monthly pay.

  • 06.12.2005 1:06 AM PDT
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^^^ what pc do u have right now?

Try overclocking (ask some more experienced overclockers about this). It can give an old system some more pep, virtually for free.

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  • 06.12.2005 1:18 AM PDT
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U know that`s a good idea :)

and if my system is fried it`l get my dad to get me a new one
but i`l need a better cooler on my proc.

I`ve got a P4 @ 1.7GHz i think Prescott.
512 DDR PC3200
2X 40GB HDD`s one is a WD and the other a Seagate
a totaly CRAP radeon 9200 se

i realy need new optical drives cause my crud is starting to act up weirdly by not reading perfectly fine CD`s and such. and my DVD-rom is incapable of reading + or -

  • 06.12.2005 1:59 AM PDT
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wow, ur optical drive sucks. Do Prescott processors have a speed that low?

If you wanna upgrade, get a system that can have all or most of the following:

64 bit support
PCI-E: single or dual card support
SATA or the new SATA-2 (hard drive interface)

  • 06.12.2005 11:26 AM PDT
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All i can say is HA HA HA DUDE!!!! REALY FUNNY
Gimme the $ and i`l buy that system! belive me i would...oh wait u won`t give me money for that and neither will anybody else and i have no time to work!

read the above dad comments

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  • 06.12.2005 4:10 PM PDT