- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
With all settings enabled you cna only run at 800x600? I had a 9600XT and only enabled half of the stuff and ran at that, with about 27fps.
It's Halo, dude. For the graphics you get it does -blam!- your pc. Even my high end X850XT warship can only snag 65fps on high settings at higher resolutions. I can get double that on newer games.
Granted, 65fps isn't bad - but my point is that Halo is a very demanding game. Your hardware and system is fine, it's the game engine. If you can get the high settings on unreal tournament on a higher resolution you're right where you should be with a 9800XT. Just know - the graphical porting job done by Gearbox for Halo leaves a bit to be desired. The killer is the shaders they use, and the lighting - the lighting is too demanding for what you get, same with specular.
Sorry, but that's Halo :(