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Subject: Severe "The Maw" Lag Problems

my main computer, an iMac bought january 2010, can handle pretty much anything in halo with no or minimal lag. unfortunately, the warthog run at the end of The Maw gives me about 3-5 FPS. and that's without fps counters or screen recorders. it seems to be worse on legendary (although i beat it on legendary!), but happens in all difficulties.

what would cause this level in particular to lag?

  • 07.16.2010 1:42 PM PDT
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Possibly has something to do with the huge amount of explosions.

Try turning the particles off, if you haven't already done so. :)

  • 07.16.2010 4:45 PM PDT
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Nvidia sucks.

  • 07.16.2010 5:13 PM PDT

I disagree

  • 07.16.2010 5:39 PM PDT
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Nvidia has a problem with Halo 1 Decals.

  • 07.16.2010 6:32 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 only experience "decal lag" on Vista and 7. Seems to be okay for me on XP (and LuNiX). Just mentioning.

On-topic: Never used a Mac, and can only agree with Btcc. Try dropping all the detail levels. I don't see anything going on graphically in The Maw that is any different from previous campaign levels aside from masses of massive explosions.

EDIT: If you use AF, try lowering the intensity or disabling completely. When I use high levels of AF on XP (like more than 4x) I get some bad FPS drops during particle events like dust and smoke, particularly in combination with vsync.

I think it's hard to say for certain since every system seems to have its own quirks.

[Edited on 07.16.2010 10:47 PM PDT]

  • 07.16.2010 10:18 PM PDT

Grenades are like RAM, you can never have too much

i had it on vista, with only a 8600 ran fine maxed out
i think its more the OS and the processor than nvidea cards

  • 07.19.2010 8:16 AM PDT
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Yeah. That's right. I don't have a 50 in H3. I never got Onyx in Reach. If a game sucks too much, I won't even bother trying for such trivial "accolades". Besides, I've done way more things that take far more skill and talent than anything that can be done in a video game.

Posted by: Moifugley
Nvidia has a problem with Halo 1 Decals.

And ATi cards have problems with many games that use the video card for physics calculations. Every kind of card is going to have a problem, and you can't bash an entire brand simply because one thing in one game doesn't work that well.

  • 07.19.2010 12:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: DusK
Posted by: Moifugley
Nvidia has a problem with Halo 1 Decals.

And ATi cards have problems with many games that use the video card for physics calculations. Every kind of card is going to have a problem, and you can't bash an entire brand simply because one thing in one game doesn't work that well.
True...xD

  • 07.19.2010 1:27 PM PDT

Macs were never made for gaming.

  • 07.19.2010 5:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gaara444
Macs were never made for gaming.
Doesn't mean they can't game.

  • 07.20.2010 6:00 AM PDT

Posted by: Moifugley
Posted by: Gaara444
Macs were never made for gaming.
Doesn't mean they can't game.
Yeah but lets face it you had to choose between a PC or a Mac when it came to gaming, which would you choose?

  • 07.20.2010 1:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gaara444
Posted by: Moifugley
Posted by: Gaara444
Macs were never made for gaming.
Doesn't mean they can't game.
Yeah but lets face it you had to choose between a PC or a Mac when it came to gaming, which would you choose?
of course I'd choose PC. =P

  • 07.20.2010 1:30 PM PDT

thanks guys, i fixed it.

problem solved either way, i just bought an xbox and halo 3. :)

  • 07.20.2010 5:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: Moifugley
Nvidia has a problem with Halo 1 Decals.

I never had lag problems with all my nvidia cards with halo 1 or 2

  • 07.20.2010 6:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dark Spartan 218
Posted by: Moifugley
Nvidia has a problem with Halo 1 Decals.

I never had lag problems with all my nvidia cards with halo 1 or 2
It was a Vista related driver issue, maybe they sorted it out?

  • 07.21.2010 4:36 AM PDT