Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Mac user needs help

So NOW what?
What would happen if a BR and an SMG had kids? Halo Reach Spawn Weapon of choice, of course!

I have a brand new ibook 15" G4 and I've been playing Halo for Mac online. Its been fun but it feels like my screen to controller movement and shooting isn't fully smooth like on xbox live halo 2. Does anyone know if the G4 ibooks need a video card or some sort of video performance boost in order to play it like on the campaign? I do have high speeed Cable internet and thought that that combined with a new computer would be enough.

When use the shotgun it feels like the accuracy is off and the opponent gets off more shots or more accurate shots than me on many occasions. Im just curious if any mac users know how to boost the controller to screen and/or frame rate abilities. I have a feeling that despite my good connection that Halo PC/Mac cannot duplicate the smoothness of xbox live halo 2 that I enjoy regularly. Help from all would be greatly appreciated.

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  • 01.10.2006 10:43 AM PDT

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Computer: Power Mac G5 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 1.25 GB Bus Speed: 900 MHz

ATi Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Depth: 32-bit Color

When you start Halo, a dialog box should open up that lets you choose some graphics settings and other settings. There's also a checkbox that says "don't show me this box again", and if you checked it, you might not see it till you figure out how to get it back. You can choose pixel shaders, vertex shaders, etc in this box.

I checked the iBook on Apple's website. It seems like it would be ok for Halo, but I'm not an expert on video boards. There are some threads in this forum about video boards for the PC. You might get an idea of what settings you can use with the card you have.

This link might help:

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/games/news.html

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  • 01.10.2006 1:17 PM PDT

So NOW what?
What would happen if a BR and an SMG had kids? Halo Reach Spawn Weapon of choice, of course!

I am aware of that box before Halo starts up and I have not checked it to not show up again, it shows up and I have been tinkering with it almost ever time I log on to halo. I was posting to see if any gamers on here use a mac with a video card or software other than what comes with the ibook g4 Tiger. Thanks ill check that link.

  • 01.10.2006 2:44 PM PDT