Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Can't get Halo: Combat Evolved PC to run. :(

blahoogana (bluh·hoo·gan·uh), noun - er, just call me Josh.

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So I installed the game fine. When I tried to start a new campaign, though, the screen went black and the whole thing crashed. :'( I've installed patch 1.09 but it still does the same thing. Ughhh. . .help please.

  • 04.16.2011 3:06 PM PDT

Hey there,

What are your specs? You should update your graphics card drivers. Run the game in safemode by following these instructions

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/PC_Safe_Mode

  • 04.16.2011 3:46 PM PDT

blahoogana (bluh·hoo·gan·uh), noun - er, just call me Josh.

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I just ran it in safe mode and it did the same thing. :/

My graphics card is SiS Mirage 3 Graphics with 184 MB. How do I go about updating the driver?

  • 04.16.2011 4:01 PM PDT

Wait, your graphics card isn't nvidia, ati, or even intel?!

Sorry dude, its not powerful enough to run halo. Driver updates won't help

  • 04.16.2011 4:33 PM PDT

blahoogana (bluh·hoo·gan·uh), noun - er, just call me Josh.

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Dang it, that's what I figured. :/ Haha updated it for nothing. Well, I guess I could save up for a new card. Any suggestions? Lol dirt cheap preferably, just enough to run Halo so my twenty bucks wasn't wasted.

  • 04.16.2011 5:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: BL4H00G4N4
Dang it, that's what I figured. :/ Haha updated it for nothing. Well, I guess I could save up for a new card. Any suggestions? Lol dirt cheap preferably, just enough to run Halo so my twenty bucks wasn't wasted.
Look around on here

In fact, I might get one from that list... Mine is terrible now. xD

[Edited on 04.16.2011 5:36 PM PDT]

  • 04.16.2011 5:32 PM PDT

blahoogana (bluh·hoo·gan·uh), noun - er, just call me Josh.

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How does this one look, guys? It's only 15 bucks with a sweet rebate.

  • 04.16.2011 6:11 PM PDT
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It might run it... like crap.

  • 04.17.2011 12:21 AM PDT

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What's your budget... you might just want a new PC all together

  • 04.17.2011 1:02 AM PDT

A 210? those cards have very poor preformance, but whatever your getting, definatly get a nvidia, they are better that ati's I have a geforce GTX 260, its old but can run crysis on max settings :D

  • 04.17.2011 5:40 AM PDT

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This is the same model video card but it's using DDR3 and is much faster than the other GT 210. It should have no problems running Halo PC even at high resolutions.

  • 04.18.2011 8:02 AM PDT

blahoogana (bluh·hoo·gan·uh), noun - er, just call me Josh.

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Posted by: Ancients
This is the same model video card but it's using DDR3 and is much faster than the other GT 210. It should have no problems running Halo PC even at high resolutions.

Eff, fifty bucks. . .you sure the other one wouldn't work?

  • 04.18.2011 5:53 PM PDT

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I think you're best off actually TELLING US YOUR SPECS AND BUDGET

So we could actually help you. No offense, but we can't tell you what would work if we don't know what we're dealing with.

  • 04.19.2011 6:17 AM PDT

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Your going to end up paying almost 50 bucks for the other 210 anyways with shipping and handling. I'm not sure but a 64bit card with DDR2 isn't that well suited for gaming.

  • 04.19.2011 10:56 AM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

The bungie.net community is the halo PC community that is renowned for being unbelieveably sucky.

There are a handful of SiS cards that Halo PC supports, which you can see if you examine the config file.

Run dxdiag and look under the display tab for the device ID/chip type, it will be something like 0x0554.

  • 04.19.2011 11:36 AM PDT