- MinkOWar
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Posted by: Toxic Lag
Posted by: MinkOWar
So, Halo 2 PC is being ported to Vista because it will be better? Halo 2 runs on a modified Windows 2000 operating system, doesn't it? So how is anyone going to be able to tell the quality difference between one compatible with XP and one compatible with Vista? I think this rationalization is a bit flimsy.
Halo 2 PC is being ported to Vista because it may help sell copied of Vista. That is the main reason, and we all know. I don't mind that though, because it makes sense. It's marketing, it's smart, it's Microsoft. That's not what I resent.
I resent being told up front that it is not the reason for the choice at all. I can respect your decision to sell te game however the -blam!- you want, it IS you game. I can't respect Bungie and Microsoft not acknowledging it though.
Respect me enough to tell me to my face, I'd do the same for you.
*Sigh* If you don't know what you are talking about, please, don't talk.
YES, the Xbox runs on a modified Windows, BUT the Xbox's configuration is considerably different from that of a normal PC, while its OS is Windows, its hardware isn't configured like your PC, the comparison you are trying to make is impossible, its like comparing a Gameboy to a Toaster, they are completely different machines.
Have you played the Halo: CE port to PC? It's God-awful! The reason is because the game was just directly ported. Windows Vista DOES help to improve a computer for gaming capability, it helps it to run games as big as the Halo 2 port will be, and 2000/XP WOULD NOT be able to handle Halo 2. It can't handle Halo: CE.
The reason that console games run so well on consoles, but no on PCs: PC's display at MUCH HIGHER resolutions. They have tighter image displays than TV's. Standard VGA is 720:480, gaming computers can routinely run up at resolutions above 2000:800. Because of the higher resolutions clearer images can be displayed on a computer, requiring more and better hardware, since consoles run things at such a low res they require less hardware, and lesser versions of it.
Now--be quiet.
You seem to have missed my point, Captain "computer games can run at higher resolutions" Ovbious. Besides, it was all several hours ago, not so annoyed at it anymore. Go away.
VGA is 640 x 480. By the way, Halo PC runs just fine on my machine, with an AMD 2400, and Radeon 9600 at 1024x768. I can't see the difference between the Xbox and PC, other than the resolution. If the few people who could actually tell the difference didn't go around complaining about Halo PC's port, most people wouldn't even notice.