- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Erm, yeah, the xbox's graphics card is vastly inferior to most PC graphics cards these days. I still don't understand how they're going to make Halo 2 Xbox use Direct x 9 effects with a direct x 8 card.
Hey! I just found out something interesting, for those who think you need an Alienware to run Halo PC. I just booted up an old P3, 800MHz, 256MB ram and a ATi 9200 (dx 8.1 card) which apart from the ram is almost exactly the same as Halo's minimum requirements, I set the graphics to a reasonable level: 800x600, shadows on, particles on, textures medium, specular off (it wouldn't show up anyway with a 8.1 card, same as on xbox) and you know what? It works Brilliantly. Smooth, and almost completely lagless. That PC is about 4, maybe 5 years old. And it still makes Halo look better than the xbox version.
So if you still insist you need a PC bought last week for £2000 with the best gfx card in the world to run Halo smoothly, God help you.
[Edited on 10/18/2004 7:58:35 AM]