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Subject: Halo 2 vista's hardware requirements?
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Alright, the purpose of this thread is to show bungie that we are just contented with the way Halo 2 looks and plays, we just want to make it clear to them that we don't need them to go knocking up the graphics on the game any more like they did with the first Halo. I have a Pentium 4 3.02 gig processor (no typos anywhere in that) 1.512 gigs of ram, and a Radeon 9250 256 MHz video card, and my pc still has incredible framerate issues with the game. I'm almost certain that all of us whom have played the halo 2 xbox version are looking forward to the PC version as well, right? And I figured that so long as we have the time on our hands, much time as a matter of fact -until windows Vista becomes released- I thought maybe we should all have a discussion of the minimum hardware specifications. I don't want to have to cough up another $300 to get my processor replaced with a 3.5 Ghz Pentium 4 just so I won't have any framerate issues. Halo 2's graphics on the xbox version were amazing. This is what the xbox had that Halo 2 console version had to work with:
733 MHz PentiumIII processor connected by a P6 64 bit @ 133 MHz FSB to a 233 MHz GPU.

This is about the equivalent of a high end Windows 98 gaming PC at its prime, which costed about $800-$1000 with the monitor and all. Lets look at what we all have now. At a minimum you could go out and buy a PC with a Pentium 4 2.4 GHz processor, 256 MHz of Ram and a 40 gig hard drive (with monitor again, mind you) for about $400 dollars. Subtract the monitor and your looking at at least $300 or less.
Case in point: We (at least most of us PC gamers anyway...) already have hardware good enough to handle the game in it's original format. Just give us the standard game with all the decals, all the luster, all the texture, and everything the Xbox version's visuals had at a 800x600 resolution and we'll be fine. worry about tweaking it once most everyone can meet the needs of the game itself. We don't want a light show in a disc, we want Halo 2 for the PC in it's untainted format. Just grant us that and we won't be whining anymore.

  • 09.10.2006 10:57 AM PDT
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And that is why there is a "Settings" option in the main menu, my friend. You should be able to configure how many graphical enhancements on the game that you want from there.

  • 09.10.2006 11:45 AM PDT
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this is just the exact samw thing as one of the threads you linked to in your sig. don't try to bump your ideas.

  • 09.10.2006 11:50 AM PDT

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And that is why there is a "Settings" option in the main menu, my friend. You should be able to configure how many graphical enhancements on the game that you want from there.
ditto

  • 09.10.2006 12:29 PM PDT

i think halo 2 vista should be able to have super-amazing graphics for people who have that much money, but be able to actually run for everyday people who don't need incredible graphics and just want gameplay.

  • 09.10.2006 6:52 PM PDT
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exactly

  • 09.10.2006 6:54 PM PDT

to what i said? i don't follow.

  • 09.10.2006 6:56 PM PDT

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I think the vista minimum requirements should be as follows:

256MB memory graphics card or 64MB integrated graphics
512MB RAM
at least a 1.6GHz processor
800x600 minimum resolution
integrated sound card

and the recommended

256MB memory graphics card
1GB RAM
2.4+GHz processor
1200x1080
X-Fi sound card

this is my opninion by the way, you can give me feedback too.

  • 09.10.2006 8:07 PM PDT
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Here are the requirements that i have suggested in the past *since late 2005 btw*

Required:
Windows(R): Vista - 512 MB RAM
Processor: Pentium 4 2.3 GHZ or equivalent
Hard Drive: 2.0 GB (3.5 for developer software)
Video Card: 128 MB/T&L capable
Online/Multiplayer: 56.6 kbps modem or LAN; broadband to run a server
Other: Directx 9.0c, 8x DVD, Sound Card, & speakers/headphones

Recommended:
Windows(R): Vista -1 GB RAM
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0 GHZ or equivalent
Hard Drive: 2.0 GB (3.5 for developer software)
Video Card: 256 MB/T&L capable
Online/Multiplayer: LAN or Broadband; DSL (high) or more to run a server
Other: Directx 10.0, 8x DVD, Sound Card, & speakers/headphones


The hard drive requirements may be a bit high though...

[Edited on 9/10/2006]

  • 09.10.2006 8:21 PM PDT
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Wow, guess what? You cant compare consoles to computers! Now if you wanna Windows and a slur of drivers onto your xbox and try to get either game to run half as well as it origionally did, then I would say you could compare the windoxbox to a computer.

And oh, your graphics card sucks, that's why you're having Halo problems. Also, not having your RAM running in dual channel mode plays a part in that.

And btw, the xbox spat out 320x240 pixels per frame alternating each pixels at 30Hz per pixel frame. That's a big difference from your 800x600, or even 640x480.


edit: And think about it. Vista is going to be new. If your computer can run Aero, then it's a good bet that it can play H2V at a decent level.

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  • 09.10.2006 10:00 PM PDT
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It says on the site there are going to be alot of extra stuff graphics wise in H2Vista.

  • 09.11.2006 1:05 PM PDT