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PC version of Halo 2 coming - for Windows Vista
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 10 February, 2006
If you are a Halo fan and would like to play the best-selling Halo 2 game on your PC, then you will be forced to upgrade your PC to Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system. The decision to make the game Vista-only is driven by the Redmond-based software company's desire to get as many people as possible upgraded to Windows Vista quickly. This could prove to be an expensive upgrade for gamers.
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wheelman7
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12. February 2006 @ 11:30 |
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I was about to buy the latest X1800XT but then I herd it wasn't DX10 compatable so now I have even more time to wait to save up even more money.
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12. February 2006 @ 11:43 |
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wheelman7
You got vista already? DX10 is only on vista 0-o
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wheelman7
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12. February 2006 @ 11:55 |
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No, I don't have Vista yet but I plan on getting when it comes out. Hence the wast of money I would have just spent on a new video card.
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12. February 2006 @ 12:00 |
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wheelman7
dont forget you will also need 2gig of the fastest ramm your mobo can run *L* Vista is goign to be a ram eater 0-o
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12. February 2006 @ 12:24 |
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My pc isnt even near that
running at 1.25ghz
256mb
64mb vram
and no money to upgrade :(
everyone shouldnt buy halo till they make it xp useable and make a petition:)
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12. February 2006 @ 12:34 |
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sobhy2406
petitions never get to far with M$ even the Court petition/order's to make M$ paly fair 0-o
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t.grey
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12. February 2006 @ 13:10 |
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Ghostdog
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12. February 2006 @ 23:32 |
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I´m running a 9700Pro right now. The new Nvidia and ATI cards are pretty nice, but I think I´ll hang on until the first DX10 cards start to arive (hopefully by the end of the year).
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t.grey
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13. February 2006 @ 02:50 |
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well i have 1g of mem.and a 9600ati card that should be enough .but to change everything just to pla halo2 or some games is still not worth it
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13. February 2006 @ 05:31 |
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I don't want it , You'll need SLI to run the game . Pfffft I like my games running stable 70 fps and graphics cranked right up!!
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oappi
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13. February 2006 @ 05:34 |
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I have also radeon 9700 (pro) and 768 rambus mem.. I bet my system would work perfectly in vista if i had faster cpu than 1,7ghz. Probably 2ghz and above is enought to run vista. It´s like they say between the lines. You can run vista with less than they say, but you wont get all the eye candy (sad =)). if you read "http://www.apcstart.com/teched/pivot/entry.php?id=6" you notice that he says it will work with 512 mem(ddr3?) and video card that has only 64mb mem.
If you think about todays games, there are more and more games that require cpu above 2ghz. Dont know about halo2 but why not. This halo working only vista reminds me the time i couldnt play some ea games in windows 2k because ea had some wierd opinion that win2k isnt suitable for games. ^lol^
As everyone i also dont think it´s fair to gamers to make the game only for vista. Then again you cant force them to make it for winxp or 2k but as we know m$ isnt fair.
I hope i can finaly throw all ancient floppy drivers to garbage can.
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HALTRON
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13. February 2006 @ 08:27 |
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"As everyone i also dont think it´s fair to gamers to make the game only for vista. Then again you cant force them to make it for winxp or 2k but as we know m$ isnt fair." -- How true.
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13. February 2006 @ 08:55 |
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They came out with Halo and you needed a damn good video card to run , plus the MP lags ...I have a BFG 6800 GT OC and I'm betting Halo 2 is gonna run like chit on it .. they code em on Quadros or whatever and the Grphics cards are a gen behind .
Core i7 2600k 3.4ghz @4.5ghz
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l34merik
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13. February 2006 @ 14:38 |
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video card with more than 256MB RAM
2GB of DDR3 memory
and a S-ATA 2 hard drive
Wow, more than 256mb Vram to run this, so it looks like you need a $500 video card to even work. and 2GB of DD3 memory? I'm not positive, but has ddr3 ram even became avaible to the public yet? I know its on video cards already because I got a ATI Radeon x700 Pro with 256mb DDR3. Will its kinda cool that it says that you could zoom up a pic and it won't become blurry.
Yea, just Halo one for PC needed a good PC to run. Before I had a P4 3.8ghz w/ HT, 128mb 9200 radeon, and 512mb pc3200 ram and it lagged so much. Now that I upgraded the ram to 1gb and the video card to the 256mb ATI x700 Radeon Pro, it runs perfectly.
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crayzsnke
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13. February 2006 @ 21:45 |
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People, look at the business aspect, it is great!
First of all look at like this: $0.07 per dvd disc+ a low number of dollars to port the game from xbox to vista format. so there wont be much of a loss if any in the production stages.
Secondly, coupling this Halo 2 with vista is great even if they can get only 1000 people to buy vista simply for Halo 2. They are looking at most likely near a half million. That may be nothing to start in the eyes of microsoft, but it puts production of Halo out of hte way, and there will be more than 1000 who upgrade their system with halo 2, and more that will upgrade their system to be up-to-date, and more to be ahead of the curve. There is simply a "great incentive" in the eyes of some, to upgrade in Halo 2.
Halo 2 on PC will simply get the word out as well: "my halo 2 looks so much better than the xbox!" (<- of course coming from somebody with the requirements to run vista and a high end game)
"and you are using vista? maybe microsoft is on to something" (<- coming from the ever numerous speculative buyer)
lets face it, vista in 2-3 years time will be the industry standard, if they can force a good headstart with halo 2, why not?
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14. February 2006 @ 06:36 |
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The Diehards will price the price I guess your saying.I been there done that. You want HD Performance you need the video cards to do it I.E. AA, AF, Cranked right up , Halo 2 will be great looking on PC but , No Doubt ButI'm not paying $1000.00/SLI-Crossfire(Trust Me)to see it.
P.S. I'll stay Richer and buy a PS3 , Right now Console is more bang for the $$$...Computer tech done pissed me off .
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14. February 2006 @ 10:38 |
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Pittfan,
I don't know what problems you had with Halo but I had a measly p4 2.0 with 512 mb and a Geforce FX 5600 256 mb video card and it ran PERFECT! Never lagged or anything. Weird.
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14. February 2006 @ 10:52 |
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I had a FX 5200at the time when I first tried Halo and Was'nt big Into PC Gaming. I Tried Halo PC demo like a month ago and I still was'nt Inpressed, For a $400 vid card you should be able to run a Game on the Highest settings AA , AF Maxed out. I like HD I guess . :)
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14. February 2006 @ 11:39 |
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I agree. I have the exact same video card as you do now.
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Phoenix09
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14. February 2006 @ 13:17 |
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Hmm, I dont know why your systems didnt run Halo well.. my 1.25Ghz P3 1GB of RAM with a geforce 5200FX ran it sweet. 1024x768x32 with AA 2X on. Meh, oh well
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halorockz
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21. February 2006 @ 13:00 |
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ya i also hope that halo 2 comes out for pc...but dose any1 know if halo ce needs halo pc to run
cuz i dont have that much memory and i would like to get rid of halo pc cuz i never use it i only use halo ce...so if u do know if u do or dont need to have halo pc to run halo ce that would be great just send me a priviate message
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22. February 2006 @ 11:57 |
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Halo can run on basic settigns on a 1.2Ghz XP or better CPU 500MB+ ramm and at the least a DX8 ready 64DDR vid card this is what I had when I ran halo and for the most part it ran ok.
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halorockz
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22. February 2006 @ 12:31 |
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that is great yeah...but do i need halo pc for halo ce to run?
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22. February 2006 @ 13:21 |
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forget microsoft.
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22. February 2006 @ 16:59 |
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halorockz
It seems Halo Custom Edition is an addon,sicne it adds more graphic fuetures and editing tools yes it needs Halo PC,AAaahhhhhh I see thier getting the furbur up for halo now alil befor Vista will be out ><
god I hate M$.oh well I wonder if it will work wif my back up :3
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