Halo on the PC
Discussion
Anyone else bought this? Anyone else seriously disappointed? Runs like a complete dog on my new PC: 3.2GHz P4/1Gb RAM/256mb Geforce FX5600. Considering it a three year old game engine, to get an average of less than 20fps at 800 x 600 with all details settings to minimum is appalling 
Well, that's my plans for the weekend out the window
Well, that's my plans for the weekend out the window
If we could get HDTV's in the UK, the Xbox would run Halo at 50-60fps at a resolution of 1900x1400 (or something huge like that!).
Buy an Xbox (if you haven't already) and get Halo to pass the time before Halo 2 comes out in the spring.
Subject to any further release delays, of course.
Buy an Xbox (if you haven't already) and get Halo to pass the time before Halo 2 comes out in the spring.
Subject to any further release delays, of course.
mungo said:
It's for this reason games consoles are always best for games
With all due respect dear chap, that's complete bollocks!
This is down to nothing more than marketing and release dates having priority over coding the damn thing properly. Microsoft were obviously very keen to release on the same day Half-Life 2 was due and rushed an unfinished product out the door - very foolish move as no one believed for a second that HL2 wuld appear on this date. I have no doubt there will be patches down the line to address the poor performance and as much as I'd like to ay it's yet another example of Microsoft showing contempt for their user base it is in fact par for the course in the PC games market these day: release first, patch later.
Sad. Very sad.
Incidently, I bought an XBox just so I could play Halo and Project Gotham, but I've never been able to get on with console controllers - give me a mouse and keyboard any day!
The problem is Halo was designed for the XBox, the Xbox has Two CPU's, 2 Graphics Cards, a stupid number of Gigs of RAM and is dedicated to just running the game that you are playing.
Your PC erm, doesn't and what else is it doing while your playing HALO.
For the TRUE HALO EXPERIENCE, BUy an XBOx, you WILL NOT regret it
Your PC erm, doesn't and what else is it doing while your playing HALO.
For the TRUE HALO EXPERIENCE, BUy an XBOx, you WILL NOT regret it
tvradict said:
The problem is Halo was designed for the XBox, the Xbox has Two CPU's, 2 Graphics Cards, a stupid number of Gigs of RAM and is dedicated to just running the game that you are playing.
errrr.... 1 x P3 processor, 1 x GeForce '3.5' gpu, 64mb Ram - not exactly mind blowing hardware in this day and age.
ek993 said:
not exactly mind blowing hardware in this day and age.
Agreed. But the console was designed with the sole intention of playing games. It's optimized to run games so doesn't need to have specs similar to high-end pc's that have to be able to do everything.
It also keeps to price down too. And £129 for the Xbox is pocket money in my opinion.
jsr said:
not exactly mind blowing hardware in this day and age.
It's optimized to run games so doesn't need to have specs similar to high-end pc's that have to be able to do everything.
It the other way around, the games are optimised to run on the Xbox. You can do that more effectively when you've got a single fixed hardware platform.
Yes Halo was first demonstrated on a Mac way back in 2000!
I believe they rushed the game as it doesn't have co-operative mode, poor multiplayer (moderating and chat) and the textures are a bit simple.
Yes it's not very optimaised either but I think they'll patch it and you'll have a killer game!
I believe they rushed the game as it doesn't have co-operative mode, poor multiplayer (moderating and chat) and the textures are a bit simple.
Yes it's not very optimaised either but I think they'll patch it and you'll have a killer game!
Glad I found this thread. Was about to post a "Has anyone tried Halo on the PC yet?" before rushing down to the shops. Seems that there's not much point at the moment.
I nearly bought an X-Box a while ago for the sole purpose of playing Halo
{edited to add:} Yes, the XBox is simply a cut-down PC running a bastardised version of Windoze2k. The only advantage it has over a PC for playing games is that the hardware is a known quantity, which makes life much easier for the developers / testers... hence a polished performance.
>> Edited by pdV6 on Monday 13th October 13:28
I nearly bought an X-Box a while ago for the sole purpose of playing Halo
{edited to add:} Yes, the XBox is simply a cut-down PC running a bastardised version of Windoze2k. The only advantage it has over a PC for playing games is that the hardware is a known quantity, which makes life much easier for the developers / testers... hence a polished performance.
>> Edited by pdV6 on Monday 13th October 13:28
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