Official Minimum Requirements

[flibitijibibo]

On the Games for Windows site, there is finally a list of minimum system requirements for H2V.

Processor: 2 Ghz Pentium 4 class processor (or x64)
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 7 GB
Video Card: DX9 graphics card: WDDM driver, PS 2.0/32BPP, At least nVidia 6000 or ATI x700 or above

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/Halo2forWind owsVista.aspx (http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/Halo2forWindowsVista.aspx)

Yes, I do know Agamemnon already gave us Gamespot's take on the reqs. I'm just giving you M$'s info.

[Spnkr]

Christ! That's more than the Oblivion system requirements! I've got 1GB RAM and a NVIDIA 6800... I'm not sure how smoothly it will run for me.

[flibitijibibo]

Yeah, I was afraid of high system requirements, as you can see in my PC specs.

[Sunray]

Ah. My 3gig of RAM will serve me well here... but wait. The only problem I have is with the GFX card. Everything else is more than enough. 9800pro -> x700. £32 from amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MEIJIAOLONG-X700-256MB-PCI-E-Video/dp/B000H30M7G/ref=sr_1_1/202-6102294-3851005?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1175729436&sr=8-1

[Spnkr]

Yeah, I was afraid of high system requirements, as you can see in my PC specs.

I hope your being sarcastic, lol.

[flibitijibibo]

Yeah, don't worry, I wasn't going all out JUST for H2V. There's also the fact that I don't want to buy a PC again for a long, long time. I think 4 GB RAM is enough, yes?

[Limited]

nvidia 6000 for just minimal? fucking aye.

[Zeph]

FUCK YES!

*imagines the stuff I can add and not scare my 9800*
*jumps for the fewer tests that'll have to be done across the hardware scale*

But yeah, sucks for the people who don't meet the minimum requirements. Why the 6000 and the X700? How is it that an X300 cant run the game but a 6000 can. On top of that, what's keeping a 9800 from running it when a 6000 can?

edit: LOL I wonder what the recommended hardware is.

[LlamaMaster]

You have got to be fucking kidding me?!? It's a two year old xbox game, come on! Well guys, i'm not going to be modding H2v anything soon.

[Zeph]

You have got to be fucking kidding me?!? It's a two year old xbox game, come on! Well guys, i'm not going to be modding H2v anything soon.

Yeah, it's a two year old engine with up-resed textures, more detailed models, the drop of LODs, and an overhaul to its texture system.

[InnerGoat]

Video Card: DX9 graphics card: WDDM driver, PS 2.0/32BPP, At least nVidia 6000 or ATI x700 or above
9800pro fits the PS 2.0... so does a FX 5200 :gonk:

Also, saying nVidia 6000 doesnt help much at all. A 9800pro will slap the low end 6200's around.. Not to mention being just as fast as the lower clocked variants of the x700.

[Bad Waffle]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiii


I CANT RUN H2V

:(

[LlamaMaster]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiii


I CANT RUN H2V

:(
:) Does that meen CE can keep you?

[JDMFSeanP]

Sweet all works for me, just I need more/better RAM

>_>

[Con]

I'm fine for all those except RAM, I would rather have 2 GB than 1.

[Zeph]

:) Does that meen CE can keep you?

He'll be taken care of. Besides, there only needs to be one person with H2V for the mod to get out :p.

[Atty]

Gosh, I hope I can play it. :rolleyes:

[Limited]

But it's still 2 years old. Fail.

Nonetheless I don't see this being a huge problem. I could probably still play it.No, its a new game. New system..etc..

The thing that gets me is this is minimum. they are always never right with it :P halo's minimum lags like a bitch. Therefore to play it well with all shit on you have to have a great pc.

[Limited]

That's the last time you contradict me and I have to fucking listen to it. /ignored
Contradict? I was just informing you you were wrong :O

[[MT]Slayer]

:eek: well anyways, i don't know if i can play H2V, i mean, i just need another graphics card, a dvd/cd-r combo drive, and Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate (don't know which my dad is getting). This upgrade for H2V costs a lot. i'd estimate the total cost is around 170 to 320 dollars. I hate Dell's basic home computers, lmfao :XD: :omfg:

[Mr Buckshot]

I don't believe this. Bungie obviously screwed up with optimization the way Gearbox did (I mean, a 2.5Ghz P4 with 512 MB RAM and a Geforce 4 Ti 4600 should run Halo at 1024x768 on high, but no, Gearbox decided otherwise).

Since Marathon, Oni, etc, Bungie games have not seemed to fare well on PCs. Well, I don't care, because both my computers should run the game well.

1 GB of RAM minimum? I highly doubt this is true, because the Xbox has 64 MB of unified RAM, and look at how well Halo 2 runs on it. If Xbox-quality performance can't be achieved on, say, a Radeon 9600, H2V should not exist.

[Spnkr]

My coputer exceeds the requirements, but not by much. I think I might be able to run it on 1280 x 1024 (my native resolution) on medium/low graphics. That's just a guess; I've cranked up the graphics on many games that I shoudln't be able to, and yet I still manage to get 30fps+.

Mr Buckshot, the reason that Halo 2 ran on 64MB on the Xbox is because the Xbox is built only for games. PCs not only have to compensate for the game, but the OS that is running while you're playing.

[someone]

YEAH! My PC meets a little bit above the minimum requirements:woot:

[InnerGoat]

1 GB of RAM minimum? I highly doubt this is true, because the Xbox has 64 MB of unified RAM, and look at how well Halo 2 runs on it. If Xbox-quality performance can't be achieved on, say, a Radeon 9600, H2V should not exist.
Halo 2 ran pretty poor. It was so slow it couldn't even render the map before you started playing, and you'd see it load up. This doesn't happen in H2v.

Also, you should have at least 1GB of ram in Vista anyways. 512 has been shown to hurt preformance in recent games.:confused:

[ImSpartacus]

hiccup, mine doesnt...
i hope i can get a new one in a month or two. since i would probably break the motherboard in half if i tried, im not gonna build, instead get those damn dell people to do it for you! i got a $1400 xps 410 cofigured.

[Zeph]

Wow people, get off the fucking "but an xbox has these specifications, so why cant it run on windows with the same???". The xbox didn't have to run Windows, device drivers, background programs, and soo forth. The xbox also ran Halo 2 like shit. In the Halo 1 port, there was bitching about Gearbox changing the game to run on lower hardware. Now there's bitching about that nor happening? On top of increased asset size?

*gives up*

[Ki11a_FTW]

could duo 1.60 GHz, ATI Xpress 1500 and 1 GIG of ram run it?

[Mr Buckshot]

Wow people, get off the fucking "but an xbox has these specifications, so why cant it run on windows with the same???". The xbox didn't have to run Windows, device drivers, background programs, and soo forth. The xbox also ran Halo 2 like shit. In the Halo 1 port, there was bitching about Gearbox changing the game to run on lower hardware. Now there's bitching about that nor happening? On top of increased asset size?

*gives up*

True, I know that the Xbox does not need to run a complex OS in the background, so the 64MB of unified RAM is adequate.

However, look at Halo for PC - it runs very well with 512 MB of RAM and a low-end DX9 card (Radeon 9500/9600 for example).

Same technology that powered Halo 1 xbox powered Halo 2 xbox. No reason why the same PC technology can't run it.

Yes, people, I know 1 GB is highly recommended for modern games, but I don't really think Halo 2 counts as "modern" despite the limited upgrades it gets. After all, many people can get by in Source-engine games with 512 MB of RAM, and Source is far more advanced than the H2 engine.


could a core 2 duo 1.60 GHz, ATI Radeon Xpress 1550 and 1 GIG of ram run it?

Fixed it for you. Probably will run Vista pretty well, but as for H2V, I don't know what to say about that video card. It's integrated, and we all know that integrated = terrible game performance on anything newer than Half-Life 2.

[Ki11a_FTW]

it runs battle field 2 good

[Sunray]

I think the answer to this may be yes, but: Would 4 gig of RAM counter a 9800pro minimum specs wise?

[flibitijibibo]

No, its a new game. New system..etc..

The thing that gets me is this is minimum. they are always never right with it :P halo's minimum lags like a bitch. Therefore to play it well with all shit on you have to have a great pc.

Yup. I seem to be prepared for it...

I just read all 4 pages of this thread and it sounds like everyone's barely getting above minimum (or less). Who here thinks they can actually run it really well like I hopefully could?

[Knight]

Im just hoping my basic Dell E521 can handle it.... I knew I shoulda went with the dual core AMD athlon processor... All I did was upgrade my RAM and GFX card...

But otherwise an ATI X1300 Pro 256mb should be pretty much adequte for the game right?

[InnerGoat]

Yeah, on low. :/

[Knight]

Your all so negative :(

Might as well head out and buy another gig of memory...

[Timo]

Well, it looks like i'm set for Halo 2 vista, by the time I get around to getting it anyway. I hope my 7600GS will be able to cope :-(


Same technology that powered Halo 1 xbox powered Halo 2 xbox. No reason why the same PC technology can't run it.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't they amping up alot of stuff in Halo 2 Vista? Instead of just a direct port like Halo PC?

[Atty]

There is also OS Overhead, Timo. You're also playing at a much higher resolution.

[Timo]

Exactly. So I don't know what everyone is whining about :\

[Spnkr]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't they amping up alot of stuff in Halo 2 Vista? Instead of just a direct port like Halo PC?

Yeah. I'm pretty sure there increasing the size of textures by a fair bit, and that alone will rank up the requirements.

[webtweaker]

I think the answer to this may be yes, but: Would 4 gig of RAM counter a 9800pro minimum specs wise?

No it won't, though it will make Vista run a bit smoother.

Halo 2 will feature an all new lighting engine, better shaders and higher resolution textures, so the minimum requirements aren't that exagerating.

When Halo 1 and 2 run on an Xbox the output resolution is something like 480i to 720p!!! When you're playing Halo on PC it will run in a higher resolution, thus it will need better hardware than the Xbox.

[Agamemnon]

Whoa whoa, these are the minimum specs?

[[MT]Slayer]

it's a lot more than i expected

[Knight]

Just remember, from what im hearing, the Source engine is far clearly more advanced than Halo 2's. So im confident ill at least be able to put Halo 2's settings on high because I have my Counter Strike Source stuff all on high and I can run through 7 smoke grenades before I start to lag with my ATI X1300 pro...

[InnerGoat]

Your all so negative :(

Might as well head out and buy another gig of memory...You should be fine on one gig for the time being. Upgrading that video card will give you a noticible improvement.


I think the answer to this may be yes, but: Would 4 gig of RAM counter a 9800pro minimum specs wise?
Saddly, no. More ram will just get rid of stuttering here and there, but if the video card is the cause of poor preformance then all the memory in the world won't matter.

[klange]

I hate that they list a specific model of graphics card as the minimum.
How can I compare my Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 945 to an nVidea or ATI card? I can't. Plain and simple. Though this should be able to handle it, I've got Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 3.0, which is more than I can say for my RADEON x800, but with only 224mb of graphics memory - none of it dedicated - I can't be too certain that my laptop will be able to run H2Vista, and I have no plans on getting Vista for my desktop any time soon.
However, I think I'll look into it...
Laptop:
1gb of RAM - and I plan on pimping it out to the full 4gb of available space (2x 2gb DDR2 RAM chips are expensive, though...)
Dual-Core 1.73ghz processor, that equals ~3.46ghz, probably less. Regardless, should exceed the capabilities of 2ghz processor.
I have WDDM driver / DirectX 9 graphics card, but textures greater than 512x512 are messed up...
I have plenty of HDD space (50gb left on my "Data" partition)
DVD-ROM? This computer is the first I've ever had with a DVD burner, so I think I got that taken care of...
Internet? Of course. And my connection is actually fairly nice compared to my "Wireless Desktop"...

I think I'll be able to play H2Vista with a better experience than I did with Halo CE before I got my Radeon x800...

[InnerGoat]

I wouldn't be surprised if h2v wasn't multithreaded at all. If thats the case then you'd only use one core of your CPU. Also, minimum specs are aiming for a 2Ghz p4 or above, so your fine.

[Knight]

http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1300/specs.html

Ultra Threaded Shader Model 3.0 Architecture

And I do think this is the best card I got for my money... Besides I have the Pro version which is better than the normal X1300...

[[MT]Slayer]

hey dude. THat's the video card i'm getting, except mine is the PCI version...
and its Visiontek ATI Radeon X1300 PCI 256 MB Graphics Card. I hope that is enough to play H2V.

[InnerGoat]

If you paid more then 50 for it you were ripped.. That x700 in the minimum requirements rapes it. :)

[Knight]

I used to run an x700 on my PC in the past, and my X1300 pro kills it in everything....

[[MT]Slayer]

i bet the PCI version of the X1550 will be enough to see H2V sexy. And the Official Recommended Requirements is UPDATED! It is, see for yourself, i'm not kidding. OS: Windows Vista. That's what's updated. Everyone knows that, so its not much of an update, but it's something. :rolleyes:

[ExAm]

Woo! I meet them requirementents.
Though I'm really annoyed that they did away with LODs. THey
would drop the CPU and RAM requirements a bit, plus it makes practically no difference in visual appeal whatsoever, provided that it's done right.

[[MT]Slayer]

list your computer specs:

[ExAm]

Well, looks like you got lolbant.

Regardless,

AMD Athlon 64 2.4ghz
2gb RAM
512mb Sapphire Radeon X1300XT.

Still need Vista, though.

[Agamemnon]

Your vid card won't cut it.

[bleach]

but it says Radeon X700 or above...so anything, PCI, AGP, PCI-E, X700 or +, 256 MB, 512 MB, 320 MB, or 640 MB, Pixel Shader 2.0 or 3.0 (DX9 or DX9c), those should play it smooth. What do u mean no, ur card won't cut it? his gfx card sounds quite good.

[Agamemnon]

You're simply looking at the fact that the serial model is a larger number and the 512VRAM. That all means shit when it comes to performing benchmark testing. Comparing a X1300XT to a X600, even if the X600 is 256, the X600 will out-perform the X1300XT. Happened with me and my X1600XT 512 PCI-E. It's out-performed by a X800 256 card.

[bleach]

Holy shit! You're a computer whiz-genius!

[Agamemnon]

If I was a computer whiz genius, I wouldn't have bought this POS X1600XT.

[bfett9]

My system requirements are as shown could any one tell me how well they think my computer would run halo 2 vista??http://a46.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/41/l_42cd2a7d02705bab744048dca67bf94d.jpg

[flibitijibibo]

You might want to bump up the RAM. As for how it will look, that depends on your gfx card (duh). What card are you using?

[bfett9]

http://a459.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/25/l_9ca3e53e8deebd1dd54cce18c7302402.jpg

[InnerGoat]

That will do.

[ExAm]

You're simply looking at the fact that the serial model is a larger number and the 512VRAM. That all means shit when it comes to performing benchmark testing. Comparing a X1300XT to a X600, even if the X600 is 256, the X600 will out-perform the X1300XT. Happened with me and my X1600XT 512 PCI-E. It's out-performed by a X800 256 card.
I still don't understand why they chose this particular numbering system. How the hell does it work? Since when do lower model numbers equal better quality?

EDIT: What the... Newegg doesn't even sell anything in the X series except the X1300 and above, and the X600. Even the X600 search yields only laptops with that in it.

[ExAm]

Where do they come up with these things!? X(

How the hell am I supposed to know what to buy?!

[mR_r0b0to]

that's when you read benchmarks.
as for me, i'm set, i might be getting an 8600GTS and a gig more of RAM.
i'm still waiting for vista<.<

[ExAm]

I have an SLI capable board, and my Radeon screws with the shading in BF2, so I guess I should start buying NVidia.

[Agamemnon]

I'd probably go with Nvidia, but ATI keeps promising that they'll be coming out with cards that work well with AMD proc, and well, yeah...

[klange]

It's out-performed by a X800 256 card.
That makes me feel good as that's what I have in my desktop...
Still need a hell of a lot more RAM though, and my 1.66ghz AMD ain't gonna cut it.

[InnerGoat]

Your 1.6Ghz AMD is faster then a 2Ghz p4, so you're better then bare minimum.

[Zeph]

Same technology that powered Halo 1 xbox powered Halo 2 xbox. No reason why the same PC technology can't run it.

Perhaps if the game was a "direct" port. H2V will have several things done to it to allow for better graphics, play, etc. I'm sure the xbox could run all models/textures on high 100% of the time instead of the tiered LOD settings it already uses and it would instantly stop the texture popping that happens from the box being loaded to peak already...

In all honesty, Halo 1 shouldn't have run as well as it did for PC. Gearbox did a lot of hacking and under the hood stuffs to get it to work if the hardware couldn't run it. That's how the game got such low minimum requirements. It was indeed minimum, and look at the bitchings it got them. You wont see HG doing that.

[bleach]

I heard that the best PCI card is the Visiontek X1550.
And the best PCI-E cards are probably the ATI X1950XT (or something like that) and Geforce 8800 GTX.

[Knight]

Thats the problem.... They should list what graphics cards can run what settings on low, medium, high....

And I still think my X1300 Pro PCI-E can take the settings on high... I can run Counter-Strike:Source with all settings at the fullest, and the source engine is far clearly advanced that Halo 2's...

[FireDragon04]

I'm glad my computers specs exceed the minimum requirements.

I'm just wondering, what the game will run/look like with a computer running the minimum specs for H2V? :rolleyes:

[Varmint260]

Of course, the computer specs on this 6-yr-old Dell (I know, I keep whining about SIX YEARS OLD don't I?) definitely won't cut it.

Pentium IV 2.00gHz, ATi Radeon 9250 256MB PCI, 512mb DDR memory. Ain't gonna happen!

Out of all the laptops I've looked at on the internet in my price range, I'm looking at one with this setup: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.00gHz, 2gb RAM, NVidia GeForce Go 7900GS. Will that cut it?
Of course, my finding something with even REMOTELY this much stuff in it at FutureShop or Staples is rather remote. My parents are the ones with the money and they aren't going to settle for my buying anything online. Sucky!

[legionaire45]

I think this page should be moved or copied to the new H2V technical section just for those who will be looking at it later. Or a new post in there or something like that.

[Techno Dude]

i got a geforce 7600 am i good to play halo 2
or will i need too buy a geforce 800 gts or gtx

[Knight]

I think I should be fine with running Halo 2 with these specs
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/allstar31992/Untitled656.gif
Detail from Medium to High...

[ExAm]

What does that say about a boost from a flash drive?

[P-Thunder.]

windows vista can use flash pens/memory sticks as sort of ram. When your computer is running alot of programs and you don't have enough memory, your computer writes it to the hard drive becuase the ram is full. Its called PageFile . ReadyBoost uses flash pens, and writes to this instead of the hard drive, becuase USB 2.0 is much faster.

[Patrickssj6]

windows vista can use flash pens/memory sticks as sort of ram. When your computer is running alot of programs and you don't have enough memory, your computer writes it to the hard drive becuase the ram is full. Its called PageFile . ReadyBoost uses flash pens, and writes to this instead of the hard drive, becuase USB 2.0 is much faster.
I wouldn't recommend it really.Your HD has enough PageFile space and the memory can be accessed faster from there.

[Techno Dude]

oh sweet
im getting a new graphics card tomorrow so i'm saved

[m13120]

I wouldn't recommend it really.Your HD has enough PageFile space and the memory can be accessed faster from there.

Well what if we have like an external hard drive that has 400 gigs..

[ExAm]

Any way to do that for XP?

[yomatobert]

Mine made the requirements, yay! That is good for XP btw.

[Boo Diddly]

Holy sweet Jesus! I wasn't far off!

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

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=6263111&postRepeater1
Note that awhile back I dropped the requirements for the hard drive from somewhere around 6.0 GB (8.0 GB for developer software) to 2.0 GB (3.5 for developer software)

[Snaver]

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

3.5Gigs, Hmm.. Complete tag set mb.. :D

[m13120]

Main problem besides Vista that I see people having is that they need that 1 GB of RAM, I have 512 and I'm still trying to get another 512.

[Knight]

Any way to do that for XP?
Nope, Ready Boost is only for Vista.

Just increase the pagefile on your hard drive, by clicking in your control pane, System -> Advanced -> Performance Settins -> Advanced -> and edit the Virtual memory...

[SolarwingGX]

guys isnt ATI mobility radeon xpress version better?

[ExAm]

Nope, Ready Boost is only for Vista.

Just increase the pagefile on your hard drive, by clicking in your control pane, System -> Advanced -> Performance Settins -> Advanced -> and edit the Virtual memory...
And how much of a performance boost would that give me? Would it have an adverse or positive effect on loading times?

[Cortexian]

Oh good, so far I'm still above the recommended system specs. And I'm still missing another 500 GB hard drive, another 8800 GTX, and an additional 2 GB's of RAM to complete my rig... O well.

[Knight]

And how much of a performance boost would that give me? Would it have an adverse or positive effect on loading times?
Possibly...

@SolarwingGX, ATI Mobility Xpress is only for Laptops, and most Laptop's graphics suck anyways.... Desktop GFX > Laptop GFX

[m13120]

Can we see a picture of the retail box of H2V? (From where you said those were the requirements)

[Techno Dude]

Can we see a picture of the retail box of H2V? (From where you said those were the requirements)

on the back it just says: " Required For Windows Vista "
an the covers same as the xbox

[Varmint260]

My current page file is set to 768MB - 1536MB. Would increasing the minimum value to 1024MB cause much of a performance boost in anything?

BTW my hard drive never goes below 15GB free space.

[P-Thunder.]

Increasing your page file is NOT like adding more ram! It takes longer to write to the page file than it does to access the RAM. Windows ReadyBoost is your best option (requires vista). It uses flash devices as pagefile, much faster than writing to the HDD.

I see people putting the page file up alot thinking it acts as ram, well il tell you what, boot with just 64MB of ram, and kick your page file up. See if it performs well. Page file is last resort of windows, if you run out of RAM it uses the page file.

[klange]

Hmm.. Flash you say? lol, hmm.. I wonder if my computer will be any faster if I use my 2gb SD card with ReadyBoost (<3 my SD card reader)

[Knight]

It will..... Mine did once I put in my 1gb Flash drive

[Knight]

Can we see a picture of the retail box of H2V? (From where you said those were the requirements)
Well this is all I can find.......
http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/8301/8301811.jpg

Note: oops double posted :P

[demonmaster3k]

if it can work with a dx 9 card that only means that i'll need a new processor (.26ghz short)

looks more like an interval build (between h2xb and h3) to me

[PTS]

These minimum required settings are absurd. Absolutely absurd.

What are the recommended settings going to be? 2 GIG of Ram, 3.2 Ghz Intel, 7600 GT?

Geesh.

[flibitijibibo]

You probably got the processor right. Recommended will probably just be GeForce 7100 though. 2 gigs of RAM isn't that much to ask for. I mean, Vista alone takes about 1 gig on my PC.

[leorimolo]

Does anyone know if the Nvidia laptop cards would be supported? I have a 7300 go (256megs) video card and 2 gigs of ram, I should be ok right?

[Sunray]

Should be fine. Won't be the best because of the laptop card but should still run fine.

[Syuusuke]

Crap...I'm above minimum specs and probably below recommended...

[klange]

Does anyone know if the Nvidia laptop cards would be supported? I have a 7300 go (256megs) video card and 2 gigs of ram, I should be ok right?
Should be fine.
Hell, I bet my card would work if not for its lack of hardware transform + light processing...

[Knight]

I remember that the minmum system rating for H2V will be a 3.0 and the recommended a 5.0.... To me, thats total bull

[ExAm]

THANK GOD!I lol'd

[flibitijibibo]

I remember that the minmum system rating for H2V will be a 3.0 and the recommended a 5.0.... To me, thats total bull

A 5.0? That's pretty feckin' high. My systems almost brand new and it's only about a 5.2. Looks like I won't be able to max everything out like I had hoped...

[leorimolo]

Ohh shit...
My pc is a 2.9 with 512 megs of memory :eyesroll:

I think 2 gigs should kick it up a notch, atleast to a 3.5-4.0. Also my hdd brings my vista experience down its a 5400rpm.

[Mr Buckshot]

Does anyone know if the Nvidia laptop cards would be supported? I have a 7300 go (256megs) video card and 2 gigs of ram, I should be ok right?

Run Vista well = definitely. You don't need a super computer to run Vista at all, even with the 3D and Aero turned on. Run H2V = of course. Run H2V beautifully = probably not, but the framerates should be acceptable and the graphics should be ok. I'm assuming your 7300 runs Halo at 1024x768 on highest settings with over 30 fps, right?

Laptop video cards are always supported by PC games- they're inevitably slower than desktop equivalents because of cooling and battery issues, but a higher-end laptop card will beat a lower-end desktop card. A Geforce 7900 GS on desktops is faster than the Geforce Go 7900 GS in laptops, but the laptop card will still own the desktop 7600 and 7300 models.

If you want to upgrade your laptop video card to get better H2V performance, wait till the Asus XG station releases.

[PTS]

A 5.0? That's pretty feckin' high. My systems almost brand new and it's only about a 5.2. Looks like I won't be able to max everything out like I had hoped...


That Vista rater is not an average score of your computer. It takes your lowest rated part(RAM, Processor, Video Card,etc) and that becomes your computers Base Score.

My Processor is a 4.2 and everything else is above 5.0, yet my base score is still 4.2


"
Each hardware component receives an individual subscore. Your computer's base score is determined by the lowest subscore. For example, if the lowest subscore of an individual hardware component is 2.6, then the base score is 2.6. The base score is not an average of the combined subscores.
You can use the base score to confidently buy programs and other software that are matched to your computer's base score. For example, if your computer has a base score of 3.3, then you can confidently purchase any software designed for this version of Windows that requires a computer with a base score of 3 or lower.

You can use the base score to confidently buy programs and other software that are matched to your computer's base score. For example, if your computer has a base score of 3.3, then you can confidently purchase any software designed for this version of Windows that requires a computer with a base score of 3 or lower."

[Crest]

I've been reading here "Source runs great on my system, so H2V should run awesome. Cuz Source is so advanced"

Your right it is advanced. It's so advanced it runs better then Halo PC on most systems.

Source was developed by Valve for over 8+ years. Your Processor is used more then your video card. Valve made almost the perfect game engine. You can't say "Source runs great on my system, so H2V should run awesome. Cuz Source is so advanced"

Halo2 Vista will run worse then Source. I can almost guarantee that.

[P-Thunder.]

Your right there. My friend ran hl2 with a celeron, and got bad performance. Then, with the same graphics card and same amount of memorey, but with an Athlon 3200+ instead of the celeron. The FPS doubled. Source utilizes CPU more than GFX.

The Halo Engine cant hold a candle to source. It will, without a doubt, run so much worse than source. Hence the higher requirements. Plus, even if your machine is poor with source, the engine is backwards compatable and will render as low as DX7.

[Snaver]

Do you guys secretly have halo2vsita already? No i thought not, so why are you comparing two different engines performance without analysing the other?

[TeeKup]

On the Games for Windows site, there is finally a list of minimum system requirements for H2V.

Processor: 2 Ghz Pentium 4 class processor (or x64)
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 7 GB
Video Card: DX9 graphics card: WDDM driver, PS 2.0/32BPP, At least nVidia 6000 or ATI x700 or above

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/Halo2forWind owsVista.aspx (http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/Halo2forWindowsVista.aspx)

Yes, I do know Agamemnon already gave us Gamespot's take on the reqs. I'm just giving you M$'s info.

Yep. Im boned. :(

[flibitijibibo]

I wonder what Halo and Halo 2 would be like with the Source engine... I'd be able to run the games at about 600 fps instead of 200, I know that...

Crest: What makes it not perfect?

[P-Thunder.]

Do you guys secretly have halo2vsita already? No i thought not, so why are you comparing two different engines performance without analysing the other?


Iam not you tit, iam discussing it becuase the guy above me said someone had compared it.

[flibitijibibo]

You're calling him a tit like tits are bad.

[P-Thunder.]

They are your a giant one, ha. Nah, i am from up north in UK, we call each toher anything, tits, tool , weapon and there arre words that i don't want to say becuase iam unsure of these forums rules on swearing.

[Crest]

I wonder what Halo and Halo 2 would be like with the Source engine... I'd be able to run the games at about 600 fps instead of 200, I know that...

Crest: What makes it not perfect?

it doesn't make me Quesadilla's

[Mr Buckshot]

Do you guys secretly have halo2vsita already? No i thought not, so why are you comparing two different engines performance without analysing the other?

Any of us who owns an Xbox will have experienced Halo 2's engine many times to do a rough, but not accurate comparison. The PC version will have improved resolutions and textures to keep up-to-date with the latest graphics hardware, but from the latest screenshots that the "top 10 improvements" reviewer posted, it's definitely not as hot as some high-end games that were born on the PC (i.e. FEAR, Doom 3, Source). Then again, Bungie no longer specializes in PC games like it did in the 1990s (it was bought by Microsoft so it develops for the Xbox), so this is understandable.

Bottom line: H2V will have some noticeable improvements over its predecessor, but the core engine is largely unchanged. Therefore, if you can run the latest PC games like FEAR and Oblivion and GRAW pretty well, it's safe to say that you'll do even better on H2V.

[TeeKup]

I've been reading here "Source runs great on my system, so H2V should run awesome. Cuz Source is so advanced"

Your right it is advanced. It's so advanced it runs better then Halo PC on most systems.

Source was developed by Valve for over 8+ years. Your Processor is used more then your video card. Valve made almost the perfect game engine. You can't say "Source runs great on my system, so H2V should run awesome. Cuz Source is so advanced"

Halo2 Vista will run worse then Source. I can almost guarantee that.

Wait wait wait. That made NO sense what-so-ever.

[Crest]

Wait wait wait. That made NO sense what-so-ever.

Source is a highly efficient game engine. Roughly 80-90&#37; of the performance of a computer is utilized. Most game engines. Let many optimizations of the GPU or CPU go to waste. Such as SSE2, SSE3, etc. So Basically the computer works harder for the same result.

It's like with Halo PC. Gearbox tells you to lift a 500lb box with your back. Source you use every muscle in your body. Which equals a no sweat operation.

[TPE]

I'm running 7600 GT, 2.8 gHz processor, and 2 gigs ram, should I be fine?yep

wait what CPU do you have?

[InnerGoat]

I'm running 7600 GT, 2.8 gHz processor, and 2 gigs ram, should I be fine?
Yeah, you don't need to worry about anything with a c2d and 2gb of ram. :D

[Cortexian]

Yeah, you don't need to worry about anything with a c2d and 2gb of ram. :D
The 6600 is 2.4 GHz *gasp* You overclocker you!

[ExAm]

Yup. Needs more comma-age.

[Knight]

So then... I should be fine with the settings at high or medium?

AMD 64 Athlon 3200+ 2.0ghz
2GB DDR2 @ 633 mhz + 1Gb Vista ready boost (for no reason :P)
ATI X1300 Pro 256mb

[InnerGoat]

Yeah, but probably at 800x600 or something low because of the slow card.

[Syuusuke]

Damn my x1600xt...damn it.

[Knight]

Yeah, but probably at 800x600 or something low because of the slow card.
Its not that slow... I can run most of the newest games out there at all high settings at 1024 x 768 and during the heaviest conditions i can still get 30-40 fps while normally I get 80-100 on a Source game..

[Digikid]

Nuts...my computer will NEVER handle that!!!!

:p

[Syuusuke]

I really hate your sarcasm...either that or your comp specs are lying! =P

[Digikid]

Nope. Took all of my income tax refund to get THIS puppy.

Take a joke dude. Sheesh. You have not changed a bit. :P

[InnerGoat]

So hows life without ATI cards going for ya? :p

[Digikid]

LOL!!!!!! I KNEW that someone was going to bring that up.

I have seen the error of my ways and therefore ask for redemption...in trade for this slaughtered corpse of......err....hmm......cheese?

I like the SLI....crossfire cannot TOUCH IT. I just hope that H2V has the " Active Camo " bug fixed. LOL!!!!

But that is a topic for Off Topic. ;)

[kungpow]

CPU: 3.0ghz
Gfx: Radeon x800 pro GTO 256mb
RAM: 1gb
HD: 56gb free space

How will that go?

[InnerGoat]

IIRC, one of the reviews stated that they tested it on a pretty low end p4 system with a Radeon x800. They mentioned they played at 1680x1050 with low settings on that card fine...

[kungpow]

well i can run halo 1 pc at 1600 x 1200 at full settings and get above 30 fps and this card cost me 45 bucks from a friend lol so im pretty happy with it. It seems to perform quite well

PS: Innergoat love the avatar FLCL ftw!

[DsurioN]

I got a:
CPU : Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 256 MB
RAM: 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM
HD: Should have plenty of space, i have a 250 gig hard drive...

I'm guessing I can run this on medium-high.

Note: In case you're wondering, I have the mobility radeon because I have an iMac (small form factor, can't fit a regular card in there) that is triple-booting OS X, Vista Ultimate and XP Pro.

P.S. I have absolutely no problem running halo on max settings and source games on relatively high settings (i can run fear on pretty high, heck i can even run rainbow six vegas but on very low settings (god that game is a resource HOG))

[Ki11a_FTW]

I got

Processor: AMD 1.8 Turion 64 duo
Ram: 1 GB
Video card: ATI Radion X1500 256 MB
Operating system: Windows vista


Im guessing i can run this somewhere in the medium area, i might have to upgrade to 1.5 or 2.0 Gigs of ram, but ill see how it is with 1 first.

I can run Quake 4, Counter strike, and halo on max setting and have no prob. vista is a pig though

[Slayer George]

Can it run ok on my laptop?

CPU: Genuine Intel T1300 1.67GHz
RAM: 2gb
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300

[Ki11a_FTW]

probably on the lower side, since you got a single 1.6 processor

[Slayer George]

probably on the lower side, since you got a single 1.6 processor

I should be great though with RAM. Upgraded from 1gb to 2gb today.

And, can anything be done to upgrade a CPU?

[leorimolo]

actually you can, but since its an amd socket im not sure, but dells procesor is completly upgradable , although not recomended.

ALSO
how are my specs look?

[MastaCheefa]

Is a 9700 gonna stand a chance? Also have 1gb of ram and 2.66 P4.

[Digikid]

I dunno. You may have to update to at LEAST a 7600 GT AGP model.....

[Aynal Secks]

How well can my PC run it? :confused2:

3.0GHz Pentium 4
Geforce 6600 256mb
1.2gb of ram

The problem is i have to run it at 1440x900 so my monitor doesnt stretch it out :(


:)

[MissnL1nK]

The only problem you guys will see is the 1gb of ram you have. Vista itself consumes about 700mb of it during normal procedures. The average game is going to take around 200-250mb during usage, at least Halo1PC did.

[MastaCheefa]

You sure about that? A while back I was running Vista Ultimate with Aero on 512 of DDR PC2700 very nicely. Thats some rather slow ram and about 200mb less than 700.

[bcrt2000]

The 9800 renders in 24-bit instead of 32-bit. That being said, this game SHOULD have downscaled to that level.

[HMReaper]

The 9800 renders in 24-bit instead of 32-bit. That being said, this game SHOULD have downscaled to that level.
the 9800 is a 5 year old card...i wouldent expect them to add support for that

[bcrt2000]

the 9800 is a 5 year old card...i wouldent expect them to add support for that


If they weren't taking the "push Vista" approach, I would have to disagree majorly. One of the major failures of video games in the last year or two is that system requirements have gotten ridiculously high for games that really don't need that high requirements. Patches have been made for games like Oblivion to run on significantly older hardware than out of the box. The development companies really cut off their install base big time by not allowing lower end hardware to work from the get go.

That being said, most people who have Vista will want to have a DX9.0c card at the very minimum.

PS: The 9800 is just barely 3 years old (released May 2004). I'm sure people who bought it in late 2004 are really pissed that most games are not supporting it anymore. Especially considering better looking games than Halo 2 have come out recently and run on those cards.

[StankBacon]

The only problem you guys will see is the 1gb of ram you have. Vista itself consumes about 700mb.....



..... lol?

[Ki11a_FTW]

The only problem you guys will see is the 1gb of ram you have. Vista itself consumes about 700mb of it during normal procedures. The average game is going to take around 200-250mb during usage, at least Halo1PC did.


??? not for me.. only around 300 MB