Halo PC rocks!

Richard M · 08-09-2003, 15:23

Anyone else played it yet?

ic14 · 08-09-2003, 15:25

How!!!?? Its not out yet?!?!?!

Richard M · 08-09-2003, 18:54

I got hold of a beta version, been playing it for the last few hours. :p
I'm no stranger to the game because I've finished it on the XBox too but the PC version is a lot better with the controls and graphics etc.
Be warned though, you will need very good graphics and sound cards to make the most of it.

08-09-2003, 18:56

Seen that myself yesterday but didn't wont to bother as I finished the xbox version anyway

kronas · 09-09-2003, 03:27

ive got it cant play it yet college is knocking on the door

martinell · 09-09-2003, 11:55

any links for the beta version roger? finished everything i got and sooooooooooo bored.there seems to be a drought on games at the mo

Bifta · 09-09-2003, 12:08

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any links for the beta version roger? finished everything i got and sooooooooooo bored.there seems to be a drought on games at the mo

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09-09-2003, 13:36

Heard from a few people that have played this now and they said its one hungry fecker. Were talking about Geforce 4 Ti's here

Richard M · 09-09-2003, 13:58

Yeah, it needs a card which supports Pixelshaders otherwise it might look crap/weird.

kronas · 09-09-2003, 14:03

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Originally posted by Defiant
Heard from a few people that have played this now and they said its one hungry fecker. Were talking about Geforce 4 Ti's here

lucky i have a geforce 4 ti i then

*ponders whether to install directx 9

09-09-2003, 14:09

Well here's some example's,

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omg i have a p4 3gig 800fsb ddr400 branded twinmos @ 1gig gffx 256 meg version and it was no where near enough to run halo was a shock ... all i can say is i hope the release is bad and not my pc .. lol any 1 getting the same or is this just me?

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yeah i got a GF 5600 256 MB with asus A7n8X MOBO with 512 (333 fsb) and AMD 2600 (333 FSB)
i had to turn off all the extra details and run it at 800x600

game is pretty good besides that part.

Bifta · 09-09-2003, 14:47

It ran perfectly well on an Athlon XP 2800+ with a Radeon 9700 pro with everything whacked up to full ... I've just played it and didn't really find any appeal in it (apart from the warthog which is a nightmare to control with a mouse). Oh well, end of the month is Halflife 2 time.

Lord Nikon · 09-09-2003, 15:09

given that XBox is a 700MHz cpu, 64Mb RAM shared between graphics & system, what are the odds that Halo PC has been designed to require so much hardware that people will simply buy an X-Box to play it?

09-09-2003, 15:12

Well like I said I wouldn't bother getting it myself after finishing it on the xbox (two days)

That buggy is one hard git to drive though. You would need a manual just to drive that on the pc

Richard M · 09-09-2003, 15:16

I only have an Athlon 1800+, Ti4200 with 256MB of SDRAM @ 133...

I've been playing it fine at 1024x768.

No doubt my EAX soundcard helps though to take some pressure off the CPU with all those detailed effects.