Ok on my specs?

[Sirr Kirby]

I'm a nub at computer stuff. I've played halo 2 for xbox for a while, and am sick of halo 3. I want to get H2 Vista, and wasnt sure on my specs, as i still have very little knowledge with vista. How well do you think it will run on my computer?

Windows Vista Home Premium
ATI Radeon x1600 video card
1 gig of ram
2.16 ghz dual core processor
And preferably an external hardrive.


BTW, this is an iMac running boot camp.

~Thanks!

[SuperSunny]

I'm a nub at computer stuff. I've played halo 2 for xbox for a while, and am sick of halo 3. I want to get H2 Vista, and wasnt sure on my specs, as i still have very little knowledge with vista. How well do you think it will run on my computer?

Windows Vista Home Premium
ATI Radeon x1600 video card
1 gig of ram
2.16 ghz dual core processor
And preferably an external hardrive.


BTW, this is an iMac running boot camp.

~Thanks!

The iMac can run the game. The card is a bit weak on running it native res, but, it can run.

Also, on a side note, if you've come from the root of Halo Xbox and Halo 3, this game will make you puke. It's more of a downgrade. The only thing better are the graphics.

[Mr Buckshot]

It'll run it pretty well. Don't bother putting it on high settings despite the iMac being capable of that. Halo 2 on highest settings looks only slightly better than on medium or low settings, with the tradeoff being a heavily lowered framerate.

I recommend you run at low or medium at native res.

[Syuusuke]

Medium and no Anti-Aliasing is a good combo usually, especially on that card.

Although you should have 2gb of RAM, 1gb is good enough =)

[DrunkenSamus]

It sucks that Vista sucks the gaming performance out of your computer. On XP, I was able to play the game on low with very bad specs(integrated ATI card, less than 2.0 ghz, on a computer made in 2005).

[Mr Buckshot]

One more thing, iMacs actually use higher-clocked variants of laptop CPUs and video cards, so your computer is a little weaker than you think. Nevertheless, low settings at native res (Is it 1440x900?) is fine for H2V. Other games will run well too.

[DrunkenSamus]

If it can run H2V then chances are it can run other popular games like Far Cry, F.E.A.R., Orange Box, etc...

[Sirr Kirby]

Do you guys think this is a downgrade from Halo 2 for xbox? or just halo 1 and halo 3? Just curious.

[il Duce Primo]

I would not recomend buying halo 2 vista. You still need to pay for it. I would just get xbox live and stick with the consel if you have not already. Not many people play it nor is there many custom maps for it yet.

[Sirr Kirby]

not many people are playing halo 2 for xbox anymore, and im not a big halo 3 fan. Also , do you think i could run the game on an external HD? I'm a computer nub, sorry.