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No.theNoid said:Halo 2 sold hundreds of millions of copies in a matter of hours...
It will run because it will probably default to DX9 shaders on our cards...but it will probably run poorly.stopmenow said:i heard some about dx10.
will i be able to play dx10 games on my current video card like halo2?
I'm saying it will run poorly compared to how it would have played because along with the shaders they would have improved poly counts, draw distances, textures, and others things. Of course, this is all assuming they do a real re-work of the game and not just a port that they force through an extra few lines of code to only work with Vista.solideliquid said:If anything it will run better. What happens when you run CoD2 on DX7? Better performance. If Halo 2 PC is remade in DX10 mode, and IF you can play it with DX9 or below it will run pretty well, though without the DX10 eyecandy.
Killdozer said:I'm saying it will run poorly compared to how it would have played because along with the shaders they would have improved poly counts, draw distances, textures, and others things. Of course, this is all assuming they do a real re-work of the game and not just a port that they force through an extra few lines of code to only work with Vista.
"Of course, this is all assuming they do a real re-work of the game and not just a port..."TheScott2K said:Increased poly counts, draw distances, textures, and other things? Man, have you even PLAYED a console port before?
Killdozer said:No.
And uhh...for the rest. If the port is done correctly it will run fine on any decent gaming machine. If they decide to change it to DX10 then everyone loses.
Plain and simple (with likely little to no benefit from DX10) MS is making it Vista-only to sell their new OS to gamers. Gamers who like console FPS titles, I presume, because it certainly won't sell Vista (or Halo) to me.
theNoid said:Vista incorperates DX10, which is leaps and bounds better then DX9x.
Nuff said.Killdozer said:No.
And uhh...for the rest. If the port is done correctly it will run fine on any decent gaming machine. If they decide to change it to DX10 then everyone loses.
DragonNOA1 said:How so? So it has ShaderModel 4.0 support and helps the CPU push a little of its work onto the GPU. It's supposed to be a tad bit faster but how is this leaps and bounds? I really want to know b/c I don't know what it is bringing to the table besides the SM4.0.
laxmiddi44 said:vista is going to come out between november 30th and december 1st
HurtMeP1nty007 said:You must admit though, it's a small step in the right direction. At least they have gamers on their minds.
Moose777 said:What exactly is Vista? Sorry but I've heard a lot about it but don't know what the hell it is. Is it replacing Windows? Or is it a reworked Windows?
Am I going to have to spend $400 for Vista to replace Windows, instead of paying $200 for Windows?
Am I going to have to rebuild my system to support Vista? Or can I use Vista with my current system?
And before you point me to some Vista link I was just looking at a Vista link. It's kind of vague on what Vista exactly is, sure it tells me what it's supposed to do with video and music and stuff but doesn't tell me what I'd be buying. Is it an OS or some new fancy driver?
Skirrow said:Sorry what? You seem to have missed the word 'money' from between 'gamers' and 'on their minds'
Sorry what? You seem to have missed the word 'money' from between 'gamers' and 'on their minds'
Uhh, me? Have to make a new rig anyhow, Halo 2 PC just gives me the deadline-incentive.steviep said:Thread winner, right there
I don't know if you're going to REQUIRE a DX10 card for Vista, btw... You didn't need a DX9 card to run XP (currently I'm running a GeForce Ti4200)... Vista should run on our current rigs, and Halo 2 should run on our current rigs as well, even if it's made for DX10. It should be backwards compatible. That said, how many PC gamers are going to be buying into Vista, DX10 cards, AND Halo 2?