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cropathfinder · 5/15/2007

Halo2 is coming to PC soon and we have to think about some issues like was the wait worth it.By me i

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cropathfinder posted on May 27, 2007 1:50:18 AM - Report post

attentin dont buy 7300GT card it does havoc to most games (CnC3 crashes when you look at some units when fireing railguns) doom3
goos like stuck ewrey couple of min and a lot of others even with the latest drivers!!!

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cropathfinder posted on May 27, 2007 10:36:12 AM - Report post

why dont you dual boot windows XP with Vista?

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EverythingPC posted on May 27, 2007 11:08:38 AM - Report post

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originally posted by badfrog

I built a new PC for the next generation of games and I wish I would have stuck with XP. Specs below.
Thermaltake Armor case
BFG 1000watt power supply
Nvidia nForce 680i SLI
Intel QX6700 Quad core
4gb of Corsair XMS ram
2 Nvidia 8800GTX vid cards in SLI mode
Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Pro Series
Western Digital 500gb hard drive
2 DVD/cd burners
Windows Vista 64bit

Woah, how much did that cost you?
You can run 4 games a once with that, never mind one...

Proud Child Of Insomniac

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badfrog posted on May 27, 2007 11:26:27 AM - Report post

About $4500

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shadowsofhell posted on May 30, 2007 4:30:04 PM - Report post

I really dont see the point in getting vista for just 1 game. I have both the first halos and they were awsome and I like the halo on the pc but halo 2? I already downloaded Halo3 Beta from Crackdown and it kicks

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SirDestructo posted on May 30, 2007 9:38:41 PM - Report post

I would get Vista if I were you. It's not just Halo 2 thats Vista exclusive, but half the new pc games coming out are as well, or at least require dx10 to play with optimal performance, which again, means you need Vista.
As for those that complain about how "buggy" Vista is, I'd like to know what those bugs are. I've been using it for a couple months now and I've not run in to a single bug. The only things that are even mildly annoying are the "cancel or allow" and having to set administrative access to all your folders.

[Edited by SirDestructo, 5/30/2007 9:39:15 PM]

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JamieK posted on Jun 02, 2007 9:42:38 PM - Report post

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originally posted by SirDestructo

I would get Vista if I were you. It's not just Halo 2 thats Vista exclusive, but half the new pc games coming out are as well, or at least require dx10 to play with optimal performance, which again, means you need Vista.
As for those that complain about how "buggy" Vista is, I'd like to know what those bugs are. I've been using it for a couple months now and I've not run in to a single bug. The only things that are even mildly annoying are the "cancel or allow" and having to set administrative access to all your folders.

[Edited by SirDestructo, 5/30/2007 9:39:15 PM]

Well, i have:

AMD Athlon64 4800+ X2
2GB DDR PC3200 (Dual Channel)
Geforce 8800GTS 320MB
460GB Hard Drives (300GB & 160GB)

I am surely gonna use my 160GB Hard Drive for the memory thing that i have heard Vista using, so then it won't use so much physical memory.

Which would leave more for the games.

Well, i have ordered Windows Vista the other day, for the new games coming out. (like Halo 2, Crysis etc.)

I hope i am as lucky as you are. hehehehe

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dh19440113 posted on Jun 15, 2007 3:35:45 PM - Report post

In order to take advantage of vista, you need a premium dx10 8800gtx/gts card and not cheap geforce 8600 or radeon 2600 either. Then, 2gb of ddr2 and core 2 duo 6600 plus vista home premium; thats 1000 dollar easy to take advantage of the vista experience.
Like myself, I can't do without my trusted xp professional, so a 200gb seagate 7200.10 hardrive will be loaded with xp while the other with vista.

[Edited by dh19440113, 6/15/2007 3:39:48 PM]

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