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    Anyone tried Halo 2 on X3100?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Oemenia, Apr 17, 2008.

  1. Oemenia

    Oemenia Notebook Evangelist

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    I dont care if its LOW, long as its playable, any reports?
     
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    I ran it on an x1400 (which is much better) and I found it almost unplayable. I had everything on low, lowest resolution, but to be honest, the game is not optimized for PC and it shows. There are almost no configuration options (unless you edit files) and it just runs very poorly.
     
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    Darn, what sort of framerates did you get?
     
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    I don't recall exactly, I since got rid of that laptop. I can tell you that it never went past 30, mostly around 15-20. But it felt a lot lower because it wasn't smooth.
     
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    The game was locked at 30 on the XBOX so 15-20 FPS would be fine. Thanks for the info
     
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    Also keep in mind I was running on an X1400, so you're results will be lower than what I was getting.
     
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    15 FPS is not at all fine for a first person shooter. The x3100 is not a gaming card, Halo 2 is poorly optimized. Put them together and you get a craptastic time trying to play it.
     
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    it does not run well on an X3100. the ATI X1400 ran it poorly so the X3100 will run it with 2 FPS or so
     
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    Forgot he had vastly superior hardware = (

    I have Halo 1, 2 and 3 on 360, but i cant be bothered with the matchmaking crap
     
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    I also tried to run it on my Go7400; at the lowest possible settings and resolution, it was barely playable, often dipping to 15-20fps.

    Garbage port. Worse then Vegas, which at least looks miles better at the same low settings.
     
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    i tried it b4 on my GMA950 (desktop) and it ran like crap, felt like 7-8fps at 640x480 all lowest and looked very ugly also
     
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    Halo 1 didn't even run that well on the X3100
     
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    I hope the new 15.9 drivers are good, im hearing performance on HL2, Far Cry and Doom 3 has increased a lot.
     
    Oemenia, Apr 17, 2008
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