SkaterAustin Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Okay i just got a new computer upgrade.. Amd 64 3000+, gigabyte k8n pro, 512mb pc3200+ ram and my video card is a ati radeon 9000 pro 128 that ive had for awhile.. what i think is slowing the game is that my video card isn't direct x 9 compatable.. ive formated my hard drive done everything i could... SO what im thinkin i need a new video card.. how well does a ati radeon 9600 pro 128 xt play halo? good :yes: or bad :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediocreNoob Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 i have a 9600 pro, not sure about the xt thing, but it plays fine with halo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stezo2k Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 my geforce 3 isn't made for direct x 9, but halo runs like a dream on it :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 I have the XT and the trial of Halo and I haven't seen any type of a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalN. Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 i got an AMD 2000 with 768Ram and a 9600 Pro and it runs great at 1024x768 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCKing Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 my 128M Ti4200 played Halo just fine... the 9600 does it the same but slightly better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent lead Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 what exactly do you mean by running slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptiPlex Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 My computer, which has P3 1GHz and ATI Radeon 9000 PCI runs Halo fine in 640x480. Hey, is active camo fubared on your computer? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugi Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 i got an AMD 2000 with 768Ram and a 9600 Pro and it runs great at 1024x768 in another thred u said u have a p3 not amd did u upgrade??? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoJustice Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 in another thred u said u have a p3 not amd did u upgrade??? :blink: I am sorry, I am having trouble understanding your grammar and the "u"'s in your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkaterAustin Posted January 2, 2004 Author Share Posted January 2, 2004 like when i get into the game and get to my enemys my game slows down and gets really choppy.. also wat ive noticed is that i updated to the latest drivers on my card and thats when the problems started.. im not sure its boggling my mind... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insurektion Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 amd 64 > p3 yup he muist have upgraded and you def need a better vid card with a system like that 9600pro or xt or 9800 pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 My computer, which has P3 1GHz and ATI Radeon 9000 PCI runs Halo fine in 640x480:argh: :trout: :hit_head_on_desk:what i think is slowing the game is that my video card isn't direct x 9 compatable i have a 9600 pro, not sure about the xt thing, but it plays fine with halo. i got an AMD 2000 with 768Ram and a 9600 Pro and it runs great at 1024x768 my 128M Ti4200 played Halo just fine... the 9600 does it the same but slightly better... Since the 9600 IS a card that supports DX9 commands, and these people have it running good, then my guess is you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 ok all the people who replied that they have a nVIDIA card and say the games runs great.....well the reason why the game runs good is because the cards are not DirectX 9 compatible and the game runs with reduced graphics. So you are getting good FPS but it's not looking nice. :D Back to the real question, I have a 9600Pro and the game runs great if you do get the TX I am sure it will be even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 whatya mean nVidia's dont have DX9 hard command support??! I do believe cards in the GeForce FX line do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 whatya mean nVidia's dont have DX9 hard command support??!I do believe cards in the GeForce FX line do. nope, even they don't have true DirectX9 support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalis Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 add -useff or -use11 to the halo shortcut target. reason for this is halo runs pixel shader 2.0 (direct x 9) by default.. which the radeon 9k doesnt support, so changing it to -useff or -use11 will lower the pixel shader to 1.1 which is dx8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 really... the GeForceFX line doesn't have dx9 calls.... i thought they did..... Ah well, I dont own a Nvidia, well actually.... I have a really old one sitting here somewhere.... Still..... the nvidias have pixel shader 2.0 (ha, I KNOW they do this time) and don't have true DX9 support... weird..... even the 5950 ultra, or whatevers on top of the nvidia line now?!?! wierd........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugi Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 9600 pro :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptiPlex Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 The Xbox Halo uses Pixel Shader 1.4 or something like that, I recommend that you use -use11 switch for your Radeon 9000 PRO. -useff is just utter crappy looking POS. This is what I use: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\halo.exe" -novideo -nojoystick -use11 -console -screenshot -exec halo.cfg -novideo = no M$ video, gearbox video, bungie video at startup -nojoystick = I don't use joystick so I disabled it -use11 = use pixel shader 1.1 -console = enable console (~) -screenshot = Print screen automatically saves pictures into a folder -exec halo.cfg = used to disable mouse acceleration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMan Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 nope, even they don't have true DirectX9 support. Not quite. Geforce FX has DX9 support, but flaky compliance with a lot of DX9 standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugi Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 i use a 9600 pro and it only gets slow when i walk into heavy fire and to gets all choppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 buddy with that computer, save your money and get a 9800xt. dont spread the word but my "source" told me they are dropping thier price very soon. Im getting my card for 198$ on january 6th :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova_rock Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 my geforce 3 isn't made for direct x 9, but halo runs like a dream on it :happy: thats cuz its not doing dx9 on in man, its doing dx 7 prolly with out pixel shaders or PS 1.1 you dont have the hardware to even try to get it to run on the badly implimented PS 2 and dx9 stuff that they added on for the PC version, congrats how are these threads still starting? search! set it to PS 1.1 or 1.4 and lower your gfx settings! comps arnt consols! new games wont automatically look better AND run better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 My computer runs Halo fine, but Halo will only run with the Catalyst 3.6 drivers. So once HL2 comes out, no more Halo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts