grimreaper Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 i have p4 2.53ghz and radeon 9700pro (CAT 3.10),max payne 2, freedom fighters and call of duty runs perfectly at 1028x1024 and all those games have insane gfx. but deus ex IW and halo run like crap. what is goin on man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sin-ergy Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 deus ex 2 runs like crap on everyone's system. so does halo. halo was a bad port. de2 was just....well....bad programming :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted January 15, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2004 I agree with the above. Before my computer fried I had a 2500+ oc'ed to 2.0ghz, 1gig of ram, a 9700 Pro and those two games ran like crap while every other game I run is butter. They seriousely screwed up while making those games it's not your system but sloppy programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted January 15, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2004 download the Dx:iw patch and you will be fine, comparing those games to max payne 2 is unfair, mp2 was higly well progreammed and optimized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted January 15, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2004 lol I thought the same about Tomb Raider: AOD. found out it was just a bad game :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougkinzinger Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 deus ex 2 runs like crap on everyone's system. so does halo. halo was a bad port. de2 was just....well....bad programming :) Well said. Agree 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarix Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 agree halo was ported badly as for de2 that was just stupid crap programming plus not everyone runs a 3ghz with a radeon 9800TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimreaper Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 lol I thought the same about Tomb Raider: AOD. found out it was just a bad game :D LOL oh man that game CANT even run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kak Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I'm thinking that Doom3 will run better than DE2:IW does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimreaper Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 I'm thinking that Doom3 will run better than DE2:IW does. ya man, i hope doom3 and HL2 will run like how max payne2 runs. SUPER SMOOTH :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sin-ergy Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 lol i remember the doom 3 alpha ran better than de2 does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXclusive Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Halo is running PERFECT on mine :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xer34 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 DE2 didnt run too bad for me (geforce 3 ti200) but thats after i installed the v1.1 patch.. noticed a real big boost in performance but halo always ran fine for me.. even when it was running on a geforce 256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Veteran Posted January 15, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2004 Halo runs OK on my system, until you get into a massive gunfight, where it slows down like hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAcOdIn Veteran Posted January 15, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2004 That's because you used a geforce 3 to run Halo. Where Halo screwed up was in the pixel shaders programming that handles the effects. On his 9700 Pro it defualts to pixel shader 2.0 since that's the highest he has and should work best. Unfortunately it seems Gearbox didn't bother to do any kind of performance testing so pixel shader 2.0 runs like crap. So he could drop to 1.3(or was it 1.4 I forget) But it runs like crap too. You and other geforce 32 owners run it with pixel shader 1.3 effects and the game runs good with those effects you just lose quality. If Halo defualted to using pixel shader 1.1 or even 1.3 on DX9 cards we'd all think the game runs great. There's a command line switch so that you can force whatever pixel shader version you want so even though he has a 2.0 capable card he can force it to use 1.1 instead but then you gotta wonder why get a bad arse card when a developer's only going to be lazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 I figured as much, since I have a 7500 AIW and Halo ran decently. It looked like an old N64 game, but it ran fast enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 i got 2.8ghz p4 (800mhz fsb) 1024mb corsair pc3200 ati 9800 pro (420mhz core/about 735mhz memory) and halo runned like this, played it for 10 minutes, about 19fps, and in combat i got 7fps while deus ex 2 with patch runs very well now and doom3 and hl2 will run better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Halo CE runs perfect on my system, and I have a nvidia card :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplyPotatoes Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 bad graphic optimization. how good the coders are etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I find anything on the unreal or quake engine runs fine Other games can vary For instance C&C Generals runs better than Red Alert 2 It gets weird because Ghost Recon which hasn't got very detailed graphics is very slow and the sound even stutters and thats on 800*600 But Raven Shield rund fine @ 1024*768 I just don't play the games that don't run well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qoa Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 "D:\Program Files\Halo\halo.exe" -novideo -console -screenshot -use14 -novideo = no intro movies -console = duh -screenshot = dug again -use14 = use pixelshader 1.4 You have to change your halo shorcut. It runs fine for me with PS 2.0 Try a lower version of the Cats. I've heard about people not being able to play with the newest ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 LOL oh man that game CANT even run. Tomb Raider - Angel Of Darkness? Runs absolutely fine on my system if thats the game you are meaning. Also, Halo runs fine on mine also. I noticed alot of you having issues using Radeon graphics. Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syphern Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Yeah, most of you guys seem to ignore the pixel shader part. Why do new games run like crap on new hardware but smooth on old, its because the developers failed to realise that pixelshaders arent optimised enaugh or the current range of gfx cards cannot handle games with pixelshaders. I bet if this guy ran Farcry beta it would still run like crap despite his 9700 pro. I think they should give you an option if you want to disable pixel shaders in a game or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Diller Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 deus ex 2 runs like crap on everyone's system. so does halo. Heh, I run Halo like a dream. :) AMD Athlon XP 1900+ (1.6GHz) 512MB DDR PC2100RAM GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Eighty Eighth Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Halo runs like a legend on my computer - P4 2.8, 9600pro, 2048RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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