Halo 2 on Vista

**BDC** · 03-12-2007, 12:43

How is rapid install any good? It'll bring a game to a crawl. Just wait 5 minutes...

Hardly a selling point at all is it?

**Bob the Insane** · 03-12-2007, 15:03

I tried Halo 2 on the 360 (the original XBox version that is)... It looked pretty good and benefitted for the AA and such applied to it. The only thing that looks off was the low res textures which be easily improved for a new release... A bit of tweaking to incorporate HDR lighting and a 2d edition could be pretty sweet...

**Bijo** · 03-12-2007, 16:41

The only thing I can think of that would slow down the thing with rapid install is the fact that it installs while playing. But if you have a fast system, I suspect it to be pretty good. Most games preload hard disk stuff anyway, and a fast disk'll be good, and add in a powerful dual-core CPU too, and lots of fast RAM. But all that comes from simple speculation of course.

Who knows how M$ programmed the thing anyway. Maybe they made it in such a way rapid install won't bother the game performance that much? Anybody got more info on rapid install?

**Kekvit Irae** · 03-12-2007, 16:42

Having to spend upwards of a hundred or more dollars on a Vista upgrade just to play a sequel that is just sub-quality to the original, all the while preventing me from playing some of my favorite games (Dark Age of Camelot to name one)...
No.

**Mikeus Caesar** · 03-12-2007, 17:27

Bah, within less than a week hackers will have figured out a way to make it work on XP anyway.

**Husar** · 03-12-2007, 19:20

Originally Posted by currywurry

Bah, within less than a week hackers will have figured out a way to make it work on XP anyway.

So you mean they will completely rewrite the game for Direct-X 9 within a week?

**pevergreen** · 03-13-2007, 08:56

Originally Posted by Bijo

Halo 2 PC won't be using DX10, though, but it will still require Vista.

**BDC** · 03-13-2007, 10:58

I think the big question is why you would pay £150+ for Vista upgrades when £200 will buy you a 360, which you can plug into the VGA port of your monitor anyway (with a cheap lead).