Choppy framerates in Halo

[Guest]

With Halo 2's release on the horizon, I decided to reinstall Halo in order to
get myself 'prepared', and have already updated to v1.05. Since I last had
Halo installed, I installed SP2 and upgraded my video card FROM an nVidia
GeForce 2 mx TO an nVidia GeForce fx 5200. All my other system specs have
stayed the same:

- P4 1.7 GHz
- 512 MB RAM
- Windows XP Home
- 16x CD-ROM
- etc

Using the default settings Halo detected for my system, the performance on
the first level (having to escape from the Pillar of Autumn) were horrendous.
And forget about playing the level right after crash landing in the escape
pod. As soon as the first dropship flew over, my machine pretty much ground
to a halt. I tried dropping the resolution down to 800x600, with the
remainder of the settings either off or at their lowest setting. No change
.... the framerate was low with extremely choppy gameplay.

I keep finding issues with FSAA (full-screen anti-aliasing) with my
particular video card and that it should be turned off. Should turning this
off resolve my problems? Is there something else I should adjust with my
video card or otherwise? Has anyone else ran into this problem, and if so
resolved it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Dillon,

Use -useff to see if that improves your framerates, and also
try a different version chipset/graphic driver. For details see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;830487

--
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_________________________________________________________

| With Halo 2's release on the horizon, I decided to reinstall Halo in order to
| get myself 'prepared', and have already updated to v1.05. Since I last had
| Halo installed, I installed SP2 and upgraded my video card FROM an nVidia
| GeForce 2 mx TO an nVidia GeForce fx 5200. All my other system specs have
| stayed the same:
|
| - P4 1.7 GHz
| - 512 MB RAM
| - Windows XP Home
| - 16x CD-ROM
| - etc
|
| Using the default settings Halo detected for my system, the performance on
| the first level (having to escape from the Pillar of Autumn) were horrendous.
| And forget about playing the level right after crash landing in the escape
| pod. As soon as the first dropship flew over, my machine pretty much ground
| to a halt. I tried dropping the resolution down to 800x600, with the
| remainder of the settings either off or at their lowest setting. No change
| ... the framerate was low with extremely choppy gameplay.
|
| I keep finding issues with FSAA (full-screen anti-aliasing) with my
| particular video card and that it should be turned off. Should turning this
| off resolve my problems? Is there something else I should adjust with my
| video card or otherwise? Has anyone else ran into this problem, and if so
| resolved it?
|
| Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

thanks for the reply, but where exactly do i use '-useff'?

and should i be concerned about this FSAA i keep running across?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Dillion,

Use of commands such as -useff is explained in Step 7
of the KB article I posted before. I hope it helps!

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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_________________________________________________________

| thanks for the reply, but where exactly do i use '-useff'?
|
| and should i be concerned about this FSAA i keep running across?
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi Dillon,
| >
| > Use -useff to see if that improves your framerates, and also
| > try a different version chipset/graphic driver. For details see:
| > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;830487
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
| > Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| > MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Dillon,

Use the format described in step 7 of that MS KB I gave
you. You just need to add -useff at the end of the target.

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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_________________________________________________________

thanks for the reply, but where exactly do i use '-useff'?

and should i be concerned about this FSAA i keep running across?

Hi Dillon,

Use -useff to see if that improves your framerates, and also
try a different version chipset/graphic driver. For details see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;830487

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.

 

[Guest]

well ive been told that no matter what vid card you run because of the poor
coding that halo runs like crap on even the most advanced pc, now doom 3 has
good coding a nvidia TNT2 could run it and i have a radeon 9000 for halo.
and i dont even have doom

 

[Jimmy S.]

Actually, the System Requirements for Doom 3 sparked a lot of hardware sales:

a.. 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest
drivers*.
b.. English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
c.. Pentium® IV 1.5 GHz or Athlon® XP 1500+ processor or higher
d.. 384MB RAM
e.. 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
f.. 2.2GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 400MB for Windows® swap file)
g.. 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
h.. 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
i.. DirectX® 9.0b (included)

SUPPORTED CHIPSETS:
a.. ATI® Radeon(tm) 8500
b.. ATI® Radeon(tm) 9000
c.. ATI® Radeon(tm) 9200
d.. ATI® Radeon(tm) 9500
e.. ATI® Radeon(tm) 9600
f.. ATI® Radeon(tm) 9700
g.. ATI® Radeon(tm) 9800
h.. All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 3/Ti series
i.. All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4MX series
j.. All nVidia® GeForce(tm) 4/Ti series
k.. All nVidia® GeForce(tm) FX series
l.. nVidia® GeForce(tm) 6800

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
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_________________________________________________________

well ive been told that no matter what vid card you run because of the poor
coding that halo runs like crap on even the most advanced pc, now doom 3 has
good coding a nvidia TNT2 could run it and i have a radeon 9000 for halo.
and i dont even have doom

Hi Dillon,

Use -useff to see if that improves your framerates, and also
try a different version chipset/graphic driver. For details see:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;830487

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| With Halo 2's release on the horizon, I decided to reinstall Halo in order to
| get myself 'prepared', and have already updated to v1.05. Since I last had
| Halo installed, I installed SP2 and upgraded my video card FROM an nVidia
| GeForce 2 mx TO an nVidia GeForce fx 5200. All my other system specs have
| stayed the same:
|
| - P4 1.7 GHz
| - 512 MB RAM
| - Windows XP Home
| - 16x CD-ROM
| - etc
|
| Using the default settings Halo detected for my system, the performance on
| the first level (having to escape from the Pillar of Autumn) were horrendous.
| And forget about playing the level right after crash landing in the escape
| pod. As soon as the first dropship flew over, my machine pretty much ground
| to a halt. I tried dropping the resolution down to 800x600, with the
| remainder of the settings either off or at their lowest setting. No change
| ... the framerate was low with extremely choppy gameplay.
|
| I keep finding issues with FSAA (full-screen anti-aliasing) with my
| particular video card and that it should be turned off. Should turning this
| off resolve my problems? Is there something else I should adjust with my
| video card or otherwise? Has anyone else ran into this problem, and if so
| resolved it?
|
| Thanks in advance.