What kind of system would you need to play HALO?

[erikiksaz]

i'm curious, since this game looks soooo dope. i wonder if a tnt2 would be able to cut it...

 

[Cylon]

Since Microsoft bought out Bungie, I'm guessing we'll have to go and buy an X-Box to play it :|.

Has anyone heard any definite answers as to what platform Halo will be available for?

 

[erikiksaz]

well i know a guy from msoft, although he prolly doesn't know too much about msoft's internal decisions.

 

[Cylon]

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double post.

 

[Pete]

Don't be so angry--realize that the total cost of the X-box will be the same as the cost of the latest graphics card, but you're getting a whole system with games made to take full advantage of it.

 

[speedykev]

well from this thread (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=194570)it looks like you will need an x-box, unless you wait until 2nd half of 2002

<< Bungie will first develop Halo for a Xbox release, then port it to the Mac and PC a few months after that. Look for it on the Mac and PC around Q2 of 2002. >>

(http://www.3dactionplanet.com/features/articles/wthi_halo/)
as for system requirements

<< Bungie will not release engine details, but that E3 movie - it was run on a Pentium III 450 with a TNT2 card and 128 MB of system RAM. That is almost a low end computer by today's standards. >>


http://www.3dactionplanet.com/features/articles/wthi_halo/

 

[duragezic]

They had a movie at E3 and it it going to take them almost another two years to complete it for the pc? I was thinking it was gonna be around to compete with Tribes 2 and maybe TF2... but then again TF2 probably won't be out till 2002 at this rate...


eagle

 

[dave1980]

isn't the movie different than running the actual game? running a movie at fullscreen is totally different than running the game itself - much less cpu intensive.