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Anyone here have a 1.5GHz PBG4 with the 128MB card... and Halo?

· PowerPC · 6 posts · Jul 1, 2004 — Jul 2, 2004 View original thread ↗

#1 Thu, 1 Jul 2004 - 16:48

I checked Barefeet's and it was about 3 months old on the review. Has Halo been updated since then for any optimizations?

Quake III gets about 90fps on the PB, and UT2K3 gets 55fps. Halo, on the other hand, only got 11. This is running at 1280x1024 with max everything for Halo, and 1600x1280 maxed for Quake and UT2K3 (they ran the games off of a 23" Cinema.)

I might actually be getting a laptop and am shooting for the 15" with upgraded video card. My friends are huge Halo buffs at school (ugh) so it looks like I might have to cave in. Wondering how Halo fares on the 15" PB if it's been updated at all.

#2 Thu, 1 Jul 2004 - 16:59

Oh, nevermind. I found a great review of the 1.33 that I can base it off of.

http://www.insidemacgames.com/revie...p?ID=499&Page=4

At max resolution the PB G4 (with 1.33GHz with 64MB VRAM) seems to run Halo 1.04 about average. 25fps with vertex and FSAA stuff at 1280x1024 with max detail. So if I get the 1.5 with 128MB card it should run pretty decently. (I hope)

#3 Fri, 2 Jul 2004 - 11:09

Incidentally, the Bare Feats guy has no idea how to properly benchmark things.

#4 Fri, 2 Jul 2004 - 11:30

I've got the set up you've mentioned, w/Halo. It seems to run fine for me (haven't paid any attention to FPS).

#5 Fri, 2 Jul 2004 - 12:15

#6 Fri, 2 Jul 2004 - 12:20

and it only has ONE DEAD PIXEL, ah, just one a GREEN ONE so my cad drawings always look like I MISSED A SPOT but I suppose I'll deal.

[yes i massaged. in vain]