selnor said:
HappySqurriel said:
Not saying this is all that representative of anything, but it is pretty interesting:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829479
Halo Minimum requriements
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Second Edition, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows XP.
- Computer/Processor: 733 megahertz (MHz) processor.
- DirectX: DirectX® 9.0 or later. (DirectX 9.0b is installed by Halo.)
- Memory: 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM.
- Hard Disk: 1.2 gigabytes (GB) of free hard disk space.
- Video card: 32 MB with 3D Transform and Lighting capable.
- CD: 8X.
- Sound: Sound card, speakers, or headphones with multiplayer play.
- *56.6 Kilobytes per second (KBps) modem or 10 MB network adapter. Multiplayer servers require broadband to run a server.
- *Additionally, you must have an Internet Service provider (ISP) or a Local Area Network (LAN), if you want to play multi-player games.
http://www.videogamer.com/pc/resident_evil_4/system_requirements.html
Resident Evil 4 Minimum Requirements:
| Processor: |
1.4 GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon (or better) |
| RAM: |
256 MB |
| Video Memory: |
128 MB |
| Only supplied on DVD?: |
Yes |
| Hard Drive Space: |
1.2 GB |
| Operating System: |
Windows XP, 2000 |
| DirectX Version: |
9.0c |
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Interstingly you choose the laaunch title for Xbox rather than the comparable timeframe Halo 2.
Halo 2
OS: Windows Vista™
Processor: 2 Ghz Pentium 4 class processor (or x64)
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 7 GB
Video Card: DX9 graphics card: WDDM driver, PS 2.0/32BPP, At least nVidia 6000 or ATI x700 or above
Online Multi-player: Internet connection for Games for Windows – LIVE
Drive: DVD-ROM drive
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That is because of Windows Vista:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/products/system-requirements
If you want to run Windows Vista on your PC, here's what it takes:
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1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
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1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes (MB) for Home Basic)
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40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space (20 GB for Home Basic)
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Support for DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM and 128 MB of graphics memory (32 MB for Home Basic)
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DVD-ROM drive
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Audio Output
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Internet access (fees may apply)
Vista made games run like shit ... a game that would run at 1600x1200@60fps on a PC would suddenly struggle to run at 1280x1024@30fps on Vista
