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selnor on 21 August 2012
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HappySqurriel said:
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


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


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:

  • 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

  • 1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes (MB) for Home Basic)

  • 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space (20 GB for Home Basic)

  • Support for DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM and 128 MB of graphics memory (32 MB for Home Basic)

  • DVD-ROM drive

  • Audio Output

  • 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

Your comparison is just as bad. Halo 1 for pc had to be able to run on Windows 98. RE4 did not.