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I decide to do a time demo, and there was a surprising fps boost after this patch. (The increase in performance could be due to the fact that I now have 3GB of RAM, but I doubt Halo is using all of that)

The top test is before the latest patch, the bottom test is the latest patch.

Date / Time: 1/9/07 7:58:48 (0ms)
3000MHz, 1024MB
C:\Users\cameronmicka\Applications\Halo.app psn_0_7340033 -console Frames=4700
Total Time=69.33s
Average frame rate=67.79fps
Below  5fps= 11% (time)  0% (frames) (7.741s spent in 9 frames)
Below 10fps= 11% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 11% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 20fps= 14% (time)  1% (frames)
Below 25fps= 19% (time)  2% (frames)
Below 30fps= 22% (time)  3% (frames)
Below 40fps= 27% (time)  6% (frames)
Below 50fps= 33% (time)  10% (frames)
Below 60fps= 50% (time)  24% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= High
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= High
###Video Options###
Resolution= 1680 x 1050
Refresh rate= 0 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

For further information, please visit the timedemo FAQ at: http://halo.bungie.net/site/halo/featur … cefaq.html
Date / Time: 6/19/07 7:24:11 (0ms)
3000MHz, 3072MB
C:\Users\cameronmicka\Applications\Games\Halo.app psn_0_12845057 -console Frames=4700
Total Time=50.26s
Average frame rate=93.51fps
Below  5fps= 13% (time)  0% (frames) (6.805s spent in 10 frames)
Below 10fps= 14% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 14% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 20fps= 14% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 25fps= 14% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 30fps= 15% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 40fps= 16% (time)  1% (frames)
Below 50fps= 21% (time)  3% (frames)
Below 60fps= 24% (time)  5% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= High
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= High
###Video Options###
Resolution= 1680 x 1050
Refresh rate= 0 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

I haven't had that problem. Are you connected to the internet wirelessly? Halo doesn't play too well with a lot of packet loss.

Hmmm, very odd. I would email support at MacSoft Games. They have always been very helpful with bugs I've had with Halo and Unreal Tournament in the past.

Wow, three years. Has it been that long? Oh yeah, my FSAA was on 5x sampling, and my Lens Flare was set to extreme and Model Detail was of course High.

I would love to see a Halo 2 Vista benchmark. I still have to pick up a copy.

Just ran the time demo on my Macbook Air, and as I thought I would not recommend the Air as a gaming machine. But, it ran surprisingly really well at max settings and 800x600. But, here is max settings at 1200 x 800:

Date / Time: 2/16/08 12:34:51 (0ms)
1600MHz, 2048MB
C:\Applications\Halo.app psn_0_319566 Frames=4700
Total Time=301.54s
Average frame rate=15.59fps
Below  5fps= 5% (time)  0% (frames) (17.289s spent in 21 frames)
Below 10fps= 18% (time)  7% (frames)
Below 15fps= 49% (time)  33% (frames)
Below 20fps= 78% (time)  63% (frames)
Below 25fps= 90% (time)  80% (frames)
Below 30fps= 96% (time)  90% (frames)
Below 40fps= 98% (time)  96% (frames)
Below 50fps= 99% (time)  97% (frames)
Below 60fps= 99% (time)  98% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= Low
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= Medium
###Video Options###
Resolution= 1280 x 800
Refresh rate= 0 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

For further information, please visit the timedemo FAQ at: http://halo.bungie.net/site/halo/featur … cefaq.html

Haha, yeah the MBA's graphics capabilities are a joke. But, I just got my 8800GT in the Mac Pro and here are the time demo results with the same max settings as the last Mac Pro time demo:

For further information, please visit the timedemo FAQ at: http://halo.bungie.net/site/halo/featur … cefaq.html
Date / Time: 5/16/08 4:44:33 (0ms)
3000MHz, 3072MB
C:\Users\Applications\Games\Halo.app psn_0_1102093 -console Frames=4700
Total Time=40.27s
Average frame rate=116.71fps
Below  5fps= 8% (time)  0% (frames) (3.508s spent in 6 frames)
Below 10fps= 9% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 15fps= 10% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 20fps= 10% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 25fps= 10% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 30fps= 11% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 40fps= 11% (time)  0% (frames)
Below 50fps= 13% (time)  1% (frames)
Below 60fps= 15% (time)  2% (frames)
###Sound Options###
Hardware Acceleration= No
Sound Quality= High
Environmental Sound= No
Sound Variety= High
###Video Options###
Resolution= 1680 x 1050
Refresh rate= 0 Hz
Framerate throttle= No Vsync
Specular= Yes
Shadows= Yes
Decals= Yes
Particles= Off
Texture Quality= High

Looks like I didn't gain two much with this card on the Mac side. But, performance has jumped leaps and bounds on the windows side. Especially in Assassin's Creed and Crysis.