Halo 2 on 8600GTS?

[G9]

I'm looking at this 8600GTS from XFX... will that be more than enough to run Halo 2 smoothly/quickly at full settings on 1920x1200 resolution?

I'm also wondering if my current card is PCI-Express x1 or x16:
General Information :
Manufacturer : ATI Technologies Inc (ATI Technologies Inc)
Model : ATI Technologies Inc
Bus Type : PCI-Express
Total Memory : 256 MB
Texture Memory : 501 MB
Processor : ATI FireGL V7100 (0x5550)
Converter : Internal DAC(400MHz)
Refresh Rate (min/max) : 56/75 Hz

GPU Information :
Number of GPU : 1

Video Bios Information :
Date : 11/02/04
Version : R423 113-A32201-103 BR#9981 A12 DDR3 BIOS Rel9.4.1.33
ID : 113-A32201-103

General Features :
Width : 528 mm
Height : 330 mm
Pixel per inch : 96x96 dpi
bits per pixel : 32
Colour Bits/Planes : 1
Brushes : 4294967295
Pens : 4294967295
Markers : 0
Device Fonts : 0
Device Colours : 4294967295
Clip Output to Rectangle : Yes
Hardware Acceleration : Yes

Blend and Shade Capabilities :
GradientFill Rectangle : No
GradientFill Traingle : No
Per Pixel AlphaBlend : Yes
Premultiplied Alpha : No

Raster Capabilities :
Banding : No
Transfer Bitmaps : Yes
Bitmap >64 KB : Yes
Fonts larger than 64 K : Yes
DIBs : Yes
DIBTODEV : Yes
Flood Fills : Yes
Scaling : No
StretchBlt : Yes
StretchDIB : Yes

Curves Capabilities :
Chord Arcs : Yes
Circles : Yes
Elipses : Yes
Interiors : Yes
Pie Wedges : Yes
Rounded Rectangles : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes

Lines Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Markers : Yes
Polylines : Yes
Polymarkers : Yes
Styled : Yes
Wide : Yes
Wide, Styled : Yes

Polygonal Capabilities :
Interiors : Yes
Alternate Fill Polygons : Yes
Winding Fill Polygons : Yes
Rectangles : Yes
Scan Lines : Yes
Styled Borders : Yes
Wide Borders : Yes
Wide, Styled Borders : Yes

Text Capabilities :
Stroke Precision : Yes
Stroke Clip Precision : Yes
90° Character Rotation : No
Any Angle Character Rotation : No
Independant X-Y Scaling : No
Double Weighted Characters : No
Italic : No
Underline : Yes
Strikeout : Yes
Raster Fonts : Yes
Vector Fonts : Yes

Color Management Capabilities :
CMYK : No
Gamma Ramp : Yes
ICM Device : No

I'm assuming this means that it is x16... unless it updated. I got this machine about 2 years ago.

 

[freestyler105]

It should be able to, I can't say 100% though.

 

[esa193]

halo 2 is a week game graphics/preformance wise
ull have no prob
u should be able to run crysis in meduim just fine as well

 

[freestyler105]

It's probably 16x...to be sure just open up the case and look at it:

 

[G9]

How about F.E.A.R. and Half-Life 2? Thanks for confirmation I'll check it out.

 

[freestyler105]

It will blow away Half-Life 2, and it should run FEAR maxed out depending on the rest of your specs.

 

[G9]

I've got 2GB RAM and 2x3.4ghz Xeon proc. 7200RPM HDD.

 

[freestyler105]

Haha are you playing games on your company's server or something??

Should be fine with FEAR in that case.

 

[aCb]

http://www.buy.com/prod/ati-firegl-v7100-256mb-pci-express-x16-video-card/q/loc/101/10376973.html

 

[Rudster8161]

no way will the 8600GTS be able run halo2 at that resolution even at the lowest settings. i dont think ANY 256mb card would be able to