Hey guys,
Thought I should move the post to here as it may get more responses.
After a 6tear hiatus, I am getting back into playing Halo Combat Evolved on PC again, since I finally have a gaming PC (first self built one). I used to play the game back in 2009 on our old family computer that was running XP. Back then, the game used to run pretty well. I can’t remember me running it on max settings, but it ran smoothly. However ever since I have been running the game the last few days on new gaming system, I have noticed that loading times are significantly slower then usual and there are more frequent drops in frame rate. Surely that can’t be down to my specs, as my system should be able to handle gamesome that age on max settings easy. Maybe it may be Windows 10 compatibility?
I have read that Halo PC doesn’t handle well with new hardware. Now I am not run in this game in compatibility mode because other then the two issues I mentioned above, it runs flawlessly. Below I have my specs below as well as my game settings to see if there is anything I should do - whether it is running the game in compatibility mode or changing some settings.
System Specs:
Intel Core i5 6600 @ 3.3 GHz CPU
ASUS B150 Pro Gaming Motherboard
16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2133 MHz Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4 GB GPU
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (Boot drive)
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB Mechanical Hard Drive (Storage - I am running Halo on this)
Windows 10 Pro
Sony Bravia LCD TV (running in gaming mode)
Game settings:
AUDIO
Master Vol - 10
Effects Vol - 10
Music Vol - 6
Sound Quality - High
Sound Variety - High
VIDEO
Resolution - 1280 x 1024
Refresh Rate - 60 Hz
Framerate - VSYNC
Specular - Yes
Shadows - Yes
Decals - Yes
Particles - High
Texture Quality - High
So if there is a setting I should tweak, please let me know. I would love to be able to run this game flawlessly on max settings. Thanks