Trying to run Halo 1

[Steven Scott]

I just acquired Halo1 and I'm having a problem running it. I get a message that my ati rage fury pro card doesn't meet minimum requirements. Is there anything I can do, like updating the drivers, to overcome this problem. Really don't want to replace video card just for the game.

 

[USAFRet]

I think a full listing of your hardware specs would be helpful here.
HALO 1 is now 13 years old. The Rage cards are even older.

 

[jessterman21]

For real - please replace your extremely ancient video card with anything else.

Any integrated graphics from the last 3 years will run it fine, by the way.

 

[jaguarskx]

The ATI Rage Fury Pro is an obsolete graphics card. It only supports up to DirectX 7. Halo requires a graphics card that has DirectX 9. You cannot play the game unless you replace the graphics card. Since the card is from 1999 I can only assume you PC is just as dated.

While you may be able to replace the graphics card, it is best to simply buy a new PC. A relatively inexpensive modern desktop or laptop will be able to play Halo since integrated graphics have come along way in the past several years. If you are going to buy a desktop or laptop, do not simply buy it. Post a link to it so people can see it and determine if it is a good deal or not. Desktops are generally better because they allow you to upgrade more than just RAM and the hard drive. But laptops are compact and portable.

 

[junkeymonkey]

from halo 1 read me file

Halo may not properly detect some older video cards because their video drivers are not DirectX 9.0b-compliant

from Microsoft -- unsupported cards

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829479