#Halo 2 pc windows 7 xp patch how to#
#Halo 2 pc windows 7 xp patch update#

In games such as Crysis Warhead, Far Cry 2, GRAW 2, GTA IV, Tom Clancy HAWX and Stalker: Clear Sky in 1920x1200, with 4x AntiAliasing and 16x Anisotropic Filtering, disabling the 'ATI Function Driver for High Definition Audio' brought anywhere between two and five percent. While in theory this should not happen - as HD audio is just passing through the PCI express bus and being synced with the picture, independent testing is now showing that Radeon 4800 series suffers from a small performance drop regardless of HDMI being an active connection or not.Д«enjamin discovered that disabling the 'ATI Function Driver for High Definition Audio' in Device Manager brings a small performance boost. Radeon HD 2000 series fixed the HDCP issue and things went back to normal, but now Hardware-Infos claim that you actually lose a little bit of 3D performance if you drive the audio through the graphics card.

After rereading i then told him to turn it back on.So sorry for any confusion caused.Д®dit: I found one article that deals with this but not the original one i read but the ideas the same.I'll paste part of it here: Now in ante's case i got confused somewhere his and Ians post, so thought that he had a card like mine. I guess more of the cards power is given over to the graphic side of things. It's also been discovered that if you don't actually use it then turning it off will give you more performance. The HDMI actually belongs to the graphic card.Weird I know but higher end ATI graphic cards do have a HDMI controler. LOL.if you look at my screenshot you'll see that under sound devices I have a sound blaster audigy and an HDMI. Try a different driver instead as well as the compatibility change I mentioned above. If there's still no change then you may have to try a different driver.Д®dit: I just reread your post and see that you have a nvidia card.DoH! I'd forget about the HDMI as you probably don't have this feature (it's a feature normally associated with ATI cards). I'd also right click on the launch exe, click properties and change the compatibility to XP.

#Halo 2 pc windows 7 xp patch update#

Click that and it will update automatically to version 1.08. You'll need to open Device manager, right-click on High definition Audio device, click driver (along the top) and click 'disable' about half-way down.Дid you patch the game? If you look inside the Halo folder on your C drive you should see an icon called update launcher.

#Halo 2 pc windows 7 xp patch how to#

I've disabled my HDMI as it does give you better performance although I shouldn't think this is your main cause of slow down.ДЇirst though, check out the screenshot to see how to turn off HDMI.