lol i run halo at the max
here's my rig
FIC AU11 mobo with nForce2SE chipset
1 GIG kingston ram PC2700 333MHZ
Amd Athlon XP 2400 (15X 133MHZ)
nVidia GeForce 5200 FX 128 MB AGP 8X
Windows XP Professional Media Center Edition with IIS (Internet Infomation Service)
all video effects enabled and at max
the "FPS" is set to 30
screen size 800X600
audio hardware accelerated and all enabled and at max (5.1 suround sound)
halo runs fine and dandy
maybe it's just my rig has OK hardware.. but lowering some things makes it UGLY and i don't play UGLY games lol