AH2 runs like a champ on my secondary mediocre (Son's) computer. Asus XP1800+ with Geforce3 Ti200 128MB. I get about the same FPS as I do in AH1. On my primary rig I actually get better FPS than in AH1.
I'm thinking all those who complain about being unable to run AH2 fit into one of three categories.
- Have not tried AH2 since build 25 or so when the code was heavilly improved.
- Own a computer that is nearly 5 years old or have not learned how to make it perform well.
- Just the kind of folks who resist any changes in general.
I'f you are the first you have no excuses, download the full game (don't do the incremental patches, they seem to take forever) and try it before you decide you can't run it. If it ran like crap in the original 20 builds, rest assured the game works better now.
If you are in the second, your old puter had a good run 5 years is all you should expect from a CPU or GPU anyhow. The world moves on and so should you. If you have anewer one and it does not seem to be performing right check out the AH2 forums here, there are many tips for configuring your system correctly.
If you are in the third, well...don't know what to tell you. You are probably wishing you still had DOS and the 16 color VGA graphics. I've got some old boxed games I could give you, since they are on floppys do you still have your 5.25 diskette drives?