Getting Half-Life 2 to work on 8 MB of VRAM means turning it into an eerily befitting voidscape: 'there were absolutely no effects left'
To put the whole 8 MB thing in context, one GPU from the HL2 period was the ATI (now AMD) Radeon 9700 which launched in 2002 and had 128 MB of VRAM. And as the YouTuber points out, a lot of cards back ...
Valve literally gives Half-Life away now, but 27 years ago it was carefully crushing its angry pirates: "None of them had actually bought the game"
Half-Life is $2 on Steam at the time of writing. That's $2 in 2025 money - a far cry from the 1998 money we had when the game ...
Half-Life: Alyx, VR’s first — and hopefully not last — killer app, turns 5
It’s trite to say this five years after launch, but Half-Life: Alyx felt like a door being kicked open, revealing what’s ...
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Half-Life 2 running with just 8MB of VRAM is a beautiful wireframe mess
A YouTuber has successfully run Half-Life 2 on the 3D Phantom XP 2800 with just 8MB of memory, sacrificing most if not all textures, lighting, shadows, and other effects.
Major Half-Life 2 Visual Update Makes The Game Feel Brand New
The demo version of Half-Life 2 RTX has been made available today, bringing tons of visual improvements to this iconic ...
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"There are going to be a wide variety of opinions."
The modding team Orbifold Studios used RTX Remix to modernize Half-Life 2, adding full ray tracing, remastered assets, and ...
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The Half-Life 2 RTX demo proposes a nice visual upgrade and not much else
The demo for RTX gives aglimpse at the mod's comprehensive visual overhaul, though don't expect it to evoke much besides ...
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7 Games To Play If You Miss Half-Life
Cry of Fear' honors the legacy of 'Half-Life' with creepy environmental design and is free to play. 'Cruelty Squad' offers innovative gadgetry reminiscent of James Bond games, perfect for indie ...
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Half-Life 3 could be in the late stage of development, based on new Valve update
Grabbing eagerly onto every shred of information, hoping against hope that this time, no, this time, Half-Life 3 might actually be real. I’ve been doing this for 18 years, ever since the credits ...
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What are the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system attacks pancreatic beta cells. Type 2 diabetes happens when the body cannot use insulin effectively. The two types differ in symptoms, causes ...
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Melania Trump 'Leads Her Own Life' 1 Month into Husband's Second Presidency (Exclusive Sources)
“Melania has been busy shooting her documentary," one source tells PEOPLE, "and that has taken place in several locations" Linda Marx is a writer and reporter for PEOPLE in the areas of ...