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is still an amazing milestone in PC gaming, more than 20 years since its original release. But its dated graphics have been boosted with a mod which lets you use the power of cutting-edge graphics cards. In a video sponsored Nvidia. Adam from PCWorld talks to the developers behind the new ray-tracing and graphics enhancements .
Half-Life 2 comes as a free update if you own the original. After a million Steam sales who doesn’t, right? You won’t be able to get the full benefits unless you have an RTX card. We’re talking about ray tracing, path tracing, and new in-game graphics with better textures and more polygons for amazing lighting.
This will make your gaming PC sweat more than the original 20-year-old version. The updated game includes the latest versions of DLSS and Multi Frame Generation. It also supports neural radiance cache, neural radiance caching and other newfangled technology.
Adam was able to speak with David Driver Gomm, a lead developer at Orbifold Studios who is also the project leader for HL2RTX . It’s an unusual studio that was formed by a few modder teams who were already working on HL2RTXproject. Although they are not affiliated with Valve or the game, this mod is still ostensibly a Valve-approved mod. It even has its Steam listing. The team has completed the Ravenholm area of Half-Life 2 with the new visuals, but they hope to eventually do the entire game.
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Michael Crideris a Staff Writer at PCWorld
Michael has been in technology journalism for 10 years, covering everything from Apple and ZTE. He is the resident keyboard nut at PCWorld, always testing out a new keyboard for a review. In his spare time he builds a mechanical board or expands his desktop “battlestation” . Michael has written for Android Police, Digital Trends Wired, Lifehacker and How-To Geek. He’s also covered live events like CES or Mobile World Congress. Michael lives in Pennsylvania and is always looking forward to his kayaking trips.
