It's been 20 years since Half-Life 2 came out? Welp, the new special RTX update is near completion while people go mad for the themed custom RTX 4080 SUPER giveaway unit
Valve's Half-Life IP is no joke - revolutionizing how single-player FPS can be equally amazing as competitive multiplayer counterparts with its first entry while the second one took everything and scaled up to borderline levels of impressiveness. But maybe you're just too new to figure out how impactful it is in the he
Valve's Half-Life IP is no joke - revolutionizing how single-player FPS can be equally amazing as competitive multiplayer counterparts with its first entry while the second one took everything and scaled up to borderline levels of impressiveness.
But maybe you're just too new to figure out how impactful it is in the hearts of gamers, creators, and developers back in the day. Well, you can take a look at the tribute video to catch on all the important details, moments, and meaning for this 2-decade old game.
https://youtu.be/5FZ49Ou8zAE
To celebrate this special occasion, Half-Life 2 RTX is actually real and it is managed by Orbifold Studios, available for wishlisting right now on Steam, it has promised a full remaster of every aspect of the beloved original while retaining its look and feel.
Orbifold’s work on Half-Life 2 RTX is made possible by NVIDIA RTX Remix, an open-source platform that enables modders to remaster their favorite classic games with full ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, modern physically-based rendering (PBR) assets, and generative AI texture tools. Consisting of a creator app for remastering assets, and a runtime for capturing original game assets and injecting remastered assets back into the game, Remix is an end-to-end platform for enhancing beloved classic games.
Oh, there's this very special, custom-wrapped HL2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GPU ready to join one's PC pretty soon (Or maybe shelf) and you can find out how to win via X, TikTok, Facebook, or Instagram to learn how to enter and win, and see the full terms and conditions here.
On the other hand, here are this week's DLSS-powered games which you'll definitely need if you want to play the post-apocalyptic survival powerhouse:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Comes with DLSS 3 multiplying frame rates on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs by an average of 2.4X, while Reflex cuts latency by up to 45%; Frame Generation and Super Resolution are also supported
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Although being most of a CPU-bound game, it will support DLSS 3 with Frame Generation and Super Resolution, DLAA, ray-traced shadows, and NVIDIA Reflex
LEGO Horizon Adventures - Power up via DLSS 3 with Frame Generation and Super Resolution as well as DLAA for this blocky representation of a renowned IP
Industry Giant 4.0 - Available through Early Access, GeForce RTX users can improve their experience with DLSS 3, integrating Frame Generation, Super Resolution, and DLAA for exceptional performance and visual fidelity
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