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Half-Life 2 NDA Lifted - Online Previews Available

Posted by simoniker on from the headcrabs-and-boomsticks dept.

captainstupid writes "The first Half-Life 2 previews are hitting the Web, and Shacknews seems to have the first post-NDA preview." There's also a preview at IGN.com, and another at Gamespy, plus yet another at Gamespot, giving us a whole cornucopia of different looks at what may be the most keenly awaited PC game of the year.

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  1. Re:Good Lord by Babbster · · Score: 4, Informative
    Fortunately, it seems like the Gamespy people might have actually ASKED that very important question:

    With all of these considerable graphical upgrades, we were pleased to hear that the minimum system specs are currently targeted at a 700 MHz PC with 128 MB RAM and a DX6-level video card, meaning you won't need a NASA supercomputer to run Half-Life 2.

    Obviously, that will probably be running the game at its minimum detail but the success of Half-Life was never about the tech specs - it was about the fact that it's one of the best single-player FPS experiences released and the fact that modders loved it.

  2. Re:Good Lord by someguy · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's the Microsoft 3d API in DirectX.

    It stands for "Direct 3D"

    Direct 3d was a competitor with OpenGL as a graphics API and has largely supplanted it as the standard.

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