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Water looks great, but lacks good reflections
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Adds depth to reflections on screen.
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Shows reflections from everything: trees, buildings, objects. Looks fantastic!
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Look at the blob shadow behind her
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True realism here, nothing spared. As you would expect a true reflection of her to look like.
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Very unnoticeable difference.
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Dictated by your hardware's level of DX, but completely unseen in this scene.
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Check the Enable Developr Console box, then click OK and OK again.
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Read: Half-Life 2 Optimization GuideHalf-Life 2 Optimization Guide

Stathi is back with another optimization guide! This time he tackles Half-Life 2 with an Athlon XP 2600+ testbed. Graphics cards tested include the RA...[ Read More ]

Maintainer: Stathi Chaffie Papadopoulos
Date: February 16, 2005
Category: Guides : Optimizing Performance
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