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Half-Life: Alyx patch adds foveated rendering support a mere 6 years after the game's release
Half-Life: Alyx appeared to be all done and dusted, with no major updates or patches since 2022. Then along came the Steam Frame and we've a whole new port of the game for its Snapdragon processor.
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Valve released a new patch for Half‑Life: Alyx that adds a toggle for foveated rendering in the PC version’s settings menu, enabling the feature for a range of PCVR headsets. The update follows the recent Steam Frame port of the game to Snapdragon processors, which had been the first major activity since the last major patch in 2022. The foveated rendering option can be used without a Steam Frame, extending the performance benefit to standard PC setups.
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