I think it just clicked for me. What's so fascinating with looking back on older technology is just how fast the scene was evolving back then. Nowadays we struggle to get more performance per watt, and the silicon barrier doesn't care about our need for more powerful hardware. Perhaps we will see optimisation become the hot topic again.
I think it just clicked for me. What's so fascinating with looking back on older technology is just how fast the scene was evolving back then. Nowadays we struggle to get more performance per watt, and the silicon barrier doesn't care about our need for more powerful hardware. Perhaps we will see optimisation become the hot topic again.
What DirectX mode were the graphics cards running in Half-Life 2 ?