JIMINATOR
10-09-2003, 05:34 PM
from tom's hardware:
looks like at is only going to give the single player version, to be distributed via steam...
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Half-Life 2 is one of the most awaited game titles this year. Offering superb graphics by using DirectX 9 technology it will also become the new benchmark for DX9 performance evaluation. ATI performs very well in this game (see Halflife 2 Benchmarks).
ATI managed to get multi million-bundle deal with Valve to bundle the single player version of Half-Life 2 with their new Radeon XT cards. Since the release of the game was delayed several times it looks like the early XT card come with a voucher only giving the customer the ability to download the full game via Valve's Steam online service when it becomes available. Maybe this won't change and you never get a full CD. Details are still unknown at the time this article was written.
Sources tell us that the bundling is very expensive for the card makers. ATI is asking for about $15 for a copy, which is 300% more than other game bundles. So you can expect that not every ATI board partner will feature this game bundle.
It's also unknown yet if there will be a chance to upgrade the bundled single player game (about $40) to the multi player version (about $50) will become available later.
looks like at is only going to give the single player version, to be distributed via steam...
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Half-Life 2 is one of the most awaited game titles this year. Offering superb graphics by using DirectX 9 technology it will also become the new benchmark for DX9 performance evaluation. ATI performs very well in this game (see Halflife 2 Benchmarks).
ATI managed to get multi million-bundle deal with Valve to bundle the single player version of Half-Life 2 with their new Radeon XT cards. Since the release of the game was delayed several times it looks like the early XT card come with a voucher only giving the customer the ability to download the full game via Valve's Steam online service when it becomes available. Maybe this won't change and you never get a full CD. Details are still unknown at the time this article was written.
Sources tell us that the bundling is very expensive for the card makers. ATI is asking for about $15 for a copy, which is 300% more than other game bundles. So you can expect that not every ATI board partner will feature this game bundle.
It's also unknown yet if there will be a chance to upgrade the bundled single player game (about $40) to the multi player version (about $50) will become available later.