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Jess Kinghorn

'Half-Life 2 RTX has shrunk from 80 GB to 50 GB': RTX Remix 1.5 update shrinks file sizes, and also starts letting in AI agents

Half-Life 2: RTX Remix.

If you're on a budget, now is really not the time to upgrade your gaming rig's storage. The memory supply crisis is driving up the price of SSDs, meaning many will have to make do with what they've already got for as long as possible. Even older games can still have large file sizes, especially if they're enjoying a fresh lick of path-traced lighting. Thankfully though, RTX Remix 1.5 may make juggling your backlog a little easier.

Just in case you've not ventured out from under your cool mossy rock since 2004, RTX Remix is Nvidia's attempt to refine the dated visuals of yesteryears' games. The open-source modding platform allows users to update the look of their favourite games with generative AI tools, neural rendering tech, and ray tracing. Unfortunately, all of that fresh tech tends to expand the file size of a 20 year old game. The latest update addresses that file size creep.

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