I'm currently getting splinters in my asscheeks from sitting on the fence on this one.
Yes, Fragmaster might be right
No, he shouldn't have used PHL as a soapbox for his own personal theories, PHL is there to provide solid news and facts.
I just did! lol!
Strike one off the Yes list, put it on the No list.
For clarification, I pre-ordered the retail version in July, I've waited this long, if it turns up on the 30th then that's great, if not, I'm happy to wait longer (but not too long) :)
Re: About Half-Life Radio
Whether you come back to read this or not, as an avid radio listener over many years, I'd like to offer some constructive criticism for you.
You stated that "nobody knows everything", while this may be true, the show consistently proved that "somebody knows...
With the exception of the Nforce 1 & 2, onboard soundcards normally depend upon the CPU to do all of the processing and generally have the highest overhead of all.
It's not a thing to worry about if your machine is capable of running HL2 at a decent rate, we are talking maybe a 5-10fps loss at most.
It's only really a problem in low end (sub 1ghz) machines and very badly engineered cards and drivers.
I don't think HL2 is simplistic Sunbeam, Valve have mentioned quite a few times that they have given the player several ways of attacking a particular problem, some might go into a situation gung-ho, while others might try a stealthy approach and come in quietly using their surroundings and...