How my PC ran Half-Life 2 in 2008 vs. 2023 (15 year difference)

WHADDADIFFERENCE! I am such grateful

I was gonna upload this in 4K, but my video editor is so old that it can't export 4K... Sooo 1080p it is then.

I should make it clear that I used a 6 fps cap for the 2008 PC video clips. The comparison was made using my current PC. I did my best to replicate the same experience I had in 2008. I vividly remember HL2 doing 5-6 fps in this area. Not all areas were this bad. Many indoor areas did allow for 20+ fps. The horrible fps was most likely due to whatever CPU I had at the time. I can't remember what kind it was. All I know is that Intel made it and it was single core.

[Bouncy_Spy]

That's not Half-Life that's 1/5th Life

[Vscojen]

Bro had more FPS in 2008 then me on my family laptop 💀

[krazart]

Performance aside, I actually liked the way you played lmao, using the supply crates as cover, never did that

[WinterGamesYT]

its hard to believe that there was ever a time where computers struggled to run the source engine

[Xale]

Did you test 2008 with vanilla Half Life ?

Because when they updated it with Orangebox engine, if was more demanding.

[E_lisa_a]

i call cap, either HL2 today is wayy more demanding, but back then with my Geforce FX 5200 in 2011~, it ran hl2 and cs source completely fine.

[davidlemilica]

you should be getting more fps with fx5500, i played with a geforce 4 mx440 on my old pc and got around 40fps

[LordSzo]

2005 me: only 5-10 FPS lowest settings lowest resolution (640x480) 💀💻🔥💥
2024 me: 1000 FPS highest settings highest resolution (1920x1080) 🤯🥳🎉

[Versanitybutreal]

hl2 was way ahead of its time and a lot of stuff changed in those 6 years

[rootgaming]

imagine what's going to happen 20 years from now! Probably all the games in VR with AI ememy.

[Goprof]

I remember I had to set my computer to the lowest settings and in between levels loading I would go do something else because it took forever.

[Biaanca]

I do know one thing about the Geforce FXes, I used a 5200 for haloPC devstuffs a loong time ago and they haaate hardware texture filtering. The only way to make them useable for haloPC was to set the filtering options to performance mode.
I assume this might also help it to run Half Life 2 a little better :)

[dantheman]

4k makes sense when playing old games but honestly 1080p with AA looks optimal anyway

[kentreed]

I wonder if my old 2006 PC would've run this game, probably not since I remember only playing Quake, Cereal box games and AoE2 on it.

[АлександрАртурович-яж]

i feel sorry for u because at 2008 i already had pc that run hl2 on ultras in 1650 resolution and in 2004 when game just came out i played in 1024 res on medium settings

[KingBaldwinIV.]

my computer had more fps in like 2015 (not really a fair comparison, but the computer was made before 2008) than in that year, and it was only on 2 generations after of windows

[moonTerfixx.]

man when will i ever have an actual gaming setup

[fps]

I wonder how my crappy Lenovo would run Half-Life, that thing has a N2840, an absolutely disgusting CPU compared to even a 2008 MacBook.
I also got an RTX 3050 on my gaming laptop, but I HATE IT.

[banguseater]

oh yea the FX cards, truly some of the worst cards of that era. even a FX 5600 ran this game so bad despite being released a year earlier than HL2

[xxyz]

I owned an fx 5500 back in the day and had no trouble running half life 2. I call cap