Quake II gets a reDraw

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Quake II gets a reDraw

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(I'm nshort on time, typos abound, edits to follow)

Quake II

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/ ... es-june-6/

You can play thye first few rounds for free
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/ca ... ke-II-rtx/

But to enloy the whole thing it will need to point to a legitimate, local copy on your hard drive-

(It don't cost much):
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Re: Quake II gets a reDraw

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OK, that sounds like i was shilling for the product but the reality IS:

A) I used to play a LOT of Doom/Quake/Wolfenstein, back in the day.

B) I'm pretty sure I need a good reason to upgrade my hardware, this might be enough of a push (excuse) to get a soopy-doopy video card and wrap a PC around it.

C) There is no four...
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Re: Quake II gets a reDraw

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TazManiac wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:57 pm
B) I'm pretty sure I need a good reason to upgrade my hardware, this might be enough of a push (excuse) to get a soopy-doopy video card and wrap a PC around it.
... Such lighting detail doesn't come cheap for the moment, though. The lowest-end RTX cards that Nvidia recommends for real-time ray-tracing current start at a $339 MSRP.

Ouch!
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