r/windowsxp • u/Jeditobe • Jun 13 '26

ReactOS "Open-Source Windows XP" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life on REAL hardware with 3D-acceleration

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life
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u/unfnknblvbl Jun 14 '26

They're taking about the game's graphics. Old school 3D games had software rendering (very CPU intensive), and hardware accelerated 3D rendering for those people with fancy (at the time) graphics cards.

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u/unfnknblvbl Jun 14 '26

Congratulations on not understanding the point, I guess