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If you\u2019re excited about the first new Half-Life<\/em> game in 12 years<\/a> and you\u2019re seriously thinking about a VR headset, you should know that it may not be your only expense. In fact, some people who already use headsets may need to shell out extra cash. That\u2019s because, as Ben Kuchera at our sister site Polygon<\/em> notes<\/a>, the minimum system requirements for Half-Life: Alyx<\/em> are higher than what VR has traditionally asked for.<\/p>\n While the VR minspec has stayed relatively stable ever since the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive first appeared on the scene in 2016 \u2014 a fast dual-core CPU, Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX480 or better, and 8GB of RAM \u2014 Alyx<\/em> now demands a quad-core <\/em>Core i5 chip or better, a GTX 1060 or better with 6GB of video RAM, and 12GB of system…<\/p>\n \n Continue reading\u2026<\/a>\n <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Valve If you\u2019re excited about the first new Half-Life game in 12 years and you\u2019re seriously thinking about a VR headset, you should know that it may not be your only expense. In fact, some people who already use headsets may need to shell out extra cash. That\u2019s because, as Ben Kuchera at our sister… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":73096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t