Half-Life: Alyx Patch Adds Foveated Rendering Support, 6 Years After Release

Valve has added a foveated rendering toggle to the PC version of Half-Life: Alyx under Advanced Performance in the settings menu, supporting Nvidia GTX 16XX+ and RTX 20XX+, with AMD requiring a -vulkan launch. The feature can improve rendering performance and works best with headset eye tracking, with Valve listing Steam Frame, Meta Quest Pro, PS VR2 and other supported devices. The patch follows the game's port to the Steam Frame's Snapdragon processor.