>>399711337
Alyx is just smoke-and-mirrors game created by the best devs in the industry. Once you start looking closely, illusion breaks instantly. 
And it still needs a beast rig.
I'm all for solving technical problems creatively, but unfortunately it's just not possible with the state of the game industry. 

>>399711507
>Too much cynicism is bad for you anon.
I'm just realistic and know what I'm talking about, because I'm a graphics developer myself. 
>have a 3090 TI running a headset which is dual 4k per eye, more like 5k by 3k after barrel distortion at 90hz and it runs almost everything I throw at it shockingly well
Post rendering resolution with framegraphs. I don't believe you.
"Everything runs well" usually comes from people with low standards, who just refuse to acknowledge obvious issues.