Wednesday, May 30th 2007

Free Steam Games for ATI Radeon Owners

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Valve has announced that effective immediately, ATI Radeon owners can download a free copy of Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch through Steam. The software will automatically confirm the presence of ATI Radeon hardware and offer access to the two games. In related news, Steam will be included with the ATI Catalyst driver and software suit until early 2008 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT owners will, upon release, receive Team Fortress 2, Portal, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two through Valve's content delivery application.

UPDATE: I talked to Valve and they confirm that once you activated the free ATI games, you will keep them, even if you swap to an NVIDIA card. Just ask your friends for their ATI card.
Source: Shacknews

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48 Comments on Free Steam Games for ATI Radeon Owners

#27
EviLZeD
lemonadesodaHello? What's all the fuss about?

HL2: Lost Coast HAS BEEN A FREE DOWNLOAD since 2005. What's new is it has been added to Steam.

HL2:LC is the "one level" demo of HDR lighting. Nice level add-on, but not a full game.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Lost_Coast
half life 2 deathmatch is free with radeon cards
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#28
Sky
i thought this was for a free Half-Life 2. But its only HL Deathmatch and Lost Coast. O well at least its something free =D
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#29
JrRacinFan
Served 5k and counting ...
I wonder if this would work with my onboard ATI adapter.
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#30
Batou1986
bout time i get rewarded for being an ati fan i missed hl2 dm since i my old steam with all the games got vac baned mysteriously i blame fraps:D
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#32
wiak
mandeloreffs i must be retarded or summit? i cant see no option or never got asked if i wanted it when i registered a new account

when did it scan your pc?
90% of all games since 2000 have automaticly adjusted settings for gfx card, steam has a detect hw function so ^^
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#34
Joshmcmillan
Hi,
I have an "ATI Radeon" X1650 Pro and I already have HL2 on my computer because one of my brothers used it on it once so in my steam account which I created a few minuts ago it already says Half Life 2:Lost Coast and Deathmatch are pre-downloaded and click here to purchase. What should I do to get it to notice I have a Radeon X1650 Pro?
Thanks.
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#35
mandelore
JoshmcmillanHi,
I have an "ATI Radeon" X1650 Pro and I already have HL2 on my computer because one of my brothers used it on it once so in my steam account which I created a few minuts ago it already says Half Life 2:Lost Coast and Deathmatch are pre-downloaded and click here to purchase. What should I do to get it to notice I have a Radeon X1650 Pro?
Thanks.
same issue here, even on a newly created account?
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#36
Joshmcmillan
Hi,
I figured it out.
Here is instructions:

1.Go to this site and click "Get it now" www.steampowered.com/ati_offer1a/
2.Go through the things and you can either download it or if it is already installed on your computer it will activate it.
3. Enjoy
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#38
W1zzard
you can create as many accounts as you want with one ati video card. there is no identifier like a unique serial number on any video card.
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#39
Casheti
Oh nice, I'm gonna go make 20,000 more..
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#40
Casheti
Never mind, says Duplicate Registration :(

Oh well, I already have HL2: DM on another account, it just got banned lol..

Thank you ATi for giving me a fresh start.
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#41
ex_reven
W1zzardyou can create as many accounts as you want with one ati video card. there is no identifier like a unique serial number on any video card.
Same as if you own it. Your allowed to install HL2 and CS:S on as many machines as you want so you can LAN with one game :).
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#42
Unregistered
no, steam is pure crap(my oppinion)...and i vould never ever install it again
#43
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
At least its something with ATI. The Valve Black Box will definately help sell the HD 2900XT series.


One question. For all the HD2900XT owners on here, what are your experiences with it? Was it worth th $399.99 tag? Im definately curious as I plan on getting one in a bit.
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#44
Wile E
Power User
WarEagleAUAt least its something with ATI. The Valve Black Box will definately help sell the HD 2900XT series.


One question. For all the HD2900XT owners on here, what are your experiences with it? Was it worth th $399.99 tag? Im definately curious as I plan on getting one in a bit.
A few quirks thus far, eagle, but the A/V features, along with it's great performance, make it worth every penny, imho.
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#45
GJSNeptune
WarEagleAUOne question. For all the HD2900XT owners on here, what are your experiences with it? Was it worth th $399.99 tag? Im definately curious as I plan on getting one in a bit.
According to this article, also discussed here, it looks like the R600 cards (which veer towards geometry processing) won't run under DX10 as well as the G80 cards, which focus more on pixel processing. The article is about Unreal Tournament 3, but I'm sure it'll apply to modern games as well.

As the discussion thread suggests, it's weird for ATI to focus on something that isn't the trend.
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#46
Nemesis881
Hmm I got it uninstalled on steam, but everytime I go to install them it asked me to login again. Then it says the servers are to busy...:banghead:.
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#47
longo213
I wonder, if it's possible to run mods with this release...
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#48
rhythmeister
JoshmcmillanHi,
I figured it out.
Here is instructions:

1.Go to this site and click "Get it now" www.steampowered.com/ati_offer1a/
2.Go through the things and you can either download it or if it is already installed on your computer it will activate it.
3. Enjoy
I wish that worked, I just get a duplicate error blah blah message. I wouldn't have minded lost coast legit for another 5 minute play :slap:
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