The Steam News
Page offers word on the release of Half-Life 2, Source Engine and Source
Dedicated Server updates (thanks
Frans). The update includes some performance
improvements, including tweaks for writing out save games and thumbnail images
that will reduce autosave and quicksave pauses in Half-Life 2, as well as
increased cache memory usage for machines that have greater than 512MB of
physical memory and an optimized sound cache manager, each of which will reduce
sound cache thrashing hitches.