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Already available in the U.S.? Price?
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Can't say I was impressed by the numbers in the anandtech benchmark, though they weren't real happy with their own options either.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2751
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#1 Rather seems to be a balancing problem. What are 10.000 objects with true real-time calculated physics good for if the gfx card can't render them?

#2 The question is how much the card helps with truly complicated physics calculations - not just debris flying around and bouncing? Friction comes to my mind.
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it comes with the Ghost ReCon Demo (the full version as well I assume).

Why would they use a standalone physics program to run a game??? or can I just delete it?...stupid ubi.
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yeah - and why not just set fire to a couple of hundred dollars?

Pointless to buy one of these until at least 3 or 4 decent games support it. [H]ardOCP are pretty scathing about it for now.
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By the time some good games adopt it, PPUs will be integrated with ATi and nVidia GPUs, so Ageia may have the right product, but they implemented the product wrongly, imo
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Immortal Lobster wrote:By the time some good games adopt it, PPUs will be integrated with ATi and nVidia GPUs
Certainly not, given the massively parallel architecture, number of transistors and bandwidth of the PPU.
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AI and nVidia both already have it in thier plans, if im not mistaken, ATi Already sounds pretty damned serious about it, nVidia was talking an external, SLi-able card, but if ATi goes integrated, you can bet your ass nVidia will follow ;)
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Immortal Lobster wrote:AI and nVidia both already have it in thier plans, if im not mistaken, ATi Already sounds pretty damned serious about it, nVidia was talking an external, SLi-able card, but if ATi goes integrated, you can bet your ass nVidia will follow ;)
Yup. read about that a couple of weeks ago. I'm thinkin that mobo's will change somewhat to accomodate the configuration.
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