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Ageia PhysX
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:50 am
by Diedel
Already available in the U.S.? Price?
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:46 pm
by Krom
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
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:42 pm
by Diedel
#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.
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:57 pm
by Duper
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.
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:56 pm
by Mobius
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.
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:26 pm
by Immortal Lobster
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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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:06 am
by Diedel
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.
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:55 am
by Immortal Lobster
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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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 6:32 pm
by Duper
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.