physX card

1800 · Post by **1800** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:32 pm

to me, its not about waiting or not...its about what does it do...other than help the gpu and cpu...if i want one, ill buy one...but if the damn thing does no more than help carry the load from teh other processors, then its essentially a worthless device. it has no purpose. just buy a better cpu and gpu.

Quester115 · Post by **Quester115** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:29 pm

the thing about the physX card, and other that will come out like it, is that its cpu instruction set is written specifically for complex physics equations. differentials that might take take many many instructions on a standard set used by cpu manufacturers may only take one or two on the physX card.
as for the wait, we're all standing by to see if it will get built on a bus that allows for more bandwidth and thus more done a time, or however you CS people explain it

actually check this out. its a white paper on the PhsX card and might answer any questions you have
http://www.ageia.com/pdf/wp_advanced_gaming_physics.pdf

and yeah it was me who asked about this a while back, and i came to the conclusion that i'll wait untill a bit after ut3 comes see how i like it and return it if i don't

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:43 pm

Quester115 wrote:the thing about the physX card, and other that will come out like it, is that its cpu instruction set is written specifically for complex physics equations. differentials that might take take many many instructions on a standard set used by cpu manufacturers may only take one or two on the physX card.
as for the wait, we're all standing by to see if it will get built on a bus that allows for more bandwidth and thus more done a time, or however you CS people explain it

actually check this out. its a white paper on the PhsX card and might answer any questions you have
http://www.ageia.com/pdf/wp_advanced_gaming_physics.pdf

and yeah it was me who asked about this a while back, and i came to the conclusion that i'll wait untill a bit after ut3 comes see how i like it and return it if i don't

This is correct.......The card handles graphics that are not normally handled by the GFX card......But only to certain games.

Jet$ · Post by **Jet$** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:11 pm

wow impressive vid NIR_Rimc.
nvr seen a working tornado in a game before like that
i hope almost all walls in the game could be destroyed

and the flag camping at the end

NIR_Rimc · Post by **NIR_Rimc** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:30 am

No problem