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skilzygw · 22-Mar-2006, 19:54

http://bfgtech.com/physx/index.htm

http://www.firingsquad.com/features/...ss_conference/

Actualy game demos, game lists and working hardware. I can't believe. Actualy selling dates for standalone cards. Alienware adding them to the website today as an option.

Who would have thought we'd see this day come. From vaporware to hardware.

Cartoon Corpse · 22-Mar-2006, 20:14

dell has also offered them recently i hear. $250 but it's a PCI

PCIe comes out in a few months.

im gonna get one before gothic3 (or sooner if another earlier game exploits them)

Maintank · 22-Mar-2006, 20:50

Ushering in of a new technology to solve a problem.

I look forward to seeing the results.

skilzygw · 22-Mar-2006, 21:14

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Originally Posted by Maintank

Ushering in of a new technology to solve a problem.

I look forward to seeing the results.

http://physx.ageia.com/footage.html

Check out that link and click on the ghost recon video using cpu compared to ppu.

SlmDnk · 22-Mar-2006, 21:36

The GRAW demo in full screen glory: http://physx.ageia.com/sbs_graw.swf

In other news... I've been busily updating my PhysX info page all day long

http://personal.inet.fi/atk/kjh2348fs/ageia_physx.html

pjbliverpool · 23-Mar-2006, 12:28

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Originally Posted by SlmDnk

The GRAW demo in full screen glory: http://physx.ageia.com/sbs_graw.swf

In other news... I've been busily updating my PhysX info page all day long

http://personal.inet.fi/atk/kjh2348fs/ageia_physx.html

Does anyone know how the explosion effects in the Xbox 360 version compare to those two videos? I mean that specific instance aswell - the destruction of a truck?

wireframe · 22-Mar-2006, 21:41

With ATI's and recently Nvidia's announcements that they will support physics calculations on the GPU, this news couldn't have come soon enough. It looks as if the path forward won't be as clear as once thought. I suppose it all clears up when DirectPhys is launched. All these little players go away -become assimilated- and we are left with "good ol'" Microsoft.

PS. It's prbably high time to sacrifice some small animal in hope that there will be an OpenPHYS competitor just so MS don't get away with anything. Imagine how dreadful Direct3D would have been with no OpenGL to show the way.

trinibwoy · 22-Mar-2006, 21:50

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Originally Posted by wireframe

PS. It's prbably high time to sacrifice some small animal in hope that there will be an OpenPHYS competitor just so MS don't get away with anything. Imagine how dreadful Direct3D would have been with no OpenGL to show the way.

Well Havok and Ageia are already in this space. Havok FX is a physics API for GPUs, and would be competing directly with anything Microsoft puts out. And PhysX is a physics API that can be run on a CPU or PPU accelerated.

I'm sure if Microsoft were to enter the fray, some sort of "open" standard will be born out of the existing approaches.

trinibwoy · 22-Mar-2006, 21:46

Impressive stuff. The collateral damage is something Havok FX would be unable to do if I understand the approach correctly.

22-Mar-2006, 19:54	#1
skilzygw Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: ny Posts: 139	Ageia: Must be a mirage. Actual boards & games? http://bfgtech.com/physx/index.htm http://www.firingsquad.com/features/...ss_conference/ Actualy game demos, game lists and working hardware. I can't believe. Actualy selling dates for standalone cards. Alienware adding them to the website today as an option. Who would have thought we'd see this day come. From vaporware to hardware.

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Cartoon Corpse Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,204	dell has also offered them recently i hear. $250 but it's a PCI PCIe comes out in a few months. im gonna get one before gothic3 (or sooner if another earlier game exploits them) __________________ De omnibus dubitandum --Rene Descartes

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trinibwoy Meh Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York Posts: 9,809	Impressive stuff. The collateral damage is something Havok FX would be unable to do if I understand the approach correctly. __________________ What the deuce!?

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22-Mar-2006, 20:50	#3
Maintank Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 463	Ushering in of a new technology to solve a problem. I look forward to seeing the results.

22-Mar-2006, 21:36	#5
SlmDnk Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 497	The GRAW demo in full screen glory: http://physx.ageia.com/sbs_graw.swf In other news... I've been busily updating my PhysX info page all day long http://personal.inet.fi/atk/kjh2348fs/ageia_physx.html

22-Mar-2006, 21:41	#7
wireframe Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,347	With ATI's and recently Nvidia's announcements that they will support physics calculations on the GPU, this news couldn't have come soon enough. It looks as if the path forward won't be as clear as once thought. I suppose it all clears up when DirectPhys is launched. All these little players go away -become assimilated- and we are left with "good ol'" Microsoft. PS. It's prbably high time to sacrifice some small animal in hope that there will be an OpenPHYS competitor just so MS don't get away with anything. Imagine how dreadful Direct3D would have been with no OpenGL to show the way.

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