"I really don't see these things catching on at all, especially with multiple core cpu's which can probably handle anything these cards do with ease."
It’s been proven time and time again CPU’s cannot handle high end physics. CPU’s cannot do real cloth or 3d liquids among other effects at fast speeds.
Muti core CPU’s still provide far less physics power then 1 PPU.
”Yeah, it looks alright, but performance is awful and it's cack.” &
“Also shoddy performance...”
Let me guess you both don’t have PPU’s? Is it really surprising performance is bad when you’re using software mode over hardware?