Dedicated physX?

[Gregster]

Off topic, I have sent you a Friends request if you fancy gaming on BF3 at some stage Clee. In game name is 40-1_GregtheMan

 

[ALXAndy]

Are you joking?

PhysX was only in a few scenes of the game.

There weren't that many scenes in the game. But alas, there was plenty of Physx action going on and it did add to the game.

 

[insejn]

Hey guys i was thinking about getting a dedicated physx card but im not really sure on how powerfull the card needs to give a performance boost but not over kill i was thinking about a 460 hawk maby? i know there brilliant cards my card atm is a 580 would the 460 hinder my performance or make it better? if it would hinder what card would give me a boost.i want a card that can run physx perfectly

Thanks

If you mean for Batman AA then Rocksteady are the ones making your PhysX run bad
There's only such a few games using it that it really wouldn't be worth spend money on at this time.

 

[HarryPainful]

/waits for Pottsey. Where is that chirpy fellow nowadays? Not seen him in ages.

Just mention powervr and its like a bat signal to him.

 

[straxusii]

I enjoyed mirror's edge and batman AA with physx, I am waiting to see if I upgrade to GTX 680 to continue playing batman AC as the 480 SOC isn't powerful enough to have full settings plus physx

 

[Kipper67]

Just mention powervr and its like a bat signal to him.

Was going to post exactly that lol, bet you that now you have mentioned the "p" word he'll be in here like a shot

 

[reflux]

Pottsey is a right PhysX evangelist. He would probably call himself devil's advocate though tbh

 

[Pottsey]

PhysX? That’s so last generation, now it’s all about PowerVR real time ray tracing in mobiles

On topic, even I do not bother with dedicated PhsyX anymore. Its best to let the GPU do both graphics and PhysX over PhysX only.

EDIT: I have to admit it was the P word that bought me to this thread not PhysX. Not sure if thats better or worse.

 

[d_brennen]

Physx effects look nice and all but it isn't something that cannot be done with any other physics API these days

 

[Rroff]

Not many can match the comprehensive soft body and fluid dynamic simulations that PhysX can do in hardware... but for the kind of effects we typically see at the moment other APIs are catching up - the latest incarnation of bullet can do all the soft body effects as seen in Batman AA on the CPU with realtime useable performance now.