Phys X whos got their installed

jolly_dodger · 18 Dec 2006 at 14:32

Was browsing the internet earlier and was reminded of the whole physx scam/shambles and was wondering who has a physx and who has it installed, also who uses their phys x and what for. Would be interesting to know

Psycho Sonny · 18 Dec 2006 at 14:40

i use my phys x to play frisbee the physics power is immense once it hit an old granny and killed her, much more powerful than playin GRAW

squiffy · 18 Dec 2006 at 14:41

Lowrider and Pottsey have one.

locutus12 · 18 Dec 2006 at 14:54

squiffy said:
Lowrider and Pottsey have one.

poor poor boys, :rolleyes:

CarlD · 18 Dec 2006 at 15:40

Psycho Sonny said:
hit an old granny and killed her

Lol!

Cyber-Mav · 18 Dec 2006 at 16:15

i saw the physix card at a well known pc high street store on the shelf. i picked up the box and dropped it on the floor and it didn't even bounce off the floor realistically.

its completley useless.

bah, if i want the performance of the agiea physics card all i have to do is take out my x1900xt and replace it with the gf4 mx 400 i have lying around.

locutus12 · 18 Dec 2006 at 16:50

i stuck one up my arse and found i could run up walls... just reeeeeally reeeeeally sloooooowly...

Cyber-Mav · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:03

locutus12 said:
i stuck one up my arse and found i could run up walls... just reeeeeally reeeeeally sloooooowly...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL

muhahahahhahahahhahah

thats made my day hahahah. too funny. ROFLMAO

Pottsey · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:03

“poor poor boys, “
I have one installed and considering it boosts my FPS and gives me nice liquids effects I don’t see what’s so poor about it.

Unlike the PPU haters I don’t just paly ghost Recon. I play the newer PPU games. The PPU is not as bad as people say and the performance is good now the bugs have been fixed.

Just trying Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas now as its not clear if its a PPU game or not.

Cyber-Mav · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:05

Pottsey said:
“poor poor boys, “
I have one installed and considering it boosts my FPS and gives me nice liquids effects I don’t see what’s so poor about it.

Unlike the PPU haters I don’t just paly ghost Recon. I play the newer PPU games. The PPU is not as bad as people say and the performance is good now the bugs have been fixed.

got any links to new benchmarks done that show a benefit?

Pottsey · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:07

I can only find benchmarks and reviews from the old buggy drivers. Not found one review with the new games or drivers. Sorry I have no way to prove anything

Apart from run my own benchmarks but that doesnt count.

LoadsaMoney · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:48

Blimey theres actually more than Ghost Recon using that heap of excrement now :eek:

How many games are we talking.

Pottsey · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:53

Well as pure normal Ageia PR people are useless there list of games has got massively smaller and games out now are in the not out yet list its not helping they now list none PC games as well.

At a glance it appears there are there are 8 to 10 games out or 11 to 14 if you include demos like Cellfactor. Not 100% sure without going though the old list and checking what is really out and whats due out.

Marc Fraser · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:53

Pottsey said:
I can only find benchmarks and reviews from the old buggy drivers. Not found one review with the new games or drivers. Sorry I have no way to prove anything Apart from run my own benchmarks but that doesnt count.

Anandtech.com have a review of City Of Villains which shows improved performance when using the Physx card at the highest physics settings.

Saying that there doesn't appear to be that many games coming out on the PC that utilise the physx card at present. This will probably improve when the games built on the Unreal Engine 3 come out.

The API looks like it is being used a fair bit on the consoles. Gears of War on the 360 uses the Ageia API for their physics engine and I believe it is also included in the PS3 SDK.

Pottsey · 18 Dec 2006 at 17:55

"This will probably improve when the games built on the Unreal Engine 3 come out."
Those game(s) are out now but no one seems to know if they support the PPU or not. I have to say the Unreal 3 engine looks sunning and smooth far better then I expacted.

EDIT: Not an UE3 game but another game thats out with PPU support
http://www.planetphysx.com/weblog/archives/2006/09/sneak_peak_at_auto_assault_wit.html

The PPU is no longer useless its been upgraded to semi useless

Cyber-Mav · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:52

try roboblitz, see if that supports it.

Elrein · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:53

I have one installed, only game ive got for it is JTF

Still dont regret the purchase and never will

ViRuS2k · 18 Dec 2006 at 20:33

Elrein said:
I have one installed, only game ive got for it is JTF

Still dont regret the purchase and never will

You poor soul.

Margaret · 18 Dec 2006 at 20:39

Elrein said:
Still dont regret the purchase and never will

You keep telling yourself that

james.miller · 18 Dec 2006 at 20:40

i got the software drivers installed. does that count? its almost as good anyway