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Physics?
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I don't think anyone is, as ATi and Nvidia aint finished it yet, their still working on Havok physics.
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I don't believe any games support it yet. I could be wrong though. We will find out soon because the thread title has physics in it so Pottsey will be here soon.
He's attracted to threads concerning physics like Tony Blair is to free holidays.
He's attracted to threads concerning physics like Tony Blair is to free holidays.
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LoadsaMoney said:
Havok FX was released in Quarter 2 of 06 but it has not been used in any games yet.
It is not public yet, saying that, i have.
Unless you have forked out for a top end system it doesn't have any real benefit.
Game support will be sparse to begin with, depending upon how well others receive it.
Till then, i say no more.
Unless you have forked out for a top end system it doesn't have any real benefit.
Game support will be sparse to begin with, depending upon how well others receive it.
Till then, i say no more.
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lay-z-boy said:
Yeah thats what i meant, i was sure you couldn't put 2x cards together and have one solely as a physics card, or 2x with a 3rd solely as the physics card yet in either SLi/Crossfire.
LoadsaMoney said:Yeah thats what i meant, i was sure you couldn't put 2x cards together and have one solely as a physics card, or 2x with a 3rd solely as the physics card yet in either SLi/Crossfire.
if i get what your saying.
The 680i boards alow this
We're already beyond that point if the Alan Wake demonstration on quad-core was anything to go by. From what I've seen, PPUs and GPU physics are already redundant.waso_dude said:
Just another flash in the pan on a long list of technologies that died on their arse before even getting started.
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Ulfhedjinn said:We're already beyond that point if the Alan Wake demonstration on quad-core was anything to go by. From what I've seen, PPUs and GPU physics are already redundant.
Just another flash in the pan on a long list of technologies that died on their arse before even getting started.
You've done it now. He will definately be here soon to shoot that arguement down.
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waso_dude said:if i get what your saying.
The 680i boards alow this
Nope, yes the 680i has 3x PCI-E slots, but that doesn't matter, SLi/Crossfire boards with 2x slots have been around for years, but you still can't put one card in to do graphics, and put another one in solely to be used as a physics card, as as said above its not public yet.
You can pair 2x cards together so 1x is the graphics, and 1x is the physics in an SLI/Crossfire board, but if you have a 3x slot board like the new 680i, then you can have 3x cards, 2x as the graphics, and 1x as the physics, but its not public yet as said, so you can't do it yet.
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Ulfhedjinn said:We're already beyond that point if the Alan Wake demonstration on quad-core was anything to go by. From what I've seen, PPUs and GPU physics are already redundant.
Just another flash in the pan on a long list of technologies that died on their arse before even getting started.
GPU physics is something entirely different from physx or whatever.
Its about visual treatment, not actual physics.
Hence its only really for people who have 8800 sli and a big screen.
i would assume it would become the next big thing after image quality, when it becomes available to the mass market, time will tell as with everything.
Ulfhedjinn said:They're both the same in that they're redundant.
Why do it on an expansion board when it can be done on the CPU?
That's what I was getting at.
Redundant?
I think not.
CPU's are overrated, they are general processors that don't do one thing to an extreme speed, gpu's on the other had with dx10 programming can do a multitude of things all at very high speeds.
“Originally Posted by Ulfhedjinn
Judging by the quad-core demonstration of Alan Wake, I would have to disagree.”
Can you please explain and show where these good physics are? As impressive as the video was from a physics point of view it was very average and much worse then videos from upcoming games . There was no high end physics, no realistic foliage, no liquids, no cloth and not many objects. I didn’t see anything that’s not been done before.
If anything Alen Wake proves CPU’s cannot do physics and we need PPU’s and GPU’s for it. Its got 1 CPU core all to physics and its doing worse then todays physics games. Let alone the upcomeing PPU and GPU games.
Judging by the quad-core demonstration of Alan Wake, I would have to disagree.”
Can you please explain and show where these good physics are? As impressive as the video was from a physics point of view it was very average and much worse then videos from upcoming games . There was no high end physics, no realistic foliage, no liquids, no cloth and not many objects. I didn’t see anything that’s not been done before.
If anything Alen Wake proves CPU’s cannot do physics and we need PPU’s and GPU’s for it. Its got 1 CPU core all to physics and its doing worse then todays physics games. Let alone the upcomeing PPU and GPU games.