physx card

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 10:57

like cell factor and unreal tournament 07 which are very good games

uvarvu · 14 Sep 2006 at 11:04

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/21/ms_directx_physics_programmer/

Ageia will probably end up making physics cards that support direct x physics. This is the way to go as it will provide unified support for one API that all of the games developers can use, much like when direct x first started out.

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 11:26

will the current physics card be capable with that ?

Pottsey · 14 Sep 2006 at 11:57

I thought Direct Physics turned out to be rumour and MS denied working on it.

SteveOBHave · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:15

Pottsey said:
I thought Direct Physics turned out to be rumour and MS denied working on it.

Yeah, I heard something similar.

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32160

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:16

so there is interest in this area of gaming ?

Final8y · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:39

BaDBoY16 said:
so it was a investment for later games i know ill be buying ut 2007

For £20 i would have bought one!

Looks like its just starting to offer noticeable benefits

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:43

well when mines installed ill let you all now what the performance increase is to my system, and i think that the physx card is going to earn respect for gaming enthusiasts very soon.

Minstadave · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:47

BaDBoY16 said:
and i think that the physx card is going to earn respect for gaming enthusiasts very soon.

Not seen anything even close to convincing me yet.

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:48

well who is interested in cell factor or ut 07 ?

z0mbi3 · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:55

This thread has started going in circles :/

SteveOBHave · 14 Sep 2006 at 12:58

BaDBoY16 said:
so there is interest in this area of gaming ?

Oh there is definite interest. The implications of more true to life physics and what it can do for both gameplay and simulation even to a medical and science level are phenominal.

But it is, in my opinion, perhaps not as well implimented by the game developing community as it should be. To be blunt the current implimentations of the PhysX API hardly do the hardware justice and it seems neither does the Ageia marketing team.

My opinion would be to hold on to the hardware if only for its UT2007 and Warhammer Online implimentations. There may be more decent games coming along and you may well have gotten your hands on the next big gaming PC addon, but only time will tell.

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 13:08

im gona keep it because ut 07 is one of my fav games and so is warhammer but i hope more games make use of it like this game

http://files.filefront.com/penumbrazip/;5146920;/fileinfo.html

i would advise you download it, its only 150mb, its only one level but its huge has the best physics ive ever seen and is the scariest game ive ever seen and has the most amazing graphics to

z0mbi3 · 14 Sep 2006 at 14:23

BaDBoY16 said:
im gona keep it because ut 07 is one of my fav games and so is warhammer but i hope more games make use of it like this game

http://files.filefront.com/penumbrazip/;5146920;/fileinfo.html

i would advise you download it, its only 150mb, its only one level but its huge has the best physics ive ever seen and is the scariest game ive ever seen and has the most amazing graphics to

I know its just the way you've typed it, but saying UT 2007 is your fav game is pushing it a bit concidering it isn't even out.

Also does "penumbra" make use of the PPU?

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 14:40

all the other uts i loved, no penumbra doesnt use the physx ppu but it is has got amazing engines, like you can shut a door and lock it and the enemy knocks it down.

squiffy · 14 Sep 2006 at 14:41

BaDBoY16 said:
no penumbra doesnt use the physx ppu but it is has got amazing engines, like you can shut a door and lock it and the enemy knocks it down.

...so for this game, what exactly would the aegia card do? Twiddle it's thumbs (if it had any)

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 14:42

it doesnt but the physics are amazing and if the physx card can do that with supported games i wouldnt hesitate to buy any game that supports it, i just think you should see it because it is amazing and free aswell

squiffy · 14 Sep 2006 at 14:45

In your own words then, software physics through CPU is possible, you don't need a hardware card.

BaDBoY16 · 14 Sep 2006 at 14:51

no because the company have only specialized through physics in this game, they only wanted to test what it would be like download it and see what you think

metalmackey · 14 Sep 2006 at 14:56

SteveOBHave said:
Oh there is definite interest. The implications of more true to life physics and what it can do for both gameplay and simulation even to a medical and science level are phenominal.

But it is, in my opinion, perhaps not as well implimented by the game developing community as it should be. To be blunt the current implimentations of the PhysX API hardly do the hardware justice and it seems neither does the Ageia marketing team.

My opinion would be to hold on to the hardware if only for its UT2007 and Warhammer Online implimentations. There may be more decent games coming along and you may well have gotten your hands on the next big gaming PC addon, but only time will tell.

UT2007 will not use the ppu for 'online physics' only for graphical eye candy as there would be far too much physics data to send, evan for broadband to handle.

That is not what I have just come up with, it's what a deve;oper of UT2007 said in an interview.