Don't forget all this talk of the PPU only being used for pretty explosions/debris etc applies to online games only where you have to cater for the lowest common denominator. For a single player game, expect to experience a fully interactive physics model once programmers get to grips with its potential.
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What are phys x accelerators ?
- Thread starter FISHGUTS
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I imagine the only difference a 256MB one would offer, is that it would be able to process and keep track of more particles than a 128mb one, so i doubt it would be faster initially, unless they use quicker ram of course. And these initial cards have a 128bit memory interface, Im guessing 256mb ones may have 256bit interfaces as well (bumping up the price Im sure)
doesn't this all work out better for gamers, since these things free up CPU resources, meaning programmers can use PPU for complex physics and cool eye-candy explosions and stuff, while on the other hand they can use this free CPU resources to generate more complex AI and more realistic enemies, the weak link in my opinion is the people not using the full potential of todays graphics processors, so much wasted potential, shame really, until thats fixed theres no point in bothering with PPU i don't think
complete obvious point that everyone whos saying CPUs should be able to do this - CPUs aint being made purely for games, let alone processing physics within games, these cards are, and whos CPU has access to dedicated 128mb+ of ddr3?
That said they are too expensive for me, but i like the way things are going, our PCs will be slaughtering xbox+ps3 soon enough, dont forget at the moment the bottleneck for top end systems is the CPU, so someone with a top of range system playing with low physics could stick one of these in, turn on high physics, and probably get a higher FPS than they did in the 1st place since CPU no longer has to do anything to do with physics. Im sick of all the fuss over best graphics, i wanna knock walls over to kill ppl hiding behind them. Graphics dont really add to fun(i still think cs is better than source, after playing them both this week since i returned to having an internet connection)... physics on the other hand makes things loads more entertaining -mavity gun anyone?
That said they are too expensive for me, but i like the way things are going, our PCs will be slaughtering xbox+ps3 soon enough, dont forget at the moment the bottleneck for top end systems is the CPU, so someone with a top of range system playing with low physics could stick one of these in, turn on high physics, and probably get a higher FPS than they did in the 1st place since CPU no longer has to do anything to do with physics. Im sick of all the fuss over best graphics, i wanna knock walls over to kill ppl hiding behind them. Graphics dont really add to fun(i still think cs is better than source, after playing them both this week since i returned to having an internet connection)... physics on the other hand makes things loads more entertaining -mavity gun anyone?