Okay, so I've had this Ageia Physx PPU for awhile, but nothing really to actually test it out.
So far, it seems pretty cool. In my opinion, the best part about the card is to see where the bullets are hitting arround you (IE, debris falling right in front of you). It definitely adds a more realistic feel to the game.
GRAW (The new Ghost Recon game) doesnt seem to fully take advantage of all that a PPU has to offer, but the addition is still very welcome. I would love to interact more with the enviroment, as the few things that you can do are very cool. The downside to GRAW is it does not appear to be mutli-threaded, atleast on my computer I couldnt use more than 50% of each core during game play.
There has been some talk about what a PPU can really do for you, and if new CPU's will be more powerful, making this a rather fruitless upgrade. While new processors like Conroe set a new level for performance, I still think that as games get more complex, the CPU still is not powerful enough to handle all of the "physx" calculations on top of everything else the CPU needs to do, so in the end... if you already have a top-of-the-line SLI or CROSSFIRE setup, you probably want the best gaming experience money can buy... and in my opinion... this card seems to add a nice feel to the game.
Hopefully, we will see a lot more interaction with a PPU in the future, and a lot more potential.
Enjoy the terrible video. I wish I had a better camera, but this is the best I got.
AGEIA CARD PIC
GRAW Game pic
GRAW demo with AGEIA PHYSX ENABLED
I think this is a repeat of the NEC Power VR PCX2 chip, which was jointly developed with VideoLogic.
Great idea, and will eventually get absorbed into a video card. I guess you can say the same thing with 3DFX and VooDoo 1/2. Eventually, it found itself combined with 2D graphcis, for an all-in-one card.
Additional Thoughts:
Many of you may take GRAW as what physx can do for a game... and I have to say I dont think graw is a very good example of what a game can do with an ageia physx PPU, BUT it is a start. In my opinion, this is just an introduction of what is to come. We've turned a new corner. The old days of not being able to interact with your enviroment will hopefully go away. I really just want to say how cool it is watching debris fall all around you during a shoot-out.
So far, it seems pretty cool. In my opinion, the best part about the card is to see where the bullets are hitting arround you (IE, debris falling right in front of you). It definitely adds a more realistic feel to the game.
GRAW (The new Ghost Recon game) doesnt seem to fully take advantage of all that a PPU has to offer, but the addition is still very welcome. I would love to interact more with the enviroment, as the few things that you can do are very cool. The downside to GRAW is it does not appear to be mutli-threaded, atleast on my computer I couldnt use more than 50% of each core during game play.
There has been some talk about what a PPU can really do for you, and if new CPU's will be more powerful, making this a rather fruitless upgrade. While new processors like Conroe set a new level for performance, I still think that as games get more complex, the CPU still is not powerful enough to handle all of the "physx" calculations on top of everything else the CPU needs to do, so in the end... if you already have a top-of-the-line SLI or CROSSFIRE setup, you probably want the best gaming experience money can buy... and in my opinion... this card seems to add a nice feel to the game.
Hopefully, we will see a lot more interaction with a PPU in the future, and a lot more potential.
Enjoy the terrible video. I wish I had a better camera, but this is the best I got.
AGEIA CARD PIC
GRAW Game pic
GRAW demo with AGEIA PHYSX ENABLED
I think this is a repeat of the NEC Power VR PCX2 chip, which was jointly developed with VideoLogic.
Great idea, and will eventually get absorbed into a video card. I guess you can say the same thing with 3DFX and VooDoo 1/2. Eventually, it found itself combined with 2D graphcis, for an all-in-one card.
Additional Thoughts:
Many of you may take GRAW as what physx can do for a game... and I have to say I dont think graw is a very good example of what a game can do with an ageia physx PPU, BUT it is a start. In my opinion, this is just an introduction of what is to come. We've turned a new corner. The old days of not being able to interact with your enviroment will hopefully go away. I really just want to say how cool it is watching debris fall all around you during a shoot-out.
jk
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