Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: Sable
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
I love my PhysX card - for certain systems it helps. i've seen improvements in no particular order, COD4, UT3, DODS, COD2, & Red Orchestra. I know what you are gonna say, '...those games weren't programmed for it...' ... in my case, it helps, period.
actually .. i wasn't going to say anything .. my deepest condolences .. your's is the first and very last of it's breed
R.I.P.
now that a moment of silence and respect has passed ... the
reality:
Nvidia will implement PhysX instructions into CUDA and the GeForce GPU should take over the physics hardware role.
nvidia's GPU will take care of it and you can now free up a slot and toss it.
-it's called 'progress'
So if your graphics card is now doing all that magical PhysX physics what's going to be doing all the GRAPHICS CALCULATIONS? Oh right, we need another graphics card. :smackshead:
i *don't* know about nvidia GPUs but i DO know that ATi stated that the
"extra" cycles" - unused currently - will take care of the Physics calculations
AND the "OMFG Graphics CALCULATIONS" with no hit on GFX
so, with AMD cards you will also be able to evidently use your OLD and "extra" video card for physics calculations ...
.. of course, with NVIDIA you may just want to buy another identical expensive and NEW one for TriSli