BFG Ageia PhysX Physics Card

**Capper** · May 11th, 2006

Without question, one of the hottest topics throughout the industry this year has been the advent of the discrete physics processor or "PPU" (Physics Processing Unit). Developed by a new startup company called Ageia, this new physics processor gives game developers the opportunity ...

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Jokerswild · May 11th, 2006

Still too early for me, they need to get more support from the game makers.

**Capper** · May 11th, 2006

I agree whole heartedly........

**gvblake22** · May 11th, 2006

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Originally Posted by jokerswild

Still too early for me, they need to get more support from the game makers.

Indeed

**simple_inhibition** · May 11th, 2006

yep. ill get one once more games become available. great idea but it will take some time for things to catch on

Tyreal · May 11th, 2006

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Originally Posted by jokerswild

Still too early for me, they need to get more support from the game makers.

Yes. I like the idea of extra physics but so far there is only a handful of games. I've tried GR:AW and I hated the way it played. The gameplay was a bit to slow for me. That graphics weren't very nice either on my 6600GT. I'll probably give it another run with a newer graphics card or something. Ageia can seriously make physics card a big successful if they play their hands the right way.

fps justin · May 11th, 2006

Rich are you gonna be getting one of these?

RangerXLT8 · May 14th, 2006

I've been playing GR:AW and the physics are damn good on my Pentium D. With the PPU i can only imagine.....

Tyreal · May 14th, 2006

On the demo, I can play on the maximum settings the demo can allow. It looks pretty sweet and as Ranger said, the physics are damn good.

Isn't it just plain ol' awesome when you blow up a truck/APC with a grenade launcher? Or shoot the doors off with guns?

RangerXLT8 · May 14th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Tyreal

On the demo, I can play on the maximum settings the demo can allow. It looks pretty sweet and as Ranger said, the physics are damn good.

Isn't it just plain ol' awesome when you blow up a truck/APC with a grenade launcher? Or shoot the doors off with guns?

Yeah man it's a rush, or when you throw a grenade to flush out a guy standing behind boxes, the boxes like splinter into pieces. Also shooting helos out of the sky with the AT rocket. The one part where you blow up the fuel truck, there's sooo much physics, the scene did feel a bit jittery.

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RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 945	I've been playing GR:AW and the physics are damn good on my Pentium D. With the PPU i can only imagine..... Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x1gb OCZ3-1333@1380MHZ Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

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Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,056	Still too early for me, they need to get more support from the game makers.

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Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	On the demo, I can play on the maximum settings the demo can allow. It looks pretty sweet and as Ranger said, the physics are damn good. Isn't it just plain ol' awesome when you blow up a truck/APC with a grenade launcher? Or shoot the doors off with guns? I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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