Well it's been a while. We've all waited for stuff to come out. And waited. And waited.
So lets review whats happened in Hardware Physics:
1. Ageia brought out the PPU about 6 months late
2. Ageia Proposes to bring out a PCIe version of PPU "Within months" (Eng. samples had dual...
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Looks as though it could be one fat card though!
Slower than an x1900 as well :(
Not quite ATi's Panacea for the 7950 then, but at least it could do effects-physics on one card...
Get yours here :)
Changes In 2.4.4
* Misc. application-specific optimizations included for City Of Villains (GRAW Enhancements are also included)
* Misc. technical bug fixes & enhancements
Well they're doing well on driver updates so far - I make it to be around 1.5 per month...
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So AS finally decided to buckle up and release it this year rather than next - new features sound cool.
Question is in its final form as a retail product will it be physX only, or be able to run without it?
Look here
Look at this:
Now look at this:
Notice the x1600 looks as though it's jutting out (check the PCI retention bit) - it looks as if it's just wedged into the gap between the two x1900's.
Also notice the fact that the second x1900 is not connected via the dongle in...
Allow me to be the first to say "meh".
Overclockers know the performance characteristics involved in memory timings and how they affect overclocking surely...
Why is this an important feature?
Edit: I mean - nice idea and all, but was it really worth a press release?
How many people have a physics processor or have one on the way now?
Edit: sorry for the tacky thread title by the way - screwed up the first poll and couldn't think of anything else :D
Ageia's Response
This is starting to get dirty... They quoted me while leaving out the one liner I made about stooping to Forum comments. :/
Interesting that XB360 is now confirmed as using PhysX only in singleplayer.
I'm going to download the cellfactor demo and 2.4.3 now :D
EDIT...
NEWS: This IS H/W accelerated - get it here: http://www.stokedrider.com/game.htm
Can't find any other comparisons of PhysX vs no PhysX scenarios, so I guess this could be the first PPU benchmark :D hehehe - 2 firsts in a day for [H]
Finally - Any requests on what to do next?
OK - my...