BFG PhysX by Ageia card out soon

[nick_000000]

Official Site says that the card will support 20 games to start with so does that mean this card will not be used by games like HL2, Oblivion and Battlefield 2 if this is the case then that sux! Overclockers.co.uk has already set up a pre - order page and costs £165 (OEM) or £185 (Retail). I would get one if it supported all games from the start, I suppose that will never happen though so I think that it may be a bit of a waste of money if only a few games will be supported.

 

[timberwolf1]

Yes, I've seen the physics stuff. It is simply jaw dropping.

 

[mationman]

i saw it today on overclockers too, seemed like a bit too early to order one yet when it hasnt been tested it might just be a waste until games which are developed with it in mind are released.
Sound cards, graphics cards, physics cards what next?

 

[timberwolf1]

Taste cards?

 

[Mach5Motorsport]

Smell cards! The promise of "odor-rama" (aka Smell-o-Vision) can now be within reach. 8O

 

[enewmen]

Then comes scratch cards. That should be interesting.

 

[bluntside]

Heh, with the physix card in place of your mobo, the cpu will work much faster, the benefiet for gamers, not to mention a performance increase by 36% :twisted:

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Heh, with the physix card in place of your mobo,

Can you use it in place of your MoBo? Where do I put the CPU? The Memory? Is there a port for the drives? How do you attach the graphics card.

I'm So Cunfused! 8O

 

[jaculum]

Graphics and physics rely on many of the same computations, which is why physics acceleration through graphics cards can be viable, so I think a redesign of computer architecture should be considered.

Math coprocessors should make a comeback. In the system, there should be a main processor specialized for logic operations and a math coprocessor specialized in number crunching. Graphics and physics companies would then change their focus, with the graphics companies making math coprocessors and graphics cards (which would provide more specialized functions and would rely less on internal computations), while the physics companies (is there more than one?) would only make math coprocessors.

In this scenario, if you wanted greater performance for your games but you were unconcerned with the performance of anything else on your computer, you could upgrade just the math coprocessor, as opossed to buying a traditional processor that incorporates everything, which could save money.

Alternatively, I guess the graphics giants could just create future cards with physics in mind, and design their architechture around the acceleration of both. They could call them "game cards." We could see GPUs become "Gaming processor units" or EPUs, "Entertainment processing units." That's probably alot more likely, considering that this doesn't require a computer architechture change at all.

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