Dedicated Physics Processor, available now

[Bokishi]

*wants HL2 compatibility*

[tarna]

Depends. A CPU now can cost over

[alanschu]

Sounds to me like it'd be more the game code than the card itself.

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I'm not so sure. I have yet to play a game with AGEIA physics which really wowed me. It just seemed to be "okay, so enemies ragdoll less than realistically." You can't drag them, or even bump into them.

 

*Shrugs* It is possible that games aren't taking advantage of all its features, but that could be because the features themselves suck.

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I haven't read up about the card a whole lot, but the little bit that I am makes it sound like it's a physics accelerator, much like a graphics accelerator. I'm not sure how it would do ragdoll physics differently than the software version of a game...or why it would either.

 

Awesome 3D graphics cards don't stop a game that has ugly graphics from being ugly, or sloppy code from being slow.

[metadigital]

Depends. A CPU now can cost over

[Shadowstrider]

I haven't read up about the card a whole lot, but the little bit that I am makes it sound like it's a physics accelerator, much like a graphics accelerator.  I'm not sure how it would do ragdoll physics differently than the software version of a game...or why it would either.

 

Awesome 3D graphics cards don't stop a game that has ugly graphics from being ugly, or sloppy code from being slow.

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My point wasn't that the card will screw up, but rather that AGEIA has not impressed me with their software physics, so I don't know how I feel about their hardware physics.

[kumquatq3]

What I'm wondering is, how much is this thing figuring to cost

[alanschu]

I wonder if there is inherent concessions made when designing physics for an MMO...

[WITHTEETH]

What I'm wondering is, how much is this thing figuring to cost

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$300 dollars, thats about 47 euros.