September 8, 200619 yr Short article, and somewhat limited in scope (only one benchmark), but a good read nonetheless. At this point in time, this is probably the only benchmark that allows a fair apples-to-apples comparison of system performance with or without a PhysX. I'm starting to believe even more that in a lot of games, the additional polygons generated by the PhysX screws up the graphics system. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2828
September 8, 200619 yr Yeah I saw this article too. I personally feel that what the PhysX anomaly will do will either push mobo/cpu designers to integrate or video cards to add on. The PC is moving, imo, toward tighter integration, not more add-ons. so, my prediction, the PhysX longevity lies in exhibiting enough performance increase that: a) someone buys them out to integrate (a la Voodoo), or; b) one of the big corps takes the ideas an creates their own integrated model. the fact is that, imo, bang for the buck comes with either a better GPU or CPU. The good thing is that this a tech that will push innovation, just not ultimately as a stand alone item ... or so I think The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161)
September 8, 200619 yr Yeah, I think both those scenarios are equally likely at this point: Intel or AMD-ATi licencing their own "DX" PhysX integration chip, to contrast with their vanilla "SX" CPUs ( OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
September 8, 200619 yr :D yeah, the 486 AND the 487 together! (Does that show my age?) I am qualified to sell them! :D OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
September 9, 200619 yr But a math coprocessor would be different than a PPU - or is the reference to parallel that something similar has been done previously? The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161)
September 9, 200619 yr Well, IIRC Math Co-Processors used to be available via add on cards. Now they're just right on the chip. It's possible that something physics related could make its way on, especially if stuff like video technology is making its way on.
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