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Ageia PhysX Tested

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the useless-in-the-short-term dept.

MojoKid writes "When Mountain View California start-up Ageia announced a new co-processor architecture for Desktop 3D Graphics that off-loaded the heavy burden physics places on the CPU-GPU rendering pipeline, the industry applauded what looked like the enabling of a new era of PC Gaming realism. Of course, on paper and in PowerPoint, things always look impressive, so many waited with baited breath for hardware to ship. That day has come and HotHardware has fully tested a new card shipped from BFG Tech, built on Ageia's new PPU. But is this technology evolutionary or revolutionary? "

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  1. Slashdotted in under a minute... by ZSpade · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The one time I go to actually read the artical and it's been Slashdotted.

    Here is an alternative artical for anyone interested:

    AGEIA PhysX tested with GRAW and Cell Factor

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    Go ahead and call me unreliable; reliable is just a synonym for predictable.