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NVidia Cripples PhysX "Open" API

Posted by timothy on from the semi-open dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a foot-meet-bullet type move, NVidia is going to disable PhysX engine if you are using a display adapter other than one that came from their company. This despite the fact that you may have an NVidia card on your system specifically to do this type of processing. 'For a variety of reasons some development expense, some quality assurance and some business reasons Nvidia will not support GPU accelerated PhysX with Nvidia GPUs while GPU rendering is happening on non-Nvidia GPUs.' Time to say hello to Microsoft dx physics or Intel's Havok engine."

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  1. Truth by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    'For a variety of reasons some development expense, some quality assurance and some business reasons Nvidia will not support GPU accelerated PhysX with Nvidia GPUs while GPU rendering is happening on non-Nvidia GPUs.'

    At least he was 33.3% truthful.

  2. But... by nicc777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...will it my $TERM faster?

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    1. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think you accidentally the verb.

  3. Re:Havok by Kratisto · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

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  4. THIS JUST IN! by Tanman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nvidia releases announcement that they will no longer provide free driver support to ATI for interaction between Nvidia hardware and ATI competing hardware. Notes that software APIs are available for ATI to pay for and release their own damn drivers.

    NEWS AT 11!!!

  5. Wrong != right by CarpetShark · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even if its kinda wrong to stop supporting the other platforms, they have every right to do so.

    That's quite a contradiction you made there.

  6. Re:CRT? Are you from the past? by V!NCENT · · Score: 2, Funny

    22" CRT monitor: $800
    Your eyes: priceless

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  7. Re:cadaverous particle by Artifakt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Capitalism can't be bettered - the Giant Invisible Hand has spoken through its prophets and all we can do is try to grasp the perfection of the pre-existing system. Any deviation swiftly results in systemic breakdown - surely the way the Swiss went to stuffing 45 Million people into Gulags in Swisberia, not three weeks after they tried socialized mail service, proves this. And of course the lifeless wastelands that are all that is left of the Scandinavian countries after they adopted public health care plans should be proof enough for any sane human.

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  8. Re:Havok by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

    Why am I suddenly reminded of the game "Eternal Darkness"?

  9. Re:Havok by azior · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

    Microsoft <3

    you mean like this?

  10. Re:Havok by Fantom42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

    .

    Microsoft <3

    you mean like this?

    .

    Close, but more like this: Microsoft <3 Evil. *