Comments on: ASUS Accidently Announces NVIDIA Physics

By: Tzarius

Tzarius — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:43:14 +0000

Demetrius, you’re right - we don’t need them. Nor do we need audio cards that do actual auditory simulations (like Aureal’s A3D was doing before it was swallowed up by Creative). But, if they came standard in gaming hardware, like this ASUS deal suggests, then before long developers can start adding them to their minimum requirements, thus reinforcing the cycle. (Assuming there is a wrapper to handle all manufacturer’s implementations).

(Seriously, if you can get a copy of one of the old A3D demo cds, it just blows Creative’s junk out of the water. Six years later, Creative are just now starting to do holophonic sound. It’s a shame what can happen to proprietary software.)

By: That guy...

That guy... — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:08:39 +0000

So this is like PhysX? I have ALWAYS wanted a Physics card or PPU! They make games very fun (atleast it LOOKS fun!) So I can’t wait for this to be realesed with Havok 3.0!

By: Demetrius

Demetrius — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:10:12 +0000

The German Guy is right. We don’t need Physics cards yet. Anyways, i’m not buying them! (yet)

By: The German Guy

The German Guy — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:23:07 +0000

No its not,physiX cards are not requiered yet.Just think of Dual Core ! We will need it maybe in 7 years.PhysiX cards may slow down the fps of a game

By: Dom

Dom — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:30:46 +0000

wow - if they also jump into that boat, it’s going to be interesting !