http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA uncorking PhysX support for GeForce cards on August 12th http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
My only wonder is, how long till alot of games actually support it. That could take 3 ~5 years. Even worse, imagine having to rebuild your entire gaming rig for CYSIS II cause that Quad Core, Geforce 280, 4GB of RAM and Vista Extreme was no longer enough to meet the medium requirements. Imagine being forced to get PhysX just to play.]]>Aug 7th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Those who have played games for longer will remember that the original 3dfx cards were additional processing units that still required VGA graphics cards. Many people bemoaned buying additional cards just for a graphics boost when software rendering was still an option.
What happened there? The VGA cards absorbed the GPU and we haven't looked back.]]>Aug 18th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/"I knew that PhysX card add-on was never going to get anywhere."
You mean now that it's everywhere thanks to nvidia?
Now it makes more sense more than ever to get one now that game makers can fairly rely on the fact that any computer that has a decent nvidia video card will at least support it.

"My only wonder is, how long till alot of games actually support it." Probably about the same amount of time it's going to take for the 8800GT to be the minimum requirement.]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
They go nuts with the physics and the CUDA (ATI goes nuts with their version of GPU-CPU as well) when really all I want is cards that aren't over a foot long. I had to take a saw to the drive cage of my mid tower to make the 260 fit (would have needed to do it for the 4870 too, but I had already done it for the 260 when I got it). Making cards so long that people with HP/Dell/Gateway etc cases can't fit them seems counter intuitive (Will need to spend another hundred on a full tower before I can fit a second card for Crossfire =/)]]>Aug 8th 2008 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
Look up prices and read a benchmark, idiot. 2 4850's are NOT faster than a GTX 280 if you had taken the 30 seconds it takes to Google that. In fact 2 4870's are equal to 1 GTX 280. A GTX 280 costs $430. 2 4870's costs $525-550. You act like the price never changed from the release date, which shows your incompetence again. You can get a GTX 260 for less money than a 4870. I got mine for $230 from the Egg with a coupon off of a forum and a MIR. You know how I found those? I wasn't an idiot and I took the 30 seconds it takes to Google it.]]>Aug 11th 2008 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/]]>Aug 7th 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
Newton would hate you.]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/

Of course he would hate me - I would be whooping his ass on the leaderboard because I would be getting 60+ FPS with fake physics while he would be getting 22 FPS with lovely water particles and complaining about "damn cheaters and aimbots". :p]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_8.06.12_whql.html
Vista: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_177.79_beta.html
Vista x64: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_177.79_beta.html

You have to go into the physx control panel and select geforce.
It works for me on Vista x64. It should work on XP too, but I can only post 3 urls.]]>Aug 7th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
Not supported.

Buy a newer card.]]>Aug 7th 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
2. Will I be able to use my old PCIX GPU and dedicate that to processing physx instructions?

3. What games will feature this? ]]>Aug 7th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
Just like Walkmans last MUCH MUCH longer when playing Atrac3 than MP3. Atrac3 is decoded by a hardware LSI circuit. There is no need for a general purpose "brain" to run at full power.

CUDA does it from a raw power point of view.]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/ GPU, DSP, etc.]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
What's a core gotta do around here to get some work?]]>Aug 7th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX]]>Aug 7th 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
Both Nvidia and ATI can run Havok on INTEL CPU.

But only Nvidia can do real GPU physics on GeForce cards.]]>Aug 7th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
Try the new drivers when they come out and be sure to have the latest PhysX installed as well.]]>Aug 7th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/Aug 7th 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/URL http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showforum=88 hope i helped..]]>Aug 9th 2008 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
I seem to have plenty of extra GPU power even on one of the newest games (Assassin's Creed) while all four cores of my prosesor were used up to 75% most of the time.

* Windows Vista Home Premium
* EVGA Nvidia nForce 680i SLI 775 A1 Version
* Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz
* Corsair Dominator 4GB PC2-8500 DDR2
* 2(SLI) EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked
* Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty with 64MB of X-RAM.
* 2 Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drives in Raid 0 Array ]]>Aug 7th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/]]>Aug 7th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFVOBQWBaCU]]>Aug 11th 2008 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/07/nvidia-uncorking-physx-support-for-geforce-cards-on-august-12th/
Anyway reports from some sites i have read indicate that you could soon use an oldish gpu card (8 series and above) as a dedicated Physics proccesing unit. That means you could possibly use your old 8600gt for physics while you brand new GTX280 does all the graphics on an SLI board. This isn't just good because old cards retain value and usefulness. It indicates that nvidia could also be getting set to realx the SLI conditions.]]>Aug 19th 2008 7:45AM