nVidia acquires AGEIA

Calibretto · 02-05-2008, 12:16 AM

From Maximum PC:

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In a press release issued today, NVIDIA announced they have "signed a definitive agreement to acquire AGEIA Technologies, Inc," putting an end to internet speculation tieing the two companies together. AGEIA's stand-alone PhysX card showed some promise in early demos, but widespread developer support never materialized, and as Maximum PC's Michael Brown puts it, there was never "any reason why Maximum PC readers should buy one." Could the buyout change the outlook for physics processing? Will next generation NVIDIA videocards sport a dedicated PhysX chip? Details will surely emerge, so stay tuned!...

I don't think it's going to do much for nVidia.

hermeslyre · 02-05-2008, 02:28 AM

Meh, not too exciting. Games can have their own, proprietary physics acceleration engines coded into the game. These hardware physics processors would do squat-shit in these situations.

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hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	Meh, not too exciting. Games can have their own, proprietary physics acceleration engines coded into the game. These hardware physics processors would do squat-shit in these situations.