Physics Cards

ChrisUlrich · 07-06-2006, 07:53 AM

I don't get how this actually works... how can a seperate card in a PCI Slot actually completely change how the game operates?

What i'm saying is...

You play a game that is Physics Compatible.

Play it with the card
Play it without the card.

The differences would ONLY LIE in the fact you can't use the environment as a weapon or anything?

There is only one card available right? I was reading about using ATI cards but you have to have Crossfire or some crap (no idea what that even is). I would just love to have one since I play City of Villains and I am scared of my new system lagging cuz I don't have a Physics card!

mrjack · 07-06-2006, 10:26 AM

Right now the PhysX card isn't worth the money.

Like in GRAW it only adds some extra debris, and I've heard it doesn't do much at all in City of Villains.

And the ATi method would require a mobo with 3 PCI-E 16x or 8x slots, atleast that's what ATi recommends. For example, you put a X1900Crossfire and a X1900XT in CrossFire mode and then you add a X1600XT in the 3rd slot and have it calculate the physics.

[-0MEGA-] · 07-06-2006, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrjack

And the ATi method would require a mobo with 3 PCI-E 16x or 8x slots, atleast that's what ATi recommends. For example, you put a X1900Crossfire and a X1900XT in CrossFire mode and then you add a X1600XT in the 3rd slot and have it calculate the physics.

However those perform alot less at performing physics than the Ageia card does, it's just a software problem now. Hopefully soon in the future they will have fixed that problem.

07-06-2006, 07:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
ChrisUlrich Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 682	Physics Cards I don't get how this actually works... how can a seperate card in a PCI Slot actually completely change how the game operates? What i'm saying is... You play a game that is Physics Compatible. Play it with the card Play it without the card. The differences would ONLY LIE in the fact you can't use the environment as a weapon or anything? There is only one card available right? I was reading about using ATI cards but you have to have Crossfire or some crap (no idea what that even is). I would just love to have one since I play City of Villains and I am scared of my new system lagging cuz I don't have a Physics card!

07-06-2006, 10:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,369	Right now the PhysX card isn't worth the money. Like in GRAW it only adds some extra debris, and I've heard it doesn't do much at all in City of Villains. And the ATi method would require a mobo with 3 PCI-E 16x or 8x slots, atleast that's what ATi recommends. For example, you put a X1900Crossfire and a X1900XT in CrossFire mode and then you add a X1600XT in the 3rd slot and have it calculate the physics. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W Last edited by mrjack; 07-06-2006 at 10:29 AM.

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