Physics Cards

[ChrisUlrich]

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]

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.

 

[Geoff]

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.