Ageia Physx Card?

[Shawz]

ok, I am just planning my next lot of upgrades.
You can see the spec of my current pc from the signature.

If I play any Ageia Physx enabled games would I benefit from getting the separate card or would I notice no difference as I am running an 8800GTX.

Any help or advice much appreciated

[Biodoid]

ahhh I'm glad someone asked this cos I was thinking the same, would it make a difference for when I play GRAW2

[nft99]

how many games actually make use of these cards?

1 or 2 games for £100 card seems a bit much :(

[mac124]

I have one and yes it does make a difference, GRAW 2 saw a marked increase in FPS as well as extra "shrapnel" and of course theres the Aegia Island map which is only available to Physx card users.

[alexnifty]

Aren't there going to be graphics cards with built in physics chips at some point? I thought I read somewhere that ATI were plotting something...

[Biodoid]

£100..I've seen it for around £50 ;) and thats not from the bay of e

[mac124]

Aren't there going to be graphics cards with built in physics chips at some point? I thought I read somewhere that ATI were plotting something...


there was talk of multiple gfx card setups with the extra card being used for physics duties and using a core on quad core cpus etc etc but as yet i haven't seen anything of either.

[coiler]

If your fps is good don't worry about it, until something gives you bad fps don't waste the £

[mac124]

The new unreal tournament engine uses physx so i would expect a few more games to start using it in the near future. There is more to it than raw fps you get more detail too. but i wouldn't recommend it unless you have a (near) top end gfx card as upgrading your gfx will be a better bet first.