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All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
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posted on: Fri, 02/15/2008 - 06:00
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced today that all GeForce 8 graphics cards will soon be able to run PhysX.
The revelation was made during a Q and A session following Nvidia's fourth-quarter financial results conference call.
Huang revealed that Nvidia is currently working on porting PhysX to CUDA. CUDA, short for Compute Unified Device Architecture, is an application programming interface created by Nvidia to let programmers write general-purpose applications which would run on GPU.
All existing GeForce 8 cards support CUDA and, according to Nvidia's CEO, will be able to run PhysX once the porting is complete.
"We're working toward the physics-engine-to-CUDA port as we speak. And we intend to throw a lot of resources at it. You know, I wouldn't be surprised if it helps our GPU sales even in advance of [the port's completion]. The reason is, [it's] just gonna be a software download. Every single GPU that is CUDA-enabled will be able to run the physics engine when it comes", said Jen-Hsun Huang. "Every one of our GeForce 8-series GPUs runs CUDA"
"Our expectation is that this is gonna encourage people to buy even better GPUs. It might-and probably will-encourage people to buy a second GPU for their SLI slot. And for the highest-end gamer, it will encourage them to buy three GPUs. Potentially two for graphics and one for physics, or one for graphics and two for physics."
Mr. Huang refused to chart out a specific release date for the first PhysX port.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 00:10.
why cant we just run games on one graphics card?
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 00:48.
I agree with Mr. Anonymous, 3 graphics cards seems to be getting out of hand and over thousands of dollars required to have multiple graphics card for 1 pc.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 01:03.
but do you really need all thoughs cards? I do have 2 8800gtx's but I dont need them I can play every game one 8800gt, and still have them look amazing. its really only for thoughs who really want to push the limits, and for who are using AA. as well for physics something like this will make it more realistic, and run faster
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 02:01.
dont need them, anon? send one to me! :)
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 12:49.
i agree with anon, f**k you all assholes! suck my d**k!
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 15:32.
i dont believe there is enough benifits in SLI... the first time i heard of SLI was when people wanted to SLI two nvidia 6600 but it wasnt as powerful as one 6800...maybe its better now but probably not cost benifit ratio.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 08:19.
This is just stupid, my gpu is the limiting factor in all games i have and its an 8800gts 512.So what u say?Example..i run crysis all on high at 1680x1050 and leave my cpu at its standard 2.4ghz(E6600) use fraps to get fps then overclock to 3.6ghz and i get no fps increase.so gpu is limiting factor, so why in hells name put more strain on gpu when my cpu is twiddling its thumbs half the time?: /
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 01:18.
on one hand, i see this as an absolutely necessary next step. current gen cards are able to run games like crysis at full. games arent going to look much nicer than crysis and there is going to be no incentive to get better cards. on the other hand, i need to see more coding done for our 2nd, 3rd and even 4th processors. i doubt crysis needs 4 CPUs to calculate where you are aiming your gun.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 15:44.
The "PhysX" cards almost do nothing to games, it's not even sugar coating the game period. The developers themselves have to add additional code for the "PhysX" cards to work...
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 00:14.
If this gimmick takes off, i'm gonna owe some CRAZY money.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 12:00.
"1 for graphics and 2 for physics" .........BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! get real!
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 12:46.
"games arent going to look much nicer than crysis"
Wake up, we still have polygonal trees and branches, simple textures on the floor and walls, poor grass and a lot more that needs ot be improved. Games still have LONG way to go graphics wise.
How long till we get multi core gpus tho.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 07:06.
Anonymousat 19:18...and by full you mean at 2560x1600 with ultra settings and 4xaa?Dont think so m8.Your definition of "full settings" and others is obviously not the same.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 15:04.
The only game my rig can't run at highest setting is Crysis. Other than that, my 2.8Ghz AMD and 8800GTS (640MB) ver can play it all with great framerates.
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 02:54.
PhysX is absolutely and utterly useless now
very few games support it and even when they do, their physics processing can be handled by the CPU alone so the PhysX card makes no impact on performance
this sh*t is just marketing and overhype, you dont need it!!
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX
Submitted by mega-admin on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 08:52.
I don't agree that this is a good step it's already hard to run high end games like crysis on a single GPU so why tax them even further buy making them calulate physics also how is it going to impact on software if people cant afford SLI to run the latest games I have SLI 8800GT's 512MB and I still straggle with crysis on highest settings its just stupid to tax them further I say leave them seperate if you want Physics then buy a PPU if you don't then you can still run the Games you disire whitout Taxing already TAXED hardware this is just a poor money making move on nvidia part and it looks like they are trying to push your whole PC to run on the GPU so why even have a CPU lol I have a Core 2 Quad at 2.4 and the Graphics cards in games are still the bottleneck so i'll say it again WHY TAX them MORE!!!!!!!!!!
All GeForce 8 Cards Will Run PhysX