I want a PhysX Card

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:14 pm

Even thought there aren't many games that use it yet there are a few on the way. Has anyone heard about this? Apparently this card (a PPU as they're calling it) handles the load of rendering the physics in a game so all you're GPU has to render is well... graphics!

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Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:34 pm

read an in depth review (ars technica maybe?) that said it was a waste of money. they tried the 3 games that they sent with the card, the reviewer said there was very little difference in the graphics and NO difference in gameplay.

Post by **Sabre** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:04 pm

hehe: http://forums.dcawd.com/viewtopic.php?t=1603

NVidia has hinted that they might release drivers that when coupled with a SLI setup, will take some of the extra processing power to devote to something like this. I'm all for it is it creates better environments!

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:22 pm

sabre wrote:hehe: http://forums.dcawd.com/viewtopic.php?t=1603

Duh! I don't search my posts so good. GHEEHEE!

I still think this sounds like a cool idea and a way to get beeter graphics processing out of yuor GPU. Now they just need to come out with a version for laptops.

Post by **Sabre** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:31 pm

No big deal

The thing is, if they incorperated something like this in a laptop, that's just more energy that will be sapped from the battery. Doesn't matter, it's still cool stuff

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:07 pm

Yeah but even in some of the more hardcore laptops like the Alienwares, XPSs, even HP's zd8000 series battery life is only about 45 minutes to an hour anyway. So you're used to carrying a "10 lb portable desktop" battery life isn't that much of an issue because you're almost always plugged into something. The battery just serves as an internal UPS because it doesn't last that long to begin with.

Post by **Sabre** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:10 pm

I usually get about 2.5 hours out of the crap Dell Latitude that Fannie gave me. I would NOT carry a laptop that gave me less than 2 hours. That's absurde!

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:16 pm

absurd, too!

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:18 pm

I've got a Toshiba Satellite which gives me about 4 hours and a Dell E1705 that give me about 2-2.5 hours. But my work laptop is a HP Pavilion zd8000 and gives me about 1.5 from the time it's unplugged. But it's also not using a mobile processor, just a full on P4.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:40 pm

I've never seen the point of "gaming" laptops. you pay 3x the money, it isn't very portable, and they have horrible battery life. guess that's why I don't have one. meh.