UT3 Extreme PhysX MOD-PACK #2

PhysX · Jan 30, 2008

Yesterday I received an email from Marti over at Ageia

Dear .........,

The UT3 Extreme PhysX Mod Pack #2 and Mod Kit are ready for download. For more information on download links, servers, reporting and such, please visit our forum:

http://www.ageia.com/forum/index.php?sid=5848a4f7868bd9eb7cb3be6f07f159f1

Check out the whole new range of game-play scenarios enabled by PhysX and let me know what you think. See you there...

Here is something else I found today on my virtual journeys haha

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3171
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3048

A good read, PhysX really is great in games it adds a whole new layer to the cake

and who doesn't love cake!?

Cheers.

Shell · Jan 30, 2008

haha, that's too good to be true.

A little RISC on the ages-old PCI bus can't match a 45nm Core 2 core.

Maverick0984 · Jan 30, 2008

The cake is a lie!

petteyg359 · Jan 30, 2008

The cake is a lie. IMNSHO, PhysX cards are a waste. Both ATI and nVidia are incorporating physics processing onto their video cards, which are not only on a much faster bus, they have vastly more powerful processors than PhysX or Shell's C2D (which is already busy with the rest of your game, so no, it won't do high-end physics for you). I will only ever get a PhysX card if game companies haven't switched over to using the stuff on the graphics cards within the next few years.

EDIT: Damnit, Maverick094, you stole it!

PhysX · Jan 30, 2008

"Incorporating" Taking forever.

RedSkull · Jan 30, 2008

unfortunately physx makes alot more sense for non-mp games because as dead as the ut3 servers are for me, i can imagine its even harder to find a good game of people with physx to play with

PhysX · Jan 31, 2008

perfect for graw

-_{MoW}_-Assasi · Jan 31, 2008

PhysX is a good concept

Marketed the wrong way

Another useless add in card is NOT what people want

Now

The MUCH better alternative is to partner up with nvidia and ati so they can incorporate it into their cards (worst case scenario, only high end cards), where people would buy the card and not worry about extra munnies and extra hassle

Kudos to those who've bought a PhysX card, but I's future looks bleak

Niku-Sama · Feb 1, 2008

whats the purpose of having a processor any more, seriously.
so what those maps they made did better, they probally bulit the whole map to their advantage with way more interactive objects than needed, sounds one sided to me

PhysX · Feb 1, 2008

if you dont have a physx card then you can still play with map, but its more boring.

>HyperlogiK< · Feb 1, 2008

Do Nvidia and ATI even have any physics middleware now Intel owns Havok?

Mr.Guvernment · Feb 1, 2008

RedSkull said:
unfortunately physx makes alot more sense for non-mp games because as dead as the ut3 servers are for me, i can imagine its even harder to find a good game of people with physx to play with

exactly my thoughts, i couldnt beleive how dead the UT3 MP is, so sad cause in the past it was always awsome, even UT2004 had plenty to choose from!

Niku-Sama · Feb 1, 2008

thats what they get for using game spy

>HyperlogiK< · Feb 4, 2008

>HyperlogiK< said:
Do Nvidia and ATI even have any physics middleware now Intel owns Havok?

Nvidia does now, they just bought Ageia. This probably means that the PhysX cards themselves are a dead prospect.

Mr.Guvernment · Feb 5, 2008

when did NVIDIA buy Ageia?

>HyperlogiK< · Feb 5, 2008

It was just announced:

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/04/nvidia-buys-ageia
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html

and Jen ???? Whatever his name is made a statement "Nvidia can now bring Geforce-accelerated Physx to hundreds of millions of gamers around the world."

i.e. PhysX cards are dead, and we are doing this on our shiny 8800 series.

FastRedPonyCar · Feb 7, 2008

I wonder if Ageia ever saw the demos of the crysis engine physics in action.... or if they ever played half life 2....

PhysX · Feb 7, 2008

FastRedPonyCar said:
I wonder if Ageia ever saw the demos of the crysis engine physics in action.... or if they ever played half life 2....

yes, the physics in crysis are good, but they are ALL pre-baked. where as PhysX physics are raw.

>HyperlogiK< · Feb 7, 2008

Are there the nasty momentary delays when blowing up destructible structures like there are in GRAW or have they fixed it?

PhysX · Feb 7, 2008

i havent noticed any, i was play warmonger just yester day and its all instantaneous same with ut3

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