Last edited by _j5689_ (2007-03-06 11:03:08)
Does it work yet. If so, how does it work? Do you just put a card in there that isn't hooked into anything and it does the physics processing like those PhysX cards?Bertster7 wrote:
Another GPU used exclusively for physics. Nvidia have a similar solution on their 680 series boards.
Does it require the same card as the ones running in Crossfire or will it use any card?max wrote:
doesnt currently work because both the drivers and the software that uses it is missing.
i think that any x1k series or higher card will be usable as a physics accelerator, regardless which card(s) are being used for graphics_j5689_ wrote:
Does it require the same card as the ones running in Crossfire or will it use any card?max wrote:
doesnt currently work because both the drivers and the software that uses it is missing.
That's cool, when is this physics feature supposed to come out? Will there be benefits for every game or does it have to be optimized for physics like the PhysX cards?max wrote:
i think that any x1k series or higher card will be usable as a physics accelerator, regardless which card(s) are being used for graphics_j5689_ wrote:
Does it require the same card as the ones running in Crossfire or will it use any card?max wrote:
doesnt currently work because both the drivers and the software that uses it is missing.
Last edited by _j5689_ (2007-03-06 17:03:53)
it would have to be optimized for it. there was a working demo of it at the last CES (i think at least, might have also been another show) so in theory it already works. but so far there is no word from AMD, or nVidia for that matter, when consumers will be able to use it. the company that does physics acceleration on shader 3.0 model gpus is called havok. the actual technology is called "havok FX"_j5689_ wrote:
That's cool, when is this physics feature supposed to come out? Will there be benefits for every game or does it have to be optimized for physics like the PhysX cards?max wrote:
i think that any x1k series or higher card will be usable as a physics accelerator, regardless which card(s) are being used for graphics_j5689_ wrote:
Does it require the same card as the ones running in Crossfire or will it use any card?
A game would have to explicitly use its API._j5689_ wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136032
Click on "Specifications", it indicates that 2 PCI-e slots are for Crossfire video cards and one is for an ATi pysics card. Explain what that's supposed to be and how it would work(s).
1) that would depend on the card you use, but generally it would be much more powerful_j5689_ wrote:
Will this be better than the PhysX cards or about the same or worse?
My other question is: Does it just sit there in the PCI-e slot not hooked up to anything or what? I know that's how the PhysX cards worked.
i dont think havok fx will be integrated into dx in any time soon. its too expensive to be made a standard IMOjsnipy wrote:
A game would have to explicitly use its API._j5689_ wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136032
Click on "Specifications", it indicates that 2 PCI-e slots are for Crossfire video cards and one is for an ATi pysics card. Explain what that's supposed to be and how it would work(s).
Physics will probably be a wedge of directx in the future (speculation).
Last edited by max (2007-03-07 00:32:07)
This is an aside, but does anyone know what that small heatsink between the CPU socket and the rear I/O panel is for?_j5689_ wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136032
Click on "Specifications", it indicates that 2 PCI-e slots are for Crossfire video cards and one is for an ATi pysics card. Explain what that's supposed to be and how it would work(s).
maybe the power converters for the CPU? that seems most logical to mecospengle wrote:
This is an aside, but does anyone know what that small heatsink between the CPU socket and the rear I/O panel is for?_j5689_ wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136032
Click on "Specifications", it indicates that 2 PCI-e slots are for Crossfire video cards and one is for an ATi pysics card. Explain what that's supposed to be and how it would work(s).
I think it's for the on-board controller chips. Then again, what would I know about such a thing?max wrote:
maybe the power converters for the CPU? that seems most logical to mecospengle wrote:
This is an aside, but does anyone know what that small heatsink between the CPU socket and the rear I/O panel is for?_j5689_ wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136032
Click on "Specifications", it indicates that 2 PCI-e slots are for Crossfire video cards and one is for an ATi pysics card. Explain what that's supposed to be and how it would work(s).
well the controller functions are inside of the north- & southbridge which are behind the heatsinks below the cpu area. the only logical function for the mentioned heatsink is to cool the power regulators_j5689_ wrote:
I think it's for the on-board controller chips. Then again, what would I know about such a thing?max wrote:
maybe the power converters for the CPU? that seems most logical to mecospengle wrote:
This is an aside, but does anyone know what that small heatsink between the CPU socket and the rear I/O panel is for?