New Hardware Accelerator : Physics Processing Unit for Unreal 3

barf · Mar 8, 2005

It will be compatible with Unreal 3 Engine and all the other NovodeX physics engine.

Today's processing with CPUs can handle 30 to 40 ragdoll objects interacting with each other. This new Hardware, PhysX (available for PCI-E and PCI) handles from 34000 to 40000 ragdoll objects, allowing a lot more physical effects without taxing the CPU.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/03/08/news_6119895.html

If that hardware can be used wisely, i think that s a verry good thing

kernow · Mar 8, 2005

finally, read about this about 5 years ago

pink, you rock for good technical games info :buttrock:

Buro Destruct · Mar 8, 2005

chocostarfish said:
what next CPU for colours, and MPUs for maths shit?

Uh, no. The GPU handles the colors.

And the CPU already does the "math shit".

EDIT: For the record I hate this PCI-E horseshit.

barf · Mar 8, 2005

PCI-E will be nice for that hardware since you have to upload a lot of static data in the begining of the level. PCI-E = less time to upload
but it will come for PCI anyway
here is Epic CEO on that hardware :
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/03/08/news_6119896.html

Curt · Mar 8, 2005

Sounds fairly promising.

Are there any demonstration videos that we can download?

neo_X7 · Mar 8, 2005

Yes but will it help t3h roms? :rolleyes:

barf · Mar 9, 2005

Nope, no video yet, you will have to wait for the first video demos of unreal engine 3 physics.
hopefully the game will support a software physics treatment but at the expense of less objects (dirong explosions for example), lessen physics details and such (no clothes physics, no fluid mecanics i think since there are details but verry taxing computing wise)

SonGohan · Mar 9, 2005

Video games are starting to get sterile.

barf · Mar 9, 2005

SonGohan said:
Video games are starting to get sterile.

There are a lot of sequels of sequels, not so sterile

Anyway, i feel like no modern game will hook me as much as Day of The Tentacle does.

acem77 · Sep 30, 2005

physx videos. something like this should be a must in game systems.
physics mean a lot more to me than gfx.

http://www.ageia.com/press/press4.html

Force · Sep 30, 2005

Didn't sony say a similar physics processing unit would be in the ps3?

Matt

DangerousK · Sep 30, 2005

Force said:
Didn't sony say a similar physics processing unit would be in the ps3?

Matt

Sony says a lot of things.

Tacitus · Sep 30, 2005

HEre's a great idea.. why don't they code better instead of having to add more hardware to support their crap?

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