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new physics card
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 11:13 pm
by neillomax
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:49 am
by Broadus
So this is somehow a public release of yours?
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:10 am
by jv_map
Yah off-topic would be a better place

Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:14 am
by Rookie One.pl
Hmm. Interesting. Where's the list of supported games?
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:13 pm
by TopTiger
that sucks... that card is only for some little extra effects... a cpu could also do that i think. Maybe something for dualcore...
well, think it's better to integrate it in the graphicscard... safes space and some money.
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 7:35 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Yeah, the CPU could do that, but this saves a bit of workload. And in engines with advanced physics like Havoc this really matters.
One application for this that I see are the dynamic geometry engines (like Red Faction), with fully interactive environments, where you can destroy walls and all kinds of stuff.
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 8:00 pm
by Broadus
Is that little card $300 worth of anything?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:59 am
by lizardkid
they said this about video and sound cards too.
demo
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 2:28 pm
by tltrude
Isn't there a demo of what it does somewhere?
Re: demo
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 3:54 pm
by TopTiger
tltrude wrote:Isn't there a demo of what it does somewhere?
yes, seen it... but don't know where

lol
oeh found it already

on google video...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ysics+card
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 67&q=Ageia
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:16 pm
by Broadus
Oh, THAT'S what the card does! Has enough power to render all of that object movement, right? Pretty impressive, but still really expensive...
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 8:07 pm
by lizardkid
one step closer to the World Emulator.
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 8:54 pm
by Broadus
Hehehe. Yes, one day mankind shall forget about what is truly reality and he shall become extinct.
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 10:44 pm
by lizardkid
actually thats sort of the World Emulator theory, basically that man will tire of living in the real world, potentially after some world-shattering event like a nuke war or something, and will create a computerized utopia for themselves, machines would handle breeding for the human race and plugging the people into the Emulator, somewhat like hte Matrix, if you've seen it. eventually, of course, man would become extinct because of a mechanical failure with the rebirth systems and the digital world they built would live on, maybe making more worlds in itself. (as part of the civilizations in the Emulator wanting their own Emulator)
some say that's what we are, part of an abandoned Emulator.
crazy theory huh? would explain a lot, though.
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 11:16 pm
by Broadus
That's depressing.
You totally ruined the mood, Lizardkid.
Shame on thou!