PhysX on Radeon ????!@#*!*(

zCexVe

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    NVIDIA is in talks with AMD over a possible technology-transfer agreement over PhysX, say industry sources in Hong Kong. In a not-so-recent article by HKEPC, it is said:

    "The graphics card industry pointed out that while AMD Open Table support of Havok, but Havok has been the acquisition of Intel, Havok and PhysX is the same competition on the product, AMD has its own wishful thinking, by NVIDIA and Intel in physics engine Competition and get access to two major physics engine authorization, two competition is very likely to become the largest beneficiary of AMD." (Chinese, translated by Google into English).

    AMD and NVIDIA are in discussions over a common ground that allows AMD to use the PhysX API with its products. This follows the news of AMD optimizing their hardware for Havoc. There are two implications to this:
    • AMD gets to an agreement with NVIDIA and ropes in PhysX, leaving their graphics processors optimized for both physics APIs, thereby making buying a Radeon product a better option over GeForce. A short-sighted look at things to come.
    • AMD plays risky, adopts PhysX, NVIDIA's developer relation programs popularize the PhysX API beyond Havoc (since now anyone can use it), eliminate Havoc, then hold a dominating position over AMD since PhysX would then become an indispensible technology for AMD, could affect the course of major corporate policies for AMD. A long-sighted look at things to come.
    Whether AMD embraces PhysX at an official level remains to be seen, a lot is at stake. The industry never saw so much of a gamble because of a piece of software that makes crates break, grenade sharpnel fly and cloth tear more accurately.
     

    sri_lion

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    So bottomline....when people like us find it so hard to keep up with the VGA alone they gonna bring in Physix technology and make it more unreachable for us...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

    Now you'll have to pay for Graphics and Physics!!??!! :frown:
     

    fallenzeraphine

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    ugh i saw this comming for a long time...its bad for both companies to have a technology like Physix on just one side...cuz developers have to compensate for both manufactureres..its a nice thing i guess
     

    zCexVe

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    U guys got all wrong.:D PhysX is intergrated into GPU.No more separate physics processing units.And there are three manufacturers.The greatest is Intel which there VGA is used by more than 1/3rd of the world.With their"Larrabee" they will have 2Tflops coz it has 32 Intel pentium CPUs in 45nm tech in 8SMDs. :D