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ArchmageThanos (42)   Feb 27, 2008 - 10:33 am

Intel bought Havok ;) » Login to reply to this

goku2100 (154)    Feb 06, 2008 - 06:08 pm | Edited on Feb 06, 2008 - 06:10 pm

Putting physics on a GPU is fucking useless. Great we'll have more pretty effects when playing a game, who cares? You people don't understand that GPU physics means second order physics while having the ageia PPU add-in card meant that you could have first and second order physics. Second order physics calculates particles, "eye candy" things that add nothing to the game while first order physics actually affects gameplay. This nVidia takeover is only going to mean second order physics from now on, they've fucked us over. I couldn't care less about second order physics and neither should you, if they want to really improve gaming, then we need to push first order physics. If nVidia does exactly what I think they're going to do, then I'll be sure to never support their products again because they'll have destroyed the best thing that could've happened to video games. » Login to reply to this

froggz (643)    Feb 06, 2008 - 04:06 am

I think Intel already bought Havok. » Login to reply to this  Major Shtupping (153)    Feb 06, 2008 - 07:22 am Yeah, it was purchased only this past September, and commented extensively on this board, so I guess YaThink doesn't remember back that far. The physics wars are different than the normal FPS fights between Nvidia/ATI. They are both free to develop their own tech as long as it is compatible to the current Microsoft Direct X spec. With physics there is no spec, and it is just like the High Def video wars where everyone wants just one tech, but it has to be their own tech and they refuse to support the other. Even with nVidia's high end success, the numbers are all in the low/middle end, and its still about 50/50 there. No game company is going to make a game for less than 50% of the market, so physics, no matter who's, will only continue to be used trivially. Hopefully, Intel will stay out of the discreet video card market for a while, so everyone will keep using Havok. Sadly, at this point for gamers, the best thing that could happen is for Microsoft to roll a physics standard into a future Direct X spec. » Login to reply to this

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scottwilkins (55)    Feb 05, 2008 - 06:37 am

No Ageia is not alone in the industry in whole. They are the only one to make a consumer level physics hardware processor, yes, but overall they are actually quite far behind in this area of many companies. » Login to reply to this

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