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Ones shown so far have been 1x all the way to 8x..., but i think final revision is a 8x connector like half a vidcard's. The 1x/4x version was pci-e edition of the first ppu, while the one said to release sometime this month will be a far better chip, which really requires more bandwidth than what even 4x can provide. Whether apps use that bandwidth...well...
XBIT has pics of the card here:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multime...830161921.html
just to let you guys know that that card is not the next gen card it is a dev card for developers.
Jiu-jitsuGOD, what about general purpose computing support in next-gen PhysX card?
My friend got one for $110.00 New. It's actually very impressive..
I'm under the impression that it is just an expensive waste of money, i'm not gonna be getting one!!!
Hell yes, PhysX in all the way. Havok can go to hell for all I care.
It uses under 30W load, and does some amazing stuff to everything I have applied it to so far.
The number one reason for me to get on is the Unreal Engine 3.0
One thing is the games that runs off it, another thing is setting up amazing gameplay scenarios using the power of that card. God damn, I am limited to having fun with the demos right now and that already blows my mind. Getting hold of a proper UnrealEd 4 (non-roboblitz) is a point of excitement for that overshadows everything else on the horizon.
As I said, It's Very impressive
As it seems, when they first came out they weren't that impressive nor worth the price/performance but have a look at this review, it looks pretty promising http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/B...ia_PhysX_Card/
IMHO though is wait for about another year.
What it's at right now, is the same stage devs are at with bloom and what not. It's there, but nobody knows how to use it right, the difference being with bloom, everybody are just smudging all over the place. but with physics, devs tend to hold back more, and stop at just an "extra" part of the gameplay, which is sad in my opinion.
As of right now, they're a waste of money if you have a dual or quad core processor with a quality video card. But if the technology matures in the future and more games support it, there is a possibility of it becoming mainstream.
I'm currently more than happy with my Q6600 and 2x8800gts cards.
For p4's w/htt enabled,its like one last dance.Asus 256mb version with a 8800gt should see me through till 2010 hopefully.:shrug: