Cell Factor

[WonderBread]

this is a preview for one of the new games coming out that will utilize the Ageia PhysX

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gSeW9NejxLo

[danrok]

Shames it's a bit fuzzy, but looks good anyhow!

[WonderBread]

yeah, does anyone know howmuch a physix card is going to run?

[danrok]

Do you mean how much money?

[cadaveca]

I expect a $299 or $329 intro price, to drop 10-15% after the first few months.

[WonderBread]

OUCH! thats like buying a whole new video card!

[cadaveca]

you bet, but the performance addition in comparison to adding a second vidcard is much higher...SLi and Crossfire will have some competition!

[WonderBread]

how soon till we start seeing some benches on how much it will improve things?

[cadaveca]

I'm waiting for the overclocks...cards hit "retail" in May...NDA required.

[danrok]

This is the Asus card with 256MB.

[Got EpOx]

Sweet!, can't wait for some benchmarks to appear.

[danrok]

We need to seem some results for the 128MB vs. the 256MB version.

[madcatmk3]

so how would you put it in your pc? a PCIe (you have to have an sli mobo?) or regular PCI slot

[WonderBread]

if you look at the picture, its a regular PCI card.

[Favu]

"The image of this card shows both PCI and PCI Express support on the same card, though we are told by AGEIA that this won't be a retail feature but it is included on the developer cards for their testing purposes only. The first release of the PPU cards are going to be in PCI form with PCI Express versions coming in 2006 when the additional bandwidth or demand requires. " - PC Perspective

So, PCI at first then moving to PCI-E later

[madcatmk3]

Originally Posted by Favu

"The image of this card shows both PCI and PCI Express support on the same card, though we are told by AGEIA that this won't be a retail feature but it is included on the developer cards for their testing purposes only. The first release of the PPU cards are going to be in PCI form with PCI Express versions coming in 2006 when the additional bandwidth or demand requires. " - PC Perspective

So, PCI at first then moving to PCI-E later

I would say wait for the second gen of these things

[Daniel ~]

Someone has to stop this before we all go broke!!

[danrok]

You mean you're not broke yet?

[Daniel ~]

As always, I was thinking of others... it's just the way I am...":O}

[z3speed4me]

so we really think that one of these with like a x1900 or a 7900 will be better than 2 7900's or 2 x1900's together??? i cant wait for them to come out!