Ageia PhysX updates.

[jvandecar]

I just wondered where this technology stood. All the articles and reviews I find are from last year. Is it a dead technology or is it still viable?

Anyone care to post some reviews with a PhysX card under Vista and a C2D or C2Q?

 

[ForumMaster]

well yeah it is pretty much a dead technology. very few games support it and even then, the gains aren't usually worth it. i belive dell includes them in their high-end offerings.

edit: nvm. there are drivers for vista. i tried but i couldn't find reviews under vista. basically, this might add 1-2 fps for the exactly two games that support it. except for that, just a waste of money. don't bother OP.

 

[jvandecar]

There are drivers for Vista, and I guess the reason why this came to my attention was that GRAW wanted to install drivers regardless of whether I had the card in my system or not (I don't). I went to Ageia's website, downloaded and installed them, hoping they might make use of my second core on my X2 but didn't bench the system beforehand.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: jvandecar
There are drivers for Vista, and I guess the reason why this came to my attention was that GRAW wanted to install drivers regardless of whether I had the card in my system or not (I don't). I went to Ageia's website, downloaded and installed them, hoping they might make use of my second core on my X2 but didn't bench the system beforehand.

:laugh: i'm srry. this is just funny. it doesn't work that way. GRAW can utilize dual core. installing the ageia drivers when you don't have a physx card is, well stupid. and it can't utilize the other core instead.

i told, i read some reviews and while it did help a bit in GRAW, at best, it added 2 FPS. is that worth the cost?

 

[AMDfreak]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster

:laugh: i'm srry. this is just funny. it doesn't work that way. GRAW can utilize dual core. installing the ageia drivers when you don't have a physx card is, well stupid. and it can't utilize the other core instead.

i told, i read some reviews and while it did help a bit in GRAW, at best, it added 2 FPS. is that worth the cost?

He's not stupid for installing the drivers, as he mentioned the game doesn't give you a choice. What is stupid is that the game doesn't give you a choice.

 

[Modelworks]

The game requires the drivers.
They shouldn't have called it drivers because its more a library for in game physics.
The game runs the ageia library whether you have the card or not, it just runs it on the hardware card if you have it, rather than the cpu.

After installing the game run the ageia app and you will see:
Ageia PhysX engines:
v2.7.3
v2.7.2
v2.7.1

I use Havok myself and think thats more the future than Ageia.

 

[tcsenter]

Double the raw performance of the ASIC, improve/optimize the engine and drivers, and put it on PCI Express x4 interface, and it could well prove viable for gaming. Until then...meh.

 

[spitfire2007]

hi guys
I have been trying to install a GRAW and as you know it forced me to install the AGEIA PhysX driver,
but the install just gets past the license agreement. When it runs the install wizard a window
Opens with fatal error, install ended prematurely and at the end of the GRAW install it tells me
that i have not reached the minimum requirements. and then tells me to update the ageia physx drivers.
i go to there site and download the lasted driver(PhysX_7.06.25_SystemSoftware) but that gives me the same error!!
i don?t know what to can anyone help.
When i try to rub the game anyway gives me this:

Crash in application version: 29980.2562

GRAW2 requires an up to date version of Ageia PhysX and associated DLLs. Please install latest PhysX runtime.

Renderer: threaded
Physics : threaded
My spec
vista ultimate 32bit
6600 2.40ghz Intel core
2gb ram
gtx 8800

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Double the raw performance of the ASIC, improve/optimize the engine and drivers, and put it on PCI Express x4 interface, and it could well prove viable for gaming. Until then...meh.

qft

 

[spitfire2007]

qft means wat ? i need help not riddles please