ArchAngel777
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Originally posted by: munky
It's just a gimmick, IMO. Why not unload everything off the cpu to a separate card and rip people off in the process? Next thing you know, your lowly x2 4800 is only is gonna sit twiddling its thumbs whenever you run any video game.
What does the game need that a physx card can do and the cpu (a multi-core cpu, none the less) cant? Does it need to create a model of the latest weather forecast, or simulate atomic physics, or predict in real time what would happen if everyone nuked everyone else? NO! As long as the game physics look convincing, I dont care if all the pieces in a game follow real life physics 100%, and I doubt anyone would even notice the difference.
The only reason this thing was invented is because the video game market is constantly growing, there's always demand for better hardware and software, and it shows no signs of slowing down. There's always some profit to be made from ppl who shell out $1000 for video cards, just give them enough hype to go for the bait. I hope it fails, and I definitely wont be buying one unless the benefits are worth it.
Again, I think many people are missing the point. It isn't that we need any of this. It is to improve what we already have for physics in current games. We also didn't need 3D accellerators... But why isn't everyone screaming about the need for those? The CPU is capable of handing the graphics, audio and physics... So, why purchase an Audigy? Why purchase anything except a Triden 4Mb video card? That point is, if we continued what was only needed in games, we would still be playing those text games... Again, I hear no one complaining about APU's or GPU's but all of a sudden people are slamming the PPU's and it just isn't logical from a gamers perspective.