[Trotter]

Originally Posted by P.J.

if ATi released a card that had a rv790 and rv670 gpu on it, was only useful for running Bullet physics, and cost nearly as much as a HD 5870 I would be one of the first people in line to criticize it too

Good point.

Basically, Nvidia is using this card to test the waters. While it is a good idea, it is expensive in the execution and only works for their brand of add-on physics.

I've had enough brand exclusivity to last a lifetime. Between Nvidia, Intel, and Apple I am completely sick of hearing it. Either make something that has to stand on its own merits and that works for everyone, or shut the #$%^ up.

[zmatt]

Originally Posted by Trotter

Either make something that has to stand on its own merits and that works for everyone, or shut the #$%^ up.

Amen brother. The good thing is, if a technology doesn't gain widespread adoption in the industry it is very unlikely that it will last. Physx is a good example. It will only work on Nvidia cards and only one good game utilizes it well.

[philbar71]

but still if physx does go down the toilet then it's not like this wont be able to do openCL physics, which runs on pretty much anything.

it's a great idea but it's just too overpriced, and it must consume alot of power.

[vernong1992]

Originally Posted by wafflehammer

is anyone like newegg going to be getting them ? or just evga selling them directly? Because if they do, it'll probably be cheaper because evga stuff on their website is almost always more expensive.

I don't see what's so bad about it. Yea, few games use PhysX and even fewer use it good. But as someone already said, the price is just $5 more than the cost of the 2 individual cards so if you only have 1 pci-e slot this is a perfect card. It also comes with a coupon for the new batman game ( don't know if it's the game for free, or something like that..i can't read it )

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I'm sure mak will like it

Looks like it's Arkham Asylum, which was really amazing .

Even with Physics enabled (I don't have an nVidia card though), I still ran it maxed out on my HD 3850 512MB.

[philbar71]

Originally Posted by vernong1992

Looks like it's Arkham Asylum, which was really amazing .

Even with Physics enabled (I don't have an nVidia card though), I still ran it maxed out on my HD 3850 512MB.

well the game does use the UT3 engine, which anything will max that out