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#65523 Posted on: 11/07/2006 02:06 PM btw that doesn't have to mean the end of NVIDIA and ATI they could change into CPU builders like Intel and AMD wait a minute AMD? if this all isn't to far out NVIDIA has 2 choices, choice 1 merge with Intel(most likely partner) or choice 2 become a CPU builder >like< Intel etc now what will that do to your Intel/NVIDIA stocks I have no idea

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#65524 Posted on: 11/07/2006 07:15 PM I don't have an in depth knowledge of the subject but one obvious question from my point of view is why can't physics calculations be offloaded to a thread running on 1/2 cores or 2/4 cores while the other cores handle any pre-GPU Geometry processing or other rendering tasks? Maybe a simplistic question, so perhaps someone has a simple answer. I'm just finding it difficult to understand why all the GFX engine makers can't devise methods to make better use of true multi/core threading.

Tuckwit Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2002-09-26

#65525 Posted on: 11/07/2006 07:20 PM Futher to that, with all multi core becoming common place, I don't really see the benefits of dedicated hardware physics processors. If you take a Havoc based game or something like Flatout 2 for example where there are 1000's of objects being thrown around, and todays CPU's seem quite capable of handling that without much of a impact on frame rate. Physics Processors just seem like overkill a bit.

Esthero Unregistered

#65526 Posted on: 11/07/2006 09:35 PM well Tuckwit you're right about everything you said in fact type in a search engine: quad core video the video is about an Intel technology demonstration and for this they use the upcoming game called Alan Wake they will mention just what you said, one core assigned to solely do the physics part for the game demonstrated about the solutions from NVIDIA and ATi(especially ATi) and that dedicated physics card Ageia PhysX they are all temporary solutions

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