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EA and 2K add PhysX

By David Hollingworth, Nick Farrell
09:41 Dec 10, 2008 | 11 Comments
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EA and 2K add PhysX


Top game makers Electronic Arts and 2K Games have announced they will use NVIDIA's PhysX technology.

Graphics outfit NVIDIA has something to celebrate at last.

PhysX will appear in EA's Mirror's Edge on PC, in which a courier has to outrun armed troops under the command of an oppressive government. Quite why a such a game needs PhysX is not clear... it's essentially just a big jumping puzzle.

The game has already come out on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles and will be released in January for PCs. The PhysX version shows improved image processing, in which shattering windows spray glass shards, banners flutter, fabric tears and bullets hit walls more realistically. No real gameplay is added, just graphical flourishes that increase the realism and immersion factor.

An NVIDIA GeForce spokesman said that everything was fully destructible, and he was not just talking about chips for a change.

He said that the next big thing was realism. "You really feel the world is alive."

PhysX uses combined graphics and computer processing. It is supposed to make scenes 10 to 20 times more visually complex than possible on single purpose processors.

2K Games said that it was very impressed with the quality of the PhysX engine and licensed it so its studios can use this solution early in development.

 

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11 Comments
colganaitor
Dec 10, 2008 10:20 AM
Kewl . .. it's just that no-one buys a PhysX card.

Does the 9800GTX support PhysX? or is it only the newer 260-280GTXs?
intelinside
Dec 10, 2008 10:25 AM
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....

i just need to upgrade my 8800GT
TheFrunj
Dec 10, 2008 10:43 AM
colganaitor, the 8/9/200 series all support PhysX on the graphics cards themselves :)

-JR
A Hitman
Dec 10, 2008 10:53 AM
Can you even buy physx card any more?
orcone
Dec 10, 2008 1:29 PM
A jumping delivery girl.

INNOVATION
Hawkeye
Dec 10, 2008 2:04 PM
Ah, but she's wearing bright colours!
orcone
Dec 10, 2008 3:46 PM
You mean her one red glove?
p_francis_bennett
Dec 10, 2008 3:49 PM
What about my AMD/ATI HD 3870?
emccat
Dec 10, 2008 3:49 PM
that game reminds me kind of the movie ultraviolet
Hawkeye
Dec 10, 2008 4:40 PM
No, her white hammer pants!
sUpEr gEEk
Dec 11, 2008 9:06 AM
Hey p_francis_bennett I really don't think your AMD/ATI HD 3870 supports PhysX as PhysX is a technology from NVIDIA
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