HavokFX GPU-Powered Game Physics Solution at GDC

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NVIDIA and Havok Demonstrate World's First GPU-Powered Game Physics Solution at Game Developer's Conference


the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, and Havok, the game industry's leading supplier of cross- platform middleware, will be demonstrating a physics effects solution that runs completely on a graphics processing unit (GPU) -- an industry first -- at this year's Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Jose, California (March 21st through 24th).

The result of an ongoing engineering collaboration between Havok and NVIDIA, this new software product from Havok -- called Havok FX(TM) -- enables the simulation of dramatically-detailed physical phenomena in PC games, when powered by GPUs such as NVIDIA GeForce®7 or 6 Series GPUs and further amplified with NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU technology. The Havok FX product is currently in early release to select developers and is expected to be available this summer.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060320/sfm088.html

wow this kinda makes the ageia physx card (a hardware based physics solution) seem redundant or at least less necessary


here's a tech preview
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTAwNSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA


here's a Q&A
http://www.firingsquad.com/features/havok_fx_interview/
 
Mmm, this would be great. Wasn't looking forward to having to buy yet another fargin card! Not to mention expend another slot! An all-in-one solution sounds terrific to me!

EDIT: Ha! All you need is a driver update if you have anything over a 7600! What great news! This will be music to most gamers' ears!

Now I just have to see the demo for myself and then see what ATI has got cooking for this....
 
VictimOfScience said:
Mmm, this would be great. Wasn't looking forward to having to buy yet another fargin card! Not to mention expend another slot! An all-in-one solution sounds terrific to me!

EDIT: Ha! All you need is a driver update if you have anything over a 7600! What great news! This will be music to most gamers' ears!

Now I just have to see the demo for myself and then see what ATI has got cooking for this....


"The company is showing off FX with NVidia at GDC, though it will work on ATI cards supporting Shader Model 3.0 as well."

it sounds like they're already working on it
 
fx= effects ...


xs = extra sauce?

I dont see anything wrong with having an interest in something that hightens interactivity and realism in games ...this isnt about uber graphics
 
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