Physx:AGEIA PhysX Card

Game Engine Game Engine Support and Discussion
1

So blender GE compatibility in the future and whats youre thoughts of the Physx card

2

i dont think it will ever happen

3

The main reason I believe Bullet may not use PhysX soon is that very few people have that card now and is not mainstream.

4

It’ far too young.

5

ok I see your views
and the whole concept

6

  1. PhysX card is not multiplatform

  2. It is not possible to accelerate Bullet using PhysX card

  3. http://www.blendernation.com/2006/04/22/blender-and-physical-processing-chips-ppus/

  4. GPU seems to be much faster then PPU if you believe ATI & Nvidia:

“Also ATI says they are going to be simply faster than an Ageia PhysX card even with using a X1600 XT and that a X1900 XT should deliver 9 X the performance of an Ageia PhysX card.”

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTA3OSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA

See this recent ATI movie (running Havok physics on their GPU):
http://files.aoaforums.com/F2521-ATIPhysicsDemo_Vortex.mpg

So it’s more likely that Bullet is going GPU in the future :wink: