WAR + PhysX

[Wolvan]

From what I've read, WAR is suppose to be supporting use of the PhysX, the former Ageia stand alone card, NOW owned by Nvidia and will be able to be supported with a driver update to GeForce 8800, 9600/9800 or GTX 200 series cards soon. The PhysX drivers have already been WQHL approved, Nvidia is just getting the main Geforce drivers approved. They think the pair of combo drivers will be available in mid July.

PhysX supported games are suppose to be quite real with the way objects move, collision detection etc etc. You need a high end card to do it, but you will need one for the game anyway.

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-dr...ysics,5758.html (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-drivers-physics,5758.html)

For you crazy ATI users, there is hope for you too. Some ATI fansite managed to get PhysX to work on ATI cards and is working on drivers for them too.

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-physx-ati,5764.html

I'm personally hoping to build a new computer with a nifty Geforce GTX280 in it by the release. :P

[Rashaverik]

QUOTE (Wolvan @ Jun 26 2008, 05:55 PM) (index.php?act=findpost&pid=1351)
You need a high end card to do it, but you will need one for the game anyway.[/b]

I don't think you're going to need a 'high end' card for the game, based on people's comments I've been reading across multiple forums.

[Wazdakka]

QUOTE (Rashaverik @ Jun 27 2008, 10:58 AM) (index.php?act=findpost&pid=1352)
I don't think you're going to need a 'high end' card for the game, based on people's comments I've been reading across multiple forums.[/b]


I have been wishfully watching the Physx thing for awhile because I got a screaming deal on a Physx card on Ebay. It has been years since Mythic said a word about Physx, and I currently believe that it won't be in at release. Hopefullly it would come in one of the expansions if the Nvidia/Physx thing really takes off. I can't talk about what's in the beta, of course.


On an unrelated note, my Physx card is sitting in my closet.

[Kailikor]

FYI, I'm currently running War beta on a system with an ATI Radeon HD 3870 running at 1920x1200 with all the graphics goodies turned on in the game. I've noticed very little lag even in areas with a lot of players. I don't have any experience with PhysX but like was mentioned above, I don't think War is going to require super high end video cards. After all, I don't think it's even offer any DirectX 10 features/support.