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19 articles tagged as ppu

Global Competition: Win a Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro SE gaming mouse

And an MM500 mouse pad thrown in for good measure. What's not to like?

April 7, 2020 | 14:04

Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro SE

An update on the Dark Core, can it pass muster at £100 when equipped with Slipstream technology and greater focus on RGB? We find out.

April 7, 2020 | 14:00

20 Years On: Thief II

Rick returns to the best stealth game in existence.

April 2, 2020 | 15:00

Nvidia open-sources PhysX SDK

Takes aim outside gaming.

December 4, 2018 | 10:20

Lyric unveils probability processors

Lyric Semiconductor has unveiled its latest invention: the probability processor.

August 17, 2010 | 08:34

Mix ATI & Nvidia? Lose PhysX

Nvidia has confirmed that its drivers deliberately disable on-GPU PhysX physics acceleration if you attempt to use one of its cards alongside an ATI GPU for graphics rendering.

September 28, 2009 | 11:07

Free PhysX game, Warmonger, available

Ageia PhysX, in continuing attempts to show us how gaming can be enhanced with hardware physics, has released a new PhysX title for free!

November 30, 2007 | 07:22

AMD has considered buying Ageia

Physics has been one of those industry buzzwords for a while now, and it looks like the company that raised the awareness could well be on the road to acquisition.

November 22, 2007 | 13:14

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 PC

We take a look at GRAW 2 for the PC to see just what's new in the PC version of the game and how Ageia PhysX affects the game experience. Is this as good as previous Tom Clancy titles, or just a cash-in? Find out inside.

July 20, 2007 | 11:25

Carmack shuns dedicated PPU cards

John Carmack has spoken out on the subject of dedicated physics cards and it's not good news for Ageia.

July 19, 2007 | 14:01

CellFactor: Revolution

We take CellFactor: Revolution, the showcase for Ageia's PhysX physics processing card, out for a spin to see how it handles.

May 13, 2007 | 11:28

PCI-E PhysX coming

Reports suggest that there will be a new interface for the card coming in October, making it easier to squeeze into a new system.

October 3, 2006 | 09:07

BFG Tech AGEIA PhysX PPU

NVIDIA stalwarts BFG Technologies is the first to retail with AGEIA's PhysX PPU card. We grabbed Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter - the first AAA title to support it - to see whether it lives up to the pre-launch hype.

May 8, 2006 | 21:39

ATI's 'Chuck' talks GRAW

The man who made HDR+AA a reality on ATI's Radeon X1000-series cards in Oblivion has surfaced to talk about enabling HDR+AA in Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter.

May 4, 2006 | 11:00

GRAW goes Gold on PC

Ubisoft has announced that the PC version of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter has gone gold. There is also a new trailer too.

April 19, 2006 | 10:30

ASUS raises PhysX stakes with 256MB PPU

Following last week's launch of AGEIA's PhysX PPU, ASUS has announced they will be manufacturing a 256MB version. No one yet knows of the difference over BFG's 128MB PPU card.

March 29, 2006 | 20:19

PPU-powered Alienware arrives

GDC 2006: Alienware has begun taking orders for system featuring the AGEIA PhysX PPU physics card from today. Over 100 games said to be in development; Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter amongst first to support PPU.

March 22, 2006 | 08:54

AGEIA's PhysX PPU delayed

Lack of games blamed for holiday delay. Asus and BFG are waiting for software houses to get games out the door.

December 5, 2005 | 13:29

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion interview

Bethesda's next RPG, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, is simply gorgeous. We asked Brett Thomas to polish his suit of armour and find out more about this Xbox 360 and PC stunner in this exclusive interview with the game's Producer, Gavin Carter.

November 9, 2005 | 09:00

Bet on Soldier - hands on

We try out Bet on Soldier, a new FPS that supports Shader Model 3 and the Ageia PhysX PPU. It sports a funky new gameplay mechanic based around betting, but is it any good? We give you our initial impressions of the game based on early code.

July 28, 2005 | 09:00

Tim Sweeney reveals more Unreal Engine 3 details

Tim Sweeney answers some questions about Epic's upcoming and highly anticipated Unreal Engine 3, which was demonstrated at Sony's Playstation 3 curtain raiser.

May 23, 2005 | 23:24