Sounds too good to be true.
http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/697/697928p1.html

Only thing standing in its way is developer support. It's most likely capable of all that it claims.

I dont think developer support will be much of a problem. The next Unreal Tournament will have use for the physx chip. There is also support for it on the PS3... when ever it comes out in Novemeber. I can't see why something that improves the gaming experience that much would not be supported.

You are quite right about that, game desgin has nothing to do with the effect that this chip will do it comes with software for the enabling of the chips effects which in my opinion will help any graphic card perform better by allowing the physx chip to handle all the effects and special effect I think I want one as soon as it comes to the market also the triple- to-go would make a awsome gaming machine.
The pic they have of the effects is so interesting.

Check out http://ps3.ign.com/articles/698/698165p1.html on PS3 using Ageia Physx. Also check out http://gear.ign.com/articles/697/697450p1.html for some killer video on how a dedicated physx chip will help with the gaming experience.

I can't find any real specs on the AGEIA PhysX chip, makes me wonder.
whats the power use and how hot is this thing?
is it 130nm or 90nm?
can I OC it and what do we bench it with?
Will this work with GPU based physic or do we get to pic?
What I do know is.
the chip is Over 125 million transistors and 182mm.
It needs power from the psu
After seeing the demos on the AGEIA site I want one.
It's costs isn't that bad at 100 and up.
but what do I get at the low end?
I did find this article on ati's plan http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=226 it seems like a go idea if it ever gets here. regardless it's a go read, just to learn more on how it works. I would love to upgrade and keep my x1800 as a physic processor. save some cash and know I can OC it.

Yes that is a very interesting article.... to think.... you can use your current graphics card to power your physx in the future with or without Crossfire (for the ATi fans). I am very interested to see how things map out. I will be totally upgrading my current gaming rig in the future but I am waiting til Microsoft figure out what the hell they are doing with Vista. My question after reading that article is what about the Xbox360? It basically has an X1900 as its GPU and a multicore CPU. Will we see accelerated physx on that console like we are going to see on PS3?

This was discussed in another thread. Nvidia actually is looking into 'emulating' this system in its SLI solutions (instead of having 2 cards rendering the scene, one would compute physics and the other do the actual rendering).

Still, Ageia's solution has that little interesting bit about only requiring a PCI slot... Or better, a single PCI-eX (single line) slot...

So in theory there is hope for AGP gamers like myself to benefit from accelerated physx without having to upgrade to a PCI-e mobo. Though this is a planned upgrade for myself I am not making the jump anytime soon.

this could be a new start of something like the voodoo and voodoo2 cards where you had your main video card, and an extra tag along card, but I think Nvidia and ATi might do a better job tho cause of driver support and the fact that SLI/Crossfire is already implemented.

you have to realise that a physics engine doesn't HAVE to be linked to a video card; until now, most physics computations were done on the CPU (using its FPU, to be precise). So, a physics engine would remove load from the CPU. Were it a specific add-on card (Ageia) or a 'converted' graphics card (2nd card in an SLI/Crossfire setup), driver support is almost a non-issue. Let's just hope Ageia, Nvidia and Ati will agree on a common API for those physics interface...

Guys isn't it possible for NVIDIA or ATI to incorporate a physx chip in their upcoming graphics cards so that we all avoided buying a separate one physx card?Would this be technically impossible?What do u think?

I say: Bring on www.clearspeed.com 8)

I reckon it would be easier just to process arrays of physics for 1000's of objects per frame their way.

Actually its not a performance enhancer it is a effect chip the pic looks awsome, it is designed to enhance the effect of the current graphic effects. with this chip installed one can go to a rock and pic it up or what ever else is in the world, the new cards nvidia is global rendering and wont be allowed by law to use this desgin with out buying a share of the supply at any cost this will greatly improve the graphics for all.

Think about this you are playing your best fisrt person shooter, blaster your buddys head off and than pick it up and tossed it.

It is a chip for the market that can be bought by any company to use in their cards

Dude thanks for the pics and links I got so excited seeing the effects I felt like I was actully in the game.

For something thats already out on the streets there's not much hard info. The most important thing [I forgot in my last post ]is speed and flops. Are there more then one model or is it just clocked slower with less ram at the low end?
A gpu has two times the transiters as the ageia proc. The ati/sli physics may be very competitive given the power of the gpu. As for a pci card it seems like a bottle neck if this real does that much. If a gpu is close in performan