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murdoc   10-05-2008 at 09:49:51 PM

Alright so the red team has been advertising about their 4000 series cards being able to do physics processing for a while now and it's even confirmed here that it uses Havok API to do physics rendering. The question is do we need to install a special type of drivers like Nvidia does to enable physics processing? Can we assume that it is enabled by default?

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invisik   10-05-2008 at 10:17:28 PM
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it should be included within there drivers but im not 100% sure.
physics is sure taking along time becoming standard.


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pcgamer12   10-05-2008 at 10:36:36 PM
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The last time I checked: Havok API is on done on the central processing unit.

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murdoc   10-06-2008 at 02:33:14 AM
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pcgamer12 wrote :

The last time I checked: Havok API is on done on the central processing unit.



So why is it that ATI is advertising that ATI 4000 series cards can take advantage of havok?

I've tried to look this up on google but I haven't found any articles talking about this issue.

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dagger   10-06-2008 at 02:36:20 AM
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pcgamer12 wrote :

The last time I checked: Havok API is on done on the central processing unit.



murdoc wrote :

So why is it that ATI is advertising that ATI 4000 series cards can take advantage of havok?

I've tried to look this up on google but I haven't found any articles talking about this issue.



Yes, it runs on cpu. There was Havok FX for gpu, but it was canceled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havok_(software)#Havok_FX

Not sure why ATI advertise it as such.

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jaydeejohn   10-06-2008 at 05:03:07 AM
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Look for it on the next gen as a player. http://www.nordichardware.com/news,8196.html As well as DX11. No more excuses for not having at least DX10.1

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murdoc   10-06-2008 at 07:30:37 AM
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o damn and I just bought a 4870 =( Noooo!!! In just 3 months my card will start going out of date!

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bpogdowz   10-06-2008 at 10:24:53 AM
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I had a PhysX card even before Nvidia aquired Ageia.

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jaydeejohn   10-06-2008 at 01:02:36 PM
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The 5xxx series isnt expected before May at the earliest, and it shouldnt be exclusive to the 5 series either. I think itll come for all capable cards, probably the 2xxx series on up

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gamerk316   10-06-2008 at 03:09:37 PM
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Itsn't it obvious: Intel coded Havok to take advantage of ATI cards, so every Havok enhanced game can't be used as a benchmark now! [/MockCrysisNvidiaArgument]

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