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Mirror's Edge to Tap PhysX Technology
November 19, 2008 – 4:50 PM
PhysX, the physics-acceleration technology developed by Ageia and later acquired by Nvidia, has always had the capacity to impress. But it’s taking a very long time for the eye-popping effects seen in demos to show up in retail games.
Asustek claims world's first PhysX add-in card, but it's probably #2
May 15, 2006 – 11:03 AM
Asustek on 9 May introduced the PhysX P1 add-on accelerator card, which allows gamers to upgrade their existing system with Ageia's new PhysX processing unit (PPU).
ATI Runs PhysX With Modified Drivers
June 26, 2008 – 2:20 PM
Haifa (Israel) - This one did not take long: We already knew that Nvidia is working on a CUDA version for x86 CPUs, but said it would leave a modification for ATI GPUs to others.
GDC 2006: Ageia announces "PhysX" physics processor
March 22, 2006 – 3:52 AM
Ageia today launched its long awaited PhysX processor. As IP firm, Ageia will not not manufacture PhysX cards but license the technology to card manufactureres instead. BFG and Asus will bring Ageia-based physics boards to the market later this year.
Nvidia Releases Public Beta Of PhysX Driver
June 26, 2008 – 2:10 PM in NVIDIA
Nvidia just posted a public beta of a driver that sparked quite some controversy in recent days.

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Is Ageia's PhysX Failing?
July 19, 2006 – 7:09 AM in AMD/ATI
Thanks to a Tom's Forumz member, we discovered that the Cell Factor demo runs either with or without the formerly "required" PhysX accelerator card. Our tests reveal astonishing performance differences.
3D Accelerator Review Step One - 3D Performance, the Real Deal
January 21, 1998 – 12:00 PM in Business
The most comprehensive 3D card performance evaluation 22 cards tested with four benchmarks and four different CPUs
The Graphic Accelerator Guide
January 1, 1997 – 12:00 PM
No single component of the PC is deploying as quickly right now as the graphics subsystem. Graphic chip companies such as NVidia, ATI and 3Dfx trump their own products with astonishing swiftness, releasing new chips that more than double the capabilities of the product released just six or nine months before. Behind the surge of new silicon: The emergence of 3D applications programming standards as well as games and applications that use them.
3D Accelerator Card Reviews
November 9, 1997 – 12:00 PM in NVIDIA
The difficulty in choosing the right video accelerator card comes from the different needs we have for this piece of hardware
Clearspeed Advance Accelerator Board
June 26, 2006 – 7:02 PM in Build Your Own
This is the first generation Advance board, based on two CSX600 processors that promise a combined performance capability of 50 GFlops.

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