The Graphics State of the Union

More Stuff In The Same Package: Effects Physics

While this is all fascinating, what happens when you add even more work to your power hungry graphics card? When I start adding effects physics and all of the other tasks that we are thinking of doing to a graphics card, I can begin to smell the silicon melting. Off-cycling isn't going to cut it when we have an overlord of an operating system telling the graphics card what to do.

Couple that with all of the nifty tasks to throw at the GPU during its off cycles, and I can foresee engine throttling to prevent the graphics processor from overheating. While ATI demonstrated how a third graphics card can manage effects physics calculations, that means even more power requirements and a bigger PSU. We might as well develop add-in toasters and coffee makers for PCs (gamers love Pop Tarts and a fresh cup of mud while fragging...)

  • its cool, how much does it cost ?
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  • i dosent exist yet, you cant buy it.
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  • pamulang_2
    i hope now (2009), its show up, so i can buy?, but where can i buy
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  • humelbr
    you can buy one that works with your express port its called vidock2
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