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You don't need it
- Pros: It might look good in your case with the blue LED fan, plus another way to fill up those old PCI slots of yours.
- Cons: About to be obsolete. Stream processors in DX10 and higher GPUs can already perform physics calculations in real-time, but obviously programmers have to create a balance between eye candy and realistic gravity. And, from the looks of it, this appears to be just a fancy video card with no adapter; save your money and buy a DX10 card.
- Other Thoughts: If you think it's worth it, get it. But the fact that few games support it, not to mention that DX10 capable cards can already process everything from physics to terrain, means that this card is already becoming pointless much like single-core.
Great card
- Pros: Offloads work from CPU / GPU and processes physics on games that utilize it. Frame rates on PhysX-compatible games went from choppy frame rates (9-15FPS, with no physX card and physX-features enabled) to a back-to-normal 45-60FPS. Very nice demonstrations available online that show off from realistic cloth-tearing, to my favorite, the behavior of smoke and how it interacts with what it falls, flows through, wrapping around obstacles, etc..
The card and the fan even shuts down when its not in use, so you don't have extra fan noise. The PPU heatsink fan also has a blue light to add some style to what seems to be a plain card.
Some argue that this card is useless thanks to multi-core processing, but one would be surprised how much more efficient this PPU (a multicore processor) and GPUs in general vs. a CPU.
- Cons: Lack of support. The acquisition of AGEIA by nVidia may be a bad or good thing. For now nVidia claims to continue supporting the current card, for now (likely for "damage control": i.e., PhysX card owners developing a negative view towards nVidia).. And depending on demand, may implement future games with physics.
- Other Thoughts: nVidia purchased AGEIA, pretty much ended the PPU hardware all together, while taking their code and plan on implementing it into future and current hardware (GeForce 88xx series cards can run PhysX code), if they haven't done so already.. So this card may be a bit useless now. I bought this card only for the games, which I play regularly, which were on the list of compatible games.. And because I just go totally geek for processors. :)
The acquisition is a mixed bag IMHO.. Some say nVidia is just being the evil corporation it is and instead of competing with a revolutionary product, pulled out its checkbook, bought the company and will implement the tech on its future cards to get a 1-up vs. ATI/AMD. Some see it as a good move because this means that physics processing will garner more attention from developers now that they're with a large company like nVidia, and implementation and current-gen hardware support will continue until this card simply becomes outdated.
Worth it in the right situation...
- Pros: Adds AMAZING depth and effect in those games that utilize it. Too many people get wrapped up in the FPS numbers - this will NOT improve your FPS, but it will dramatically improve the quality of the image being displayed WHILE delivering smooth frame rates.
- Cons: Lack of broad title support, and will occasionally cause lockups when alt-tabbing out of a game window to the desktop.
- Other Thoughts: I purchased this specifcially for City of Villains/City of Heroes and have not been disappointed. Would definitely recommend it to anyone seeking better performance out of those titles.
I have this in a quad-core 2.4GHz system, with 2GB RAM and a 512MB nvidia 8600GTS running XP Pro.
| Model |
| Brand |
BFG Tech |
| Model |
BFGRPHYSX128P |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
AGEIA |
| GPU |
PhysX Processing Unit |
| Memory |
| Memory Size |
128MB |
| Memory Interface |
128-bit |
| Memory Type |
GDDR3 |
| General |
| Cooler |
With Fan |
| System Requirements |
CPU with processor speed of 1.4 GHz or higher
128MB of RAM
Microsoft Windows XP, Home, Pro or MediaCenter Edition
CD or DVD-ROM drive
20MB available hard disk space
A 300 watt system power supply
A vacant PCI 2.0 or higher slot
Add-in graphics card supporting Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2.0 or higher |
| Power Connector |
4 Pin |
| Features |
| Features |
Take your gaming rig into the future of PC gaming with BFG Tech physics accelerator cards powered by the AGEIA™ PhysX™ processor. Experience a new dimension in gaming physics performance. Things don’t just look real; they act real and feel real. Massively destructible buildings and landscapes; explosions that cause collateral damage; lifelike characters with spectacular new weapons; realistic smoke, fog and oozing fluids are all now possible with the AGEIA™ PhysX™ processor! (Requires compatible game titles. See list of compatible games below.) |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
BFGRPHYSX128P
Driver Disk
Software Disk
Power Cable |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
Lifetime limited |
| Labor |
Lifetime limited |
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Reviewed By: na on 5/13/2008
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day
