BrackishWater Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 I have a motherboard with 3 PCIX slots. I have 2 PCIX GeForce cards with SLI bridge and it's all that. But I have 1 slot that's empty and I was told to put a physics card in that slot. Do any of you use one? Does Lock On take advantage of it? If so, what kind do you recommend? How good is the performance increase?
Prophet Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 Lock On is well before PPU. It wont do any good. Also, I dont think there are any PCI-e PPU's. You really wont find many games that do support it. Also, nVidia bought Ageia, so expect it on their GPU's soon.
TorwaK Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 PPU is a waste of money IMHO. totaly I agree. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Intel Core i7-6700K, @5GHz | Asus Maximus Hero VIII | 2 x eVGA GTX 970 SLI | Kingston Predator 16GB DDR4-3000Mhz | 2 x Samsung 850 PRO 240GB RAID-0 | AOC G2460PG G-SYNC LCD | OCULUS RIFT CV1 VR | THRUSTMASTER HOTAS WARTHOG | CH PRO PEDALS
Sytse Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 Yeah, I agree as well. There was only a limited number of games designed for use with the physics processor, and from what I've seen they all suck... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Virtual Red Arrows homepage
Prophet Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 True, but only because of the logistics of it all. Who really wants to spend more money on another peice of hardware? Having to go back to the 3D accelerator days. But, if a common API is eventually chosen, and GPU's (which are more suited for the task) include the design needed, then I think it could be a good advancement. I think nVidia buying Ageia, is the best thing that Ageia could have hoped for.
leafer Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 here's hoping ED have been taking my money since 1995. :P
Highwayman-Ed Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 I bought an Ageia card back in 2006, and for the 2 or 3 games that support it, it's totally amazing, but nothing else even knows it's there... I wish I'd spent the money it cost on another GeForce 7950 GX2 :( Intel i9-9900KF @5.2GHz MSI Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon 32GB G.Skill Trident Z DDR3200 RAM MSI RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio 40" Panasonic TH-40DX600U @ 4K Pimax Vision 8K Plus / Oculus Rift CV1 / HTC Vive Gametrix JetSeat with SimShaker Windows 10 64 Bit Home Edition [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Mustang Posted February 15, 2008 Posted February 15, 2008 I think nVidia buying Ageia, is the best thing that Ageia could have hoped for. Yep and it's starting to show http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14147
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