October 1st, 2008
NVIDIA provides players a real physics
The players would like to see the worlds of their favorite games played as realistically as possible. To achieve the full illusion of reality, the game should be as realistic and the characters must move and interact with the objects placed in the environment, which in turn should have an impact on the game. With the physical effects, the maker of games can be designed with the wind wyginające trees, naturally flowing water and objects that affect the conduct of the shares. To ensure that degree of interactivity, the maker of software use NVIDIA PhysX technology, the most widespread in the industry of computer entertainment physical engine, already used in more than 140 games are on sale for Sony Playstation 3 console, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. With today’s premiere package GeForce Power Pack (available free at www.NVIDIA.pl / forcewithin), or compile games, demonstration programs and modified games for the PC platform, NVIDIA offers all players a new dimension to the game.
In PCs, PhysX technology uses the power of each graphic processor with support CUDA, or any of the NVIDIA GeForce Series 8 and later, providing 10-20 times higher level of complexity of the graphics, than is possible in the case of contemporary and traditional sets of PCs. All are in the possession of members to a series of graphics processors, GeForce 8 and older support CUDA technology, creating a huge, more than 80-million base for the calculation of parallel processors for general use.
In contrast to competitive solutions that do not scale with the growth performance of the hardware, only PhysX technology can best use the CPU and GPU architectures, providing a unique, engaging experiences. Among the upcoming games for your PC, using PhysX technology, we find such titles as Cryostasis, Backbreaker, and Aliens: Colonial Marines, and almost 20 other games, which the Prime Minister is to take place before the end of the year.
“Physics in games is essential in order to achieve greater interactivity and realistic effects in each game. Epic can offer PhysX as a standard feature Unreal Engine 3, allowing for the creation of such effects, “said Mark Rein, vice-president of the company Epic Games. “The introduction of accelerated by the PhysX graphics processors announces both an increase in the number of available effects, and increase productivity. Offered by the PhysX capabilities can be seen in the additional levels of the game Unreal Tournament 3, where the effects of the devastation clearly increase the attractiveness of the game. ”
Starting from today, any holder of a graphics card with a processor with GeForce 8 or higher, can see the impact on video games is NVIDIA PhysX technology. The first of many planned packages “GeForce Experience Pack” shows how the PhysX technology fundamentally changes the way video games and interactive game industry.
Available free at NVIDIA.pl / forcewithin, the package GeForce Experience Pack contains:
* Warmonger – the full game for free! Kill walls, floors and entire buildings, to create a new path or close existing ones. The power to destroy warmonger in the game something more than just a visual attraction, tactical weapons.
* Unreal Tournament 3 PhysX Mod Pack – contains three maps with zdumiewającymi effects, which fundamentally change the way the game (requires the full version of the game Unreal Tournament 3)
* Preview upcoming społecznościowej service network Nurien, based on the Unreal Engine 3 (with a built-in benchmarkiem)
* Preview the upcoming game Metal Knight Zero (with a built-in benchmarkiem)
* New technology demo “Great Kulu” the use of soft matter physics with your real PhysX in a game
* New technology demo NVIDIA “Fluid” – a realistic simulation of the effects of various types of liquids
In conjunction with the release of GeForce Experience Pack, has also published a new NVIDIA driver WHQL-certified, including acceleration in all PhysX processor GeForce Series 8, 9 and GTX 200 The new driver also adds support for akcelerowanych by PhysX features available in shops in the game Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
By installing these drivers, GeForce card holders can immediately visible on their computers greater level of interactivity, realism and special effects. In addition, holders of GeForce convince themselves that accelerated by the PhysX applications run faster on their GeForce graphic processor rather than on competing systems. For example, in serving PhysX levels of the game Unreal Tournament 3, the GeForce 9800 GTX + operates 180% faster than AMD Radeon HD 4850.
“The use of physics in games allows for new levels of interactivity and gameplay options. Gearbox is very interested in new opportunities and new ways of looking now to use NVIDIA PhysX in order to increase the attractiveness of the game, “said Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox Software. “The addition of GPU acceleration allows us to gain more effects while maintaining adequate performance. Our games, including Borderlands, to a greater extent, exploited by PhysX, and we hope that with the help of companies from NVIDIA to develop further the functions “.
“You believe, need to see and therefore attractive materials compiled using PhysX in a free package for our customers,” said Ujesh Desai, Head of a graphics processor company NVIDIA GeForce. “We want the GeForce card holders may be able to convince themselves, how these extraordinary results and were able to understand why PhysX change the face of computer games in the coming years. Games and applications with accelerated physics are already available and will soon be much more. “


