Until now, only limited software physics has been integrated in games. That means physics computation has been handled by the general purpose CPU which is already burdened with the ever increasing demands of today's advanced games including game logic and AI. Meanwhile, the highly specialized graphics processor is fully engaged with handling the rendering requirements of cinematic visuals at interactive framerates. As a result, physics in games has been limited to a few objects in a scene, one-off "effects" or visual trickery that just mimics real physics.

Highly tuned multi-core processor complex optimized for dynamic, large-scale physics processing. Accelerates real-time physical motion and interaction at a scale and quality far beyond what's possible with CPU or graphics processors. Support for GDDR3 memory delivers smoother game play via on-board acceleration of dynamic physics geometry and simulation objects. Flexible AGEIA PhysX hardware architecture provides an upgrade path to tomorrow's powerful feature and performance enhancement via software.

Specifications

• AGEIA PhysX Hardware Physics Processing Unit (PPU)
  


• Offloads and Accelerates In-Game Physics Processing
  


• 128 MB of 128-bit GDDR-3 Onboard Memory
  


• 32-bit PCI Bus, Aluminum Alloy PPU Active Cooling Unit
  


• Requires Software Titles With PhysX Support