Comments on: PhysX Demo http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/ PS3 News and Views Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:20:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1808 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:06:45 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1808 As to whether or not it benefits gameplay? It depends on how developers use it. But I think that anything that makes environments more immersive would be great. Last night I was playing GRAW, and my friend Steve was hiding out behind a create. It would have been great fun to kick the crate and have it push Steve into the water! As to whether or not it benefits gameplay? It depends on how developers use it. But I think that anything that makes environments more immersive would be great.

Last night I was playing GRAW, and my friend Steve was hiding out behind a create. It would have been great fun to kick the crate and have it push Steve into the water!

]]> by: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1807 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:05:02 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1807 Actually, I think PhysX is available for Xbox 360 developers too. I can't remember off hand where I read that, so take it with a grain of salt! I'm, oh, 60% sure I guess. :) As well, I'm 95% pretty sure that Havok is also available to PS3 developers. Actually, I think PhysX is available for Xbox 360 developers too. I can’t remember off hand where I read that, so take it with a grain of salt! I’m, oh, 60% sure I guess. :)

As well, I’m 95% pretty sure that Havok is also available to PS3 developers.

]]> by: Black Guy http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1806 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:01:26 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1806 Physics libraries have been around for a long time; this is nothing new. What is unique is the hardware solution provided by the Physx libraries. I'm curious but I'm a little reserved on this thing though. Can it actually benefit gameplay? iSaw a comparison video of GRAW explosions running w/ and w/o the add-in card. W/o the add-in card the explosions were pretty weak but w/ it, they looked more convincing. iAlso noticed that it looked exactly like the explosions in the X360 version of GRAW. iDon't know if Physx is available for X360 developer but clearly the system is very good @ physics calculations as well if the video iSaw was any indication. iTHink the X360 dev use havok, a competing library. Anyway, from what iRead, iSeems like this will b more of a visual thing that something that will fundamentally improve the dynamics of gameplay. That could change but iCheck it out on my friend's computer 1st. He always gets the latest toys and I'm sure he'll buy this. Physics libraries have been around for a long time; this is nothing new. What is unique is the hardware solution provided by the Physx libraries. I’m curious but I’m a little reserved on this thing though. Can it actually benefit gameplay? iSaw a comparison video of GRAW explosions running w/ and w/o the add-in card. W/o the add-in card the explosions were pretty weak but w/ it, they looked more convincing. iAlso noticed that it looked exactly like the explosions in the X360 version of GRAW. iDon’t know if Physx is available for X360 developer but clearly the system is very good @ physics calculations as well if the video iSaw was any indication. iTHink the X360 dev use havok, a competing library.

Anyway, from what iRead, iSeems like this will b more of a visual thing that something that will fundamentally improve the dynamics of gameplay. That could change but iCheck it out on my friend’s computer 1st. He always gets the latest toys and I’m sure he’ll buy this.

]]> by: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1801 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:41:08 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1801 The PhysX library is a bunch of software. Game developers, when they write the software for their game, can tap into the PhysX software to do physics stuff. On a PC, the PhysX software knows all about the PhysX hardware card, and gets the hardware card to do all its dirty work. In the case of the PS3, the PhysX software library has been modified. Instead of talking to the PhysX hardware card to do the dirty work, it gets the Cell processor to do the dirty work. The Cell is very good at this kind of thing (much better than a general purpose processor like the Pentium). So to a programmer, they just have to use the PhysX software library, and it will do the rest. A programmer who knows how to use PhysX on the PC will probably know almost everything he needs to know to do the same thing for the PS3. The PhysX library is a bunch of software. Game developers, when they write the software for their game, can tap into the PhysX software to do physics stuff. On a PC, the PhysX software knows all about the PhysX hardware card, and gets the hardware card to do all its dirty work.

In the case of the PS3, the PhysX software library has been modified. Instead of talking to the PhysX hardware card to do the dirty work, it gets the Cell processor to do the dirty work. The Cell is very good at this kind of thing (much better than a general purpose processor like the Pentium).

So to a programmer, they just have to use the PhysX software library, and it will do the rest. A programmer who knows how to use PhysX on the PC will probably know almost everything he needs to know to do the same thing for the PS3.

]]> by: Michael http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1800 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:34:51 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1800 Henning, please elaborate. How can the ps3 have physX abilities without the card? Also, its been said that the physX (card) when run on a pc can free up with cpu and gpu by something like 40%, so more things can be pulled off. Can the same performance increase be accomplished by just running physX code on the ps3? Henning, please elaborate. How can the ps3 have physX abilities without the card? Also, its been said that the physX (card) when run on a pc can free up with cpu and gpu by something like 40%, so more things can be pulled off. Can the same performance increase be accomplished by just running physX code on the ps3?

]]> by: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1799 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:42:15 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1799 Whoa guys, that's not what's being said!!! :) This is what's being said: the PhysX library of computer code was originally meant to run on a hardware PhysX card. They ported the library to the Cell processor, and now it runs on the Cell. And it runs quite well. Whoa guys, that’s not what’s being said!!! :)

This is what’s being said: the PhysX library of computer code was originally meant to run on a hardware PhysX card. They ported the library to the Cell processor, and now it runs on the Cell. And it runs quite well.

]]> by: Project51 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1797 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:41:39 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1797 PhysX Hardware in PS3 !? What !? PS3 will have hardware PhysX !? I still don't have X360... but if PS3 will have that thing... then I'll get PS3 for sure. PhysX Hardware in PS3 !?

What !? PS3 will have hardware PhysX !? I still don’t have X360… but if PS3 will have that thing… then I’ll get PS3 for sure.

]]> by: Michael http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1794 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:16:44 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1794 So, the PhysX card will be in the ps3? That is totally awesome, but by having an unexpected card in there that retails fro $300, we can now say for sure that that ps3 will be expensive, which isn't nessarily a bad thing for what we are getting; the ps3 is totally going to be awesome. When I saw the PhysX card in action, I was disappointed cuz I thought that the ps3 had already been beaten before it even had the honor of launching, then to my amazement, I find out that the ps3 will have a dedicated physics card. This is really going to be a monster of a machine- I mean like bosses on God of Wat big. So, the PhysX card will be in the ps3? That is totally awesome, but by having an unexpected card in there that retails fro $300, we can now say for sure that that ps3 will be expensive, which isn’t nessarily a bad thing for what we are getting; the ps3 is totally going to be awesome. When I saw the PhysX card in action, I was disappointed cuz I thought that the ps3 had already been beaten before it even had the honor of launching, then to my amazement, I find out that the ps3 will have a dedicated physics card. This is really going to be a monster of a machine- I mean like bosses on God of Wat big.

]]> by: Vitor http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1784 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:41:38 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/03/30/physx-demo/#comment-1784 Exciting, exciting! The physics look amazing. Makes you really anxious to see a FPS using this! Exciting, exciting! The physics look amazing. Makes you really anxious to see a FPS using this!

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