BFG AGEIA PhysX PPU - does physics speed up?
Our computer dictionary is growing with a new acronym. PPU, or Physical Processing Unit.
Ageia PhysX is the very first chip designed specifically to accelerate the physical engine of games. According to its manufacturer, a unit called the PPU (Physical Processing Unit) will soon become at least as important a part of our computer as the GPU was in the mid-XNUMXs.
The editors of PC Perspective have thoroughly tested BFG’s PhysX chip-equipped card. The test came at a good time, as BFG seems to be ahead of ASUS in European distribution, so we will be the first to see BFG’s product.
The test is quite thorough, as measurements were made with several games, images and videos can be downloaded. Anyone who doesn’t have enough of it can also find out what extra energy they can expect if they also want a physical accelerator in their machine.
At the end of the article, the evaluation was mixed. The results of the tests show no acceleration, which can be traced back to several reasons. The first is the immaturity of the drivers, and the second is that the games engine draws much more bodies when using the physical accelerator, so calculating their motion requires more computational power. Despite the negatives, we are looking forward to the product, as we can expect a more lifelike physical environment based on pictures and videos.
