Ageia Physix Card

meobius · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 6:15 am Post subject: Ageia Physix Card

I got one from BFG the other day when it came in.
I find that does improve the graphics and the gaming experiance in GRAW. I find that it also drops the FPS when you have 30 guys shooting at you. Personnally i find it's worth it. With all the extra details, it actually looks like there are 30 people shooting at you. Bits of the wall are flying everywhere, light streaks from the bullets. etc...
also the explosions look fantastic. So all told, I like.

except for one thing. IT GLOWS BLUE!!!!!!
ruins my black case with red LEDs theme (mobo has red leds all around it, soundcard has red LED's, fans are all red LED. and then right in the middle BAM blue. ahh well i'll have to live with it i suppose.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:39 am Post subject:

Very nice you will have to keep us posted on how it works with other games to.

Can you replace the blue LEDs with red?
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scottmur74 · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 8

I'm waiting for my new video card to arrive so I can play my copy of GRAW, What video card did you have before this one? I couldn't go top of the line so I got a middle of the road card...ATI x1600pro Ice Queen 512mb AGP, The only reason I got it was so I could play GRAW so I hope it works

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

The PhysX card isn't a video card. It's an add-on card that works with your existing video card to add "realism".

http://www.bfgtech.com/physx/
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tabasco · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 97

Asus just came out with one that has 256MB Ram on the card
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meobius · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject:

videocard is a 7800gtx,
running GRAW very well other then some lag when the number of guys shooting at me goes up

Yes I heard about asus's 256 meg model, however working with them on a daily bases i find that asus products have a higher defective rate then any other product brand out there. (number sold vs number returned as defective)
I find their packaging and labeling to be somewhat deceptive, and in my dealings with them have found that they don't know what they are talking about half the time(umm asus has the most capacitors and the best quality capacitors compared to any other board out there said an asus engineer. Said engineer quickly retracted that statement after being shown a DFI, MSI and an Abit board that where using 3 or 4 phase power reg compared to 2 and 8 rubycon caps compared to 6 crappy low quality caps around cpu area). For the above reasons i would never even consider touching an asus product. (on a side note to those whom it might help asus' PEG LINK technology may cause massive video artificats with the a8n32-sli, one of the few good quality asus products and 7900gtx's from XFX, ASUS, BFG, LEADTek, MSI...we ran out of 7900gtx's after that... with it disabled works fine)

back on track, I'm itching to try out cellfactor and anxiously awaiting the next unreal.
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tabasco · TweakNOOB Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 97

Wow. I have always had my best luck with Asus.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

some rotten apples spoil any bunch......my Asus is rock stable too.

Im glad to see this thing wasnt just a fluke idea..and that it does actually imprive gameplay....its a good idea, so im glad it works.
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scottmur74 · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 8

I've looked around and cant seem to find a place to buy one or a price.

sickofsoyo · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

they arent released in the US until the 9th I think it said...
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meobius · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:27 am Post subject:

that has to be a first, released in canada before the us?
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sickofsoyo · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject:

GAY
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scottmur74 · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 8

I live in Canada and I cant find one!!

scottmur74 · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 8

Ok I lied, just found one at tigerdirect.ca for $380cdn.....Screw that!!.... maybe for $100 but not $380+shipping and taxes.... probably be $450-500 after all that.

sickofsoyo · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject:

I dont think small graphic imrovements are worth $300... maybe $100... Its rediculous
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