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GeForce 8 users to get software PhysX support ... someday

nVIDIA is moving fast with their acquisition of AGEIA - during the fourth-quarter financial results conference call, the graphics giant announced that the company was planning to bring software PhysX support to the GeForce 8 GPU. nVIDIA's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang revealed that the plan was to take...

Tags: Software, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Ageia, Graphics, GPU, PhysX, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-02-15

nVIDIA to acquire AGEIA Technologies

GPU makers nVIDIA have announced that it intends to purchase physics middleware company AGEIA Technologies for an undisclosed sum. So, Havok went to Intel, and now AGEIA goes to nVIDIA.  The word was last year that AMD was interested in grabbing AGEIA for some $150 million, but...

Tags: Physics, NVidia Corp., Ageia, Games, Chipsets, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Two gaming dead ends of 2007

Two gaming dead ends of 2007Try playing Crysis on a machine with directX 10 ....... and one without. It isn't always about frame rates. Sometimes it is about the experience.what about using PhysX in production?I wonder if the PhysX card can market toward those who do video rendering...

Tags: Games, Intel Corp., Ageia, PhysX, game, Matrox

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

Stoked Rider: Alaska Alien Human Demo 1.26 (Windows)

Stoked Rider: Alaska Alien is a deadly serious you-against-the-mountain scenario, where the goal of the game is to basically get down in one piece from high peaks based in a huge procedurally created mountain-area. AGEIA PhysX brings huge new possibilities to the game with amazing fluid particle effects. This game-title...

Tags: Hill, Microsoft Windows, Ageia, Bongfish Interactive Entertainment, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-01-10

Video: Ageia PhysX Adapter Driver Version A04 1.0.6.0 (Windows)

This package supports the following driver models:AGEIA PhysX PCI Card AGEIA PhysX PCI Express Card

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Adapter, Video, Ageia, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2006-11-09

Physics processing - AGEIA PhysX and ATI's Triple Play

First, we had one graphics card. Then we had two. Now, ATI are hoping that those looking for a little extra performance will buy three.Triple Play is The problem is clear - convincing game developers that physics processing is worth the bother. ATI's answer to physics processing. ...

Tags: Ageia, ATI Technologies Inc., game

Blog posts 2006-06-09

Physics processing - AGEIA PhysX and ATI's Triple Play

Physics processing - AGEIA PhysX and ATI's Triple PlayHow highHow high do you think gamer's will be willing to go? With PS3 going for $600 (although that's a bargin for what they seem to be including), I believe they will have trouble attracting people beyond the hardcore gamers and...

Tags: Games, Game players, Ageia, AGEIA PhysX, console, game, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

AGEIA PhysX PCI Card 1.0.1.0 (Windows)

AGEIA PhysX PCI Card: Delivering physics in games is no easy task. It's an extremely compute-intensive environment based on a unique set of physics algorithms that require tremendous amounts of mathematical and logical calculations supported by massive memory bandwidth. Simply put, it requires the AGEIA PhysX processor: a specialized accelerator...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ageia, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-01-18

Additional Resources

Unity 2.5.1 (Mac)

Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation. A fully integrated professional application, Unity just happens to contain the most powerful engine this side of a million dollars. Integrated Editor Everything is done through Unity's simple user interface. Thousands of hours of thought and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Unity, Games, C#, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-08-06

Touch KO 1.0 (Mobile)

You are a rising star about to take on contenders from around the world. Do you have the drive to make it to the top? Use your talents, dedication, and sportsmanship to build your own boxing legacy starting from humble beginnings and fight your way up to massive arenas. Features...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Mobile, Training, Games, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-07-31

Open Fire Gold 1.2 (Mac)

Open Fire Gold is the successor to Open Fire, a point-n-shoot arcade game, and features two different game modes, seamless, integrated real-time global online scoring, an explosion meter, and an amazing realistic arcade gameplay backed by the Ageia physics engine. Open Fire Gold shoves you in the shoes of a...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Wave, BlueGill Studios, Supply Line, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-04-02

Open Fire Gold 1.2 (Windows)

Open Fire Gold is the successor to Open Fire, a point-n-shoot arcade game, and features two different game modes, seamless, integrated real-time global online scoring, an explosion meter, and an amazing realistic arcade gameplay backed by the Ageia physics engine. Open Fire Gold shoves you in the shoes of a...

Tags: Wave, Microsoft Windows, BlueGill Studios, Supply Line, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-03-19

X-Razer 1.0 (Mobile)

X-Razer! Slide your glider through NewArctica and raze your opponents by firing missiles or pushing them off track. Select your difficulty level, lap rounds, sensitivity and it's do or die now! All graphics and objects are explicitly modeled and textured. Realistic movements and interactions through the implemented AGEIA-PhysX engine. ...

Tags: Firing, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Rayd, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-23

Fight card: AMD Radeon 4800 vs. Nvidia GTX 200

The high-end graphics card market isn't the straightforward, mano-a-mano battle it used to be. Graphics cards with dual GPUs, systems with multiple cards in CrossFire or SLI implementations, and most recently hybrid graphics have all muddied the picture. Meanwhile, Intel has improved its integrated graphics and has long-term plans in...

Tags: Card, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-05-16

PhysX coming to GeForce 8/9 owners soon

When nVIDIA bought Ageia Technologies in February of this year it was clear what nVIDIA had in mind - to make the PhysX API independent of separate hardware and instead offload the work to the GPU. Well, only two months on and nVIDIA have announced that the conversion of the...

Tags: Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Graphics, Intel Corp., GPU, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-15

GeForce 8 users to get software PhysX support ... someday

GeForce 8 users to get software PhysX support ... somedayAny more than they already do?I know at least one gamer who replaces his entire PC on more than once a year on average, having bought $1000 worth of graphics cards 3 times in the last 2 years. Some gamers are...

Tags: Games, Tools & Techniques, PhysX, GeForce 8 user, GeForce 8, Nvidia GeForce, software

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

nVIDIA+to+acquire+AGEIA+Technologies

nVIDIA+to+acquire+AGEIA+TechnologiesI don't think you quite get itGood article about "what happens to AMD, NVidia, etc if this acquisition..." but, seriously, questioning the direction of physics and dependency on Microsoft to make it happen? This tells me you don;t quite the significance of physics in gaming.I'll boil...

Tags: Games, Video cards, DirectX 10, DirectX, game, card, video card, NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo?

Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo?Mac is doomed...My wife has a friend who received an iMac for Christmas. She dragged me over there this weekend for dinner. I told her she was not allowed to touch or look at the iMac, that we were a "complete and total...

Tags: Desktops, WiMAX, Filemaker Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., WiMax Mobile, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

Two gaming dead ends of 2007

That never ending quest for better and better frame rates means that gamers will spend their money on pretty much anything that will allow them to get the edge on their opponents and frag them just that little bit faster.  However, not everything leads to better performance.  2007 saw two...

Tags: Game, History, DirectX, PhysX, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-12-17

My Alienware Experience - Amazing gaming system!

My Alienware Experience - Amazing gaming system!Battery LifeExcellent, I look forward to that review. Would help me make up my mind where to buy a laptop from!That will be interesting.Check out how long the battery will last under full game power. I will give it 120 minutes tops.Price? Weight? Battery...

Tags: Games, Engineering, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, game, Alienware, battery, laptop computer, gaming system

Discussion threads 2007-11-12