Nvidia Physics Engine Almost Complete 179
Nvidia has stated that their translation of Ageia's physics engine to CUDA is almost complete. To showcase the capabilities of the new tech Nvidia ran a particle demonstration similar to Intel's Nehalem demo, at ten times the speed. "While Intel's Nehalem demo had 50,000-60,000 particles and ran at 15-20 fps (without a GPU), the particle demo on a GeForce 9800 card resulted in 300 fps. In the very likely event that Nvidia's next-gen parts (G100: GT100/200) will double their shader units, this number could top 600 fps, meaning that Nehalem at 2.53 GHz is lagging 20-40x behind 2006/2007/2008 high-end GPU hardware. However, you can't ignore the fact that Nehalem in fact can run physics."
Re:I couldn't find anything specific - will nVidia (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:I couldn't find anything specific - will nVidia (Score:5, Insightful)
The *only* use?? Geez, I'd like to get my hands on the API to write some physics educational/demonstration software. Or just create physically accurate simulations for kicks. We don't *have* to rely on others to write software for us.
640K RAM is enough for anybody, right? (Score:2, Insightful)
That's okay - somebody else already posted the answer - this thing'll use an established mechanism (CUDA). I don't know what that is, but after this card hits the market, I'll probably start to find out.
Re:I couldn't find anything specific - will nVidia (Score:3, Insightful)