NVidia Cripples PhysX "Open" API

An anonymous reader writes "In a foot-meet-bullet type move, NVidia is going to disable PhysX engine if you are using a display adapter other than one that came from their company. This despite the fact that you may have an NVidia card on your system specifically to do this type of processing. 'For a variety of reasons some development expense, some quality assurance and some business reasons Nvidia will not support GPU accelerated PhysX with Nvidia GPUs while GPU rendering is happening on non-Nvidia GPUs.' Time to say hello to Microsoft dx physics or Intel's Havok engine."

Truth

[DoofusOfDeath]

'For a variety of reasons some development expense, some quality assurance and some business reasons Nvidia will not support GPU accelerated PhysX with Nvidia GPUs while GPU rendering is happening on non-Nvidia GPUs.'

At least he was 33.3% truthful.

But...

[nicc777]

...will it my $TERM faster?

Re:Havok

[Kratisto]

That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

Re:But...

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you accidentally the verb.

THIS JUST IN!

[Tanman]

Nvidia releases announcement that they will no longer provide free driver support to ATI for interaction between Nvidia hardware and ATI competing hardware. Notes that software APIs are available for ATI to pay for and release their own damn drivers.

NEWS AT 11!!!

Wrong != right

[CarpetShark]

Even if its kinda wrong to stop supporting the other platforms, they have every right to do so.

That's quite a contradiction you made there.

Re:CRT? Are you from the past?

[V!NCENT]

22" CRT monitor: $800
Your eyes: priceless

Re:cadaverous particle

[Artifakt]

Capitalism can't be bettered - the Giant Invisible Hand has spoken through its prophets and all we can do is try to grasp the perfection of the pre-existing system. Any deviation swiftly results in systemic breakdown - surely the way the Swiss went to stuffing 45 Million people into Gulags in Swisberia, not three weeks after they tried socialized mail service, proves this. And of course the lifeless wastelands that are all that is left of the Scandinavian countries after they adopted public health care plans should be proof enough for any sane human.

Re:Havok

[Spy der Mann]

That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

Why am I suddenly reminded of the game "Eternal Darkness"?

Re:Havok

[azior]

That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

Microsoft <3

you mean like this?

Re:Havok

[Fantom42]

That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!

.

Microsoft <3

you mean like this?

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Close, but more like this: Microsoft <3 Evil. *