OC3D Review: Ageia's PhysX Card by Asus

[FarFarAway]

We have the card you're all trying to win! We see if it's really worth buying into Physics technology

Click here for the full review

 

[Dav0s]

w00t, been waiting for this, lemme have a read

 

[Raging]

sweet reveiw

those physics look muchos tasty:yumyum:

can i ask a favour though?

would you mind checking if the card has the following ram chips on it?

and how many it has.

"Samsung K4J52324QC-BC20 16 Mbit x 32 GDDR3 500 MHz FBGA 136 M54P"

cheers.

 

[FarFarAway]

May I ask why? Pretty sure it has those chips on it but why?

 

[Dav0s]

nice review...didnt realise they were that expensive tho!

 

[masterblaster]

best review I've seen for ages.

well done

 

[Raging]

because it may infact have 256mb of memory and not 128mb

please check?:eyes: hehe

cheers J.

 

[masterblaster]

probably because it is 256mb but Aegis had some UK exclusive agreement on the chipset so they had to advertise it as 128mb to avoid being sued.

or so I'm told

 

[Dav0s]

thats why kemp

 

[FarFarAway]

OK

Lemme switch off and yank it out then

 

[JN]

Yeah thats what i heard from somewhere too

 

[Raging]

indeed it is ,and thx in advance for checking:worship:

 

[FarFarAway]

There's 4 of the buggers on ther.

Info and nakedness on page 2

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?type=3&id=75&page=2&desc=asus_128mb_physx_card_review_preview

 

[Raging]

shame on ocuk though,they claim on their forums that they had the only 256mb ones because of a deal with asus,thats bad.

nice to see the addition about the ram chips on the reveiw-again a great reveiw matt

so it looks like all the asus physx cards are 256mb

now a 256mb physx card,graw and all those other extras is pretty good for the price now

cheers.

 

[FarFarAway]

So....4 x 32mb = 256??

How does that work?

Their single sided DIMMs

 

[|3ourne]

bloody nice review mate. Still doesnt seem like it deserves me money just yet. Im waiting for ATI's physix solution .

 

[Raging]

my mistake...oh well maybe they might have the only 256mb ones

are you sure though because the pics of ocuk ones has four and looks the same:eh:

 

[FragTek]

so does this mean that the card we are giving away is possibly a 256 rather than a 128 then?

ill check out the review when I get home, looks intense mate!

 

[glocktodahead]

That was a very well done review Matt. I am going to hold off purchasing one until Unreal Tournament 2007 comes out because if that game utilizes the physX card fully then I will definately go out and buy one Lets hope new games continue to come out with support for them. I can just imagine how sweet games are going to look with DirectX10, PhysX capability and a sweet graphics card.

 

[PV5150]

w00tage, awesome review Kemp :worship: I just wanted to ask a couple of questions if I may:

1)Do you believe that the PhysX card will add another level to future game immersion?

2)Did you find the game physics realistic enough; was it just as easy to throw a large object, as a small object?

3)Does the debris stay around where it fell after an explosion (like it should), or does it fade away like most 'console' games do?