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[No_Style]

Amongst the whole mess of technology Sony has been pimping about the PS3 like the Cell and Blu-ray, I have not heard much about the Ageia PhysX technology. What's up with that? Are they ashamed of it?

GRAW2 apparently takes advantage of PhysX. I hear nothing about it for the PS3, but a few mumurs here and there for the PC version.

Unreal Engine 3.0 apparently takes advantage of it and again I have yet to see devs or even Sony touting great things about PhysX.

Any ideas?

Spoiler

Did PhysX get removed and I wasn't aware?

Edit: Some clarifications added.

Link about the SDK here PhysX SDK for PS3

 

[Yoboman]

It never had a Ageia PhysX chip :|

 

[KLoNe]

No PhysX chip, or else PS3 would have = $699

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

No, according to Ageia, the PhysX API is included with the PS3 devkit, since the Cell was apparently the only CPU capable of handling it... somehow. It doesn't need to have the chip to take advantage of the abilities the API has.

 

[Yoboman]

Bring in the cats

 

[AmishNazi]

No, according to Ageia, the PhysX API is included with the PS3 devkit, since the Cell was apparently the only CPU capable of handling it... somehow. It doesn't need to have the chip to take advantage of the abilities the API has.

I think it dedicates a cell to the PhysX API if I remember right.

 

[FightyF]

Amongst the whole mess of technology Sony has been pimping about the PS3 like the Cell and Blu-ray, I have not heard much about the Ageia PhysX technology. What's up with that? Are they ashamed of it?

GRAW2 apparently takes advantage of PhysX. I hear nothing about it for the PS3, but a few mumurs here and there for the PC version.

Unreal Engine 3.0 apparently takes advantage of it and again I have yet to see devs or even Sony touting great things about PhysX.

Any ideas?

Spoiler

Did PhysX get removed and I wasn't aware?

Edit: Some clarifications added.

Link about the SDK here PhysX SDK for PS3[/i]

I thought we just chatted about this. :lol

There is no PhysX chip in the PS3.

Oh ok, you updated your post.

 

[watership]

The Cell also has nanites that can build new processors on the fly. If only programmers wouldn't be so lazy.

 

[Eiji]

Resistance is futile!

 

[No_Style]

I thought we just chatted about this. :lol

There is no PhysX chip in the PS3.

We did. :lol

But, still, the technology it brings to the PS3 should have been touted?

 

[Orlics]

The Cell also has nanites that can build new processors on the fly. If only programmers wouldn't be so lazy.

New Sony marketing tagline?

 

[Eiji]

Hey, maybe DOA5 will be released on PS3 and Itagaki will use Ageia Physx for you know what :lol

 

[FormulaOne]

No, according to Ageia, the PhysX API is included with the PS3 devkit, since the Cell was apparently the only CPU capable of handling it... somehow. It doesn't need to have the chip to take advantage of the abilities the API has.

360 games such as Gears of War, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Splinter Cell DA, GRAW 1 and GRAW 2 all use the Ageia Physics API.

PS3 titles that use the Ageia API are Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire and Rainbow Six Vegas.

And my favorite one - Red Steel for the Wii also uses it.

 

[Relix]

Hey, maybe DOA5 will be released on PS3 and Itagaki will use Ageia Physx for you know what :lol

BOUNCYYYYY!!!!!

 

[Brashnir]

360 games such as Gears of War, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Splinter Cell DA, GRAW 1 and GRAW 2 all use the Ageia Physics API.

PS3 titles that use the Ageia API are Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire and Rainbow Six Vegas.

And my favorite one - Red Steel for the Wii also uses it.

Two Worlds uses it on PC, so I imagine the 360 version will as well.

 

[tanod]

I thought Havok was also part of the developer API/SDK

It's up to the developer to use it, I would guess, but most seem to like using Havok.

 

[B-Ri]

ive seen more people using Havok.

 

[watership]

New Sony marketing tagline?

PLAYSTATION 3: The hardware is good. It's developers that suck.

 

[FightyF]

We did. :lol

But, still, the technology it brings to the PS3 should have been touted?

Well...maybe. Personally I think that even if someone was using another API or even their own Physics engine...as long as it uses an SPU to its full potential is the most important thing.

 

[garrickk]

PLAYSTATION 3: The hardware is good. It's developers that suck.

The hardware has only been out for 9 months!! WTF do people expect? I'm impressed by the quality of the software in the first year - damn, it's not even a year yet. Give it time.

 

[manxor]

No, according to Ageia, the PhysX API is included with the PS3 devkit, since the Cell was apparently the only CPU capable of handling it... somehow. It doesn't need to have the chip to take advantage of the abilities the API has.

The 360 XBLA game Roboblitz uses the Ageia PhysX API...

 

[B-Ri]

The hardware has only been out for 9 months!! WTF do people expect? I'm impressed by the quality of the software in the first year - damn, it's not even a year yet. Give it time.

its the internet garrickk, youre expecting too much.

Well be enjoying are awesome titles this year just fine