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PhysX

Software information
DeveloperNvidia Corporation
Stable release9.10.0514
Latest release dateSeptember 14, 2010
Operating systemWindows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X, Linux (32-bit, not GPU accelerated), Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
TypePhysics simulation
LicenseProprietary, Freeware, Commercial
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PhysX is a proprietary realtime physics engine middleware SDK acquired by Ageia (which itself was acquired by Nvidia in February 2008) with the purchase of ETH Zurich spin-off NovodeX in 2004. The term PhysX can also refer to the PPU add-in card designed by Ageia to accelerate PhysX-enabled video games.

Video games supporting hardware acceleration by PhysX can be accelerated by either a PhysX PPU or a CUDA-enabled GeForce GPU (which has at least 32 CUDA cores), thus offloading physics calculations from the CPU, allowing it to perform other tasks instead - resulting in a smoother gaming experience and additional visual effects.

Middleware physics engines allow game developers to avoid writing their own code to handle the complex physics interactions possible in modern games.

The PhysX engine and SDK are available for the following platforms:

* Apple Mac OS X

* Windows

* Linux (32-bit)

* Nintendo Wii

* Sony PlayStation 3

* Microsoft Xbox 360

Nvidia provides both the engine and SDK for free to Windows and Linux users and developers. The PlayStation 3 SDK is also freely available due to Sony's blanket purchase agreement.

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Mafia II: PhysX Tested - Jonny Guru Tweet this news
Jonny Guru--Prior to its launch, Mafia II was portrayed as a deep, character-driven drama that would take full advantage of -PhysX- to add depth and realism to the game. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:07:46 GMT+00:00
MSI GT663 Laptop Features nVidia GeForce GTX 460M Discrete Graphics - Benchmark Reviews Tweet this news
Benchmark Reviews---PhysX- technology: MSI GT663 comes with the GeForce GTX 460M discrete graphics card which supports -PhysX- TM to fully utilize each processing core in the ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:58:18 GMT+00:00
Geek With Laptop - Geek WIth Laptop Tweet this news
Geek WIth Laptop--This GF-100 GPU Fermi-based graphics card is the key to many things: high-performance 3D-Vision and 3D-Vision Surround, unmatched -PhysX- potential, ... - Date : Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:21:16 GMT+00:00
Mafia II: PhysX Tested, HotHardware Reviewed - Hot Hardware Tweet this news
Hot Hardware--Prior to its launch, Mafia II was portrayed as a deep, character-driven drama that would take full advantage of -PhysX- to add depth and realism to the game. ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:42:22 GMT+00:00
Siemens PLM Software Launches Machine Design Solution - Design News Tweet this news
Design News--Mechatronics Concept Designer employs NVIDIA's -PhysX- technology, a physics engine similar to software technology used in modern video games. ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:31:24 GMT+00:00
Unreal Development Kit - September Beta Available NOW - WorthPlaying.com Tweet this news
WorthPlaying.com--Due to changes in -PhysX- you should re-save all of your content. · Switched UDK maps over to use precomputed visibility. o 'GamePlayProfiler' is a tool that ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:05:45 GMT+00:00
Game News from the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference - GamersDailyNews Tweet this news
GamersDailyNews--The Geforce Demos were great to get a hands-on preview of 3D gaming, including seeing Mafia 2 with full -PhysX- support and 3D supported on 3 monitors without ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:32:33 GMT+00:00
NVIDIA Announces CUDA x86 But Omits Launch Date - Hot Hardware Tweet this news
Hot Hardware--Don't confuse this announcement with the -PhysX- issues we discussed last month�when we spoke to NVIDIA back then we were told that certain legacy ... - Date : Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:16:44 GMT+00:00
OTOY to Present Enterprise Cloud Platform at NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference - PR Web (press release) Tweet this news
PR Web (press release)--The platform is designed to enable developers to leverage NVIDIA CUDA, -PhysX- and Optix technologies through the cloud. OTOY announced that it will unveil ... - Date : Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:30:19 GMT+00:00
FluidMark 1.2.2 released, uses PhysX SDK 2.8.4.4 - Techconnect Magazine Tweet this news
Techconnect Magazine--Time to get your -PhysX- on again as a new version of FluidMark, Geek3D's fluid simulation benchmark/stress testing utility powered by Nvidia's -PhysX- solution ... - Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:32:57 GMT+00:00

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