NVIDIA Removed PhysX Multi-Core Optimizations

NVIDIA acquired PhysX, Ageia, when he bought in 2008. Because the manufacturer of the GPU was publicity of this technology, and showed that the benchmarks that indicate that the GPU performance is superior compared to the GPU in this area. In an interview with bit-tech.net, AMD developer relations manager worldwide, Richard Huddy, "has a pop-up" from NVIDIA, openly questioning the current state of PhysX and the lack of several basic optimizations.

"All of these processor cores, we used a lot, and I'll do another pop NVIDIA here. When purchased AGEIA, are very respectable multi-core application of PhysX. If you look now, most of which works primarily on one, or at least case, the two cores, "Huddy says.

"I wonder why Nvidia did this?" I wonder why Nvidia could not do everything in their spaceship on the things that I do not care - what's working effectively for processor cores - because the company cares about the consumer experience, which is concerned only more for you graphics card sales in consolidation of both the GPU is faster than the CPU. The old tricks that the Intel compiler, which used to do, Nvidia simply takes all the multi-core optimizations on PhysX.

Huddy even said that the CPU is actually the most capable of physics processing in games."While encrypted, the processor can solve most physical situations presented to him. The emphasis we see in physics from the GPU is the excessive emphasis that comes from a company that has a GPU ... Promoting PhysX physics as if it were God's answer to all problems of physics when it is actually more in finding solutions to problems. Huddy says.

NVIDIA is currently the most popular brand when it comes to playing with physics, but Advanced Micro Devices is working with companies to bring these products themselves. "We are working on two areas of physics, which are very important, as the three companies to integrate the physics of the GPU," Mr. actions Huddy.

In the same interview, Huddy talks about some of the company's plans for the current year. He said he did not expect, AMD, always have a fast card for 2010, but that will graphically wise, dominated most of the year.