custompc.co.uk— Co-creator of Wolfenstein, Doom and Doom 3, John Carmack, has put a firm boot into the face of Ageia?s PhysX chip, saying that ?I am not a believer in dedicated PPUs.?
Jul 21, 2007View in Crawl 4
okay to be honest, I don't know what you're talking about... but it sounds like you're full of s**t and you barely know what you're talking about yourself. Not saying I know more than you but I've heard ALOT of bulls**tters in my life and you sound like one of them. Granted you've probably at least skimmed the information you're presenting, but the chances of you actually understanding it are farily slim. That is all.
I'm not exactly sure, but I would guess it comes down to a combination of the following:A) Simplifies building the installerB) I think they can program using the Ageia driver and the driver just turns off effects if the card is not present.
The problem with PhysX, and the idea of add-on PPUs, is that they are a fundamentally BAD IDEA. PPUs introduce yet another component to your PC that, if they become "the norm" will need to be constantly upgraded. With the advent of multi-core processors, and with the cost of these processors plus the number of cores available decreasing and increasing respectively, you can no doubt do what a PPU proposes to do with a general-purpose core that you can also use for other jobs. I hate the idea that I'd have another chip in my computer that sits idle for much of its life while I'll no doubt have spare capacity in my processors.The whole idea is bonkers and too late. Don't throw your money away on these useless add-on cards.
I didn't think many(any) would get this. Way back when, there was this guy (nicked named immy) who did some online radio show and sometimes did prank calls. One call was to some chinese restaurant, saying in an almost yelling voice, "This is The Carmack. Where is the Daikatana!? I must have the Daikatana!!". Reading it alone doesn't sound too funny, but the call was funny as hell. It caught on at the time and all the gaming sites (shacknews, bluesnews etc) referred to john carmack as 'the carmack' whenever there was id software related news. But this was almost 10 years ago now, so again didn't think any of you would get it. I googled it but couldn't find the original audio clip, too bad.
Didn't you know? Clicking on an item on a list is the same thing as building nowadays. I also built my car. I bet this guy also hacked into his mom's computer by guessing the passwords and entering them by hand./sarcasm
bustaJul 22, 2007
okay to be honest, I don't know what you're talking about... but it sounds like you're full of s**t and you barely know what you're talking about yourself. Not saying I know more than you but I've heard ALOT of bulls**tters in my life and you sound like one of them. Granted you've probably at least skimmed the information you're presenting, but the chances of you actually understanding it are farily slim. That is all.
Closed AccountJul 22, 2007
I concur... I had no problem reading his poorly written sentence.
gfnwJul 22, 2007
Protip: John Romero, not John Carmack.
veraisteJul 22, 2007
I'm not exactly sure, but I would guess it comes down to a combination of the following:A) Simplifies building the installerB) I think they can program using the Ageia driver and the driver just turns off effects if the card is not present.
kelmonJul 23, 2007
The problem with PhysX, and the idea of add-on PPUs, is that they are a fundamentally BAD IDEA. PPUs introduce yet another component to your PC that, if they become "the norm" will need to be constantly upgraded. With the advent of multi-core processors, and with the cost of these processors plus the number of cores available decreasing and increasing respectively, you can no doubt do what a PPU proposes to do with a general-purpose core that you can also use for other jobs. I hate the idea that I'd have another chip in my computer that sits idle for much of its life while I'll no doubt have spare capacity in my processors.The whole idea is bonkers and too late. Don't throw your money away on these useless add-on cards.
sark666Jul 23, 2007
I didn't think many(any) would get this. Way back when, there was this guy (nicked named immy) who did some online radio show and sometimes did prank calls. One call was to some chinese restaurant, saying in an almost yelling voice, "This is The Carmack. Where is the Daikatana!? I must have the Daikatana!!". Reading it alone doesn't sound too funny, but the call was funny as hell. It caught on at the time and all the gaming sites (shacknews, bluesnews etc) referred to john carmack as 'the carmack' whenever there was id software related news. But this was almost 10 years ago now, so again didn't think any of you would get it. I googled it but couldn't find the original audio clip, too bad.
tendonutJan 29, 2008
Didn't you know? Clicking on an item on a list is the same thing as building nowadays. I also built my car. I bet this guy also hacked into his mom's computer by guessing the passwords and entering them by hand./sarcasm