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It was about ten years ago, after 3-D gameplay had taken over the world of gaming, that dedicated 3-D accelerator cards were introduced to the market for PC gamers. They were gimmicky and expensive at first, were only supported by a few games, and a lot of people thought they were a waste of money. Ten years later, if you don't have a 3-D accelerator in your computer you simply can't play games. Ageia and their PhysX hardware want… Read More

Ageia Technologies, today at the 2006 Game Developers Conference, unveiled what they are calling the first physics processing unit (PPU) designed to power pervasive real-time physics in PC gaming. The new Ageia PhysX Accelerator will initially appear in computers from manufacturers such as Alienware and Dell, add-in boards from Asus and BFG and in-game support from more than 60 software developers and publishers. The Ageia PhysX… Read More