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AMD: Physx Done For The $ PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Monday, 08 March 2010 16:17

Thinq talks to AMD's Richard Huddy, senior manager of developer relations. They discuss PhysX and he believes other than Epic the only reason it is in any games is because of the money paid to developers to use it. I have to note that while DICE had support for PhysX in Mirror's Edge the much more extensive destruction in Battlefield Bad Company 2 is Havok powered at least in part. Does this indicate that PhysX may never take off? It seemed not so long ago in E3 I ate dinner with a Ageia founder and we talked about Physics in games. We were all big Battlefied players, and we talked about that to be successful physics needed to modify gameplay, and not just be a gimic. Well Battlefield Bad Company 2 is the first game I have seen really do that, and PhysX is nowhere to be seen.

 
Radeon News Roundup PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 15:40

Fudzilla-AMD delays Eyefinity card
Fudzilla-HD 5000 series 2D performance to be fixed
Fudzilla-Powercolor does two Eyefinity cards
Fudzilla-Powercolor shows its new HD 5750
Bit Tech-XFX Stunning Crowds CeBIT
Last Updated on Saturday, 06 March 2010 16:22
 
AMD's Eyefinity Technology Explained PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Monday, 01 March 2010 10:09

Tom's Hardware explains AMD's Eyefinity technology.

With Eyefinity, one card can drive up to six displays (depending on the model, of course). AMD states that all 5000-series GPUs support Eyefinity. However, it falls to the graphics card manufacturer to decide whether and how Eyefinity will be implemented on a given card. As of this writing, only the 5800 models have Eyefinity enabled in CrossFire mode, and it seems reasonable to expect that bandwidth plays a part in this decision. With the Radeon HD 5890 freshly placing AMD back in the lead for desktop GPU performance, the last thing AMD wants to risk is a bunch of 5400-series buyers trying to span Left 4 Dead 2 across three screens at maximum settings and wondering what why it isn’t playable. Having the display connectivity for multiple displays is one thing, but putting the muscle behind those pipelines is something else, and vendors need to pair their output paths and GPUs appropriately.

 
Radeon HD 5830 News PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:05

We are still furiously working on our 5830 review. Yes, it is all on complete new hardware, so this explains that. Here is the news today on the 5830.

Fudzilla-All HD 5830 to be non-reference
Fudzilla-HIS to bundle Modern Warfare 2 with HD 5830
Fudzilla-XFX announces its HD 5830
Fudzilla-MSI slaps Twin Frozr II on its HD 5830
AMD Radeon HD 5830 product page

 
Radeon News PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Friday, 19 February 2010 12:07

Fudzilla-Sapphire rolls our Toxic and Vapor-X HD 5850's
Fudzilla-XFX launches its Alien vs Predator bundle
Fudzilla-Radeon 5830 to come on February 25th
Fudzilla-Trillian is Radeon HD5870 Eyefinity 6 card
 
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