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Ask NVIDIA a PhysX Question
You could win one of three PhysX-ready NVIDIA video cards! |
Please Note -
The video cards in this image are shown as an example; The three winners will be able to choose
a video card from current Newegg.com stock at the time the contest closes (details below).
What is PhysX?
If you were an early adopter of a PPU, or Physics Processing Unit, you may remember it as an add-on card designed by AGEIA. Times have changed since then (add-on PPU card no longer required!), but still questions swirl around this technology: What does it do? Why do I need another add-on card to handle it? What games will take advantage of it? The answers aren't always simple, but NVIDIA has offered to clear up some of the confusion for us.
The short answer is that PhysX helps objects in your games move, interact, and react to the environment around them.
The greatest PhysX advance in the year-plus since NVIDIA acquired AGEIA is the fact that it is no longer dependant on additional hardware. The PhysX engine can run on any CUDA-based NVIDIA GPU, which includes GeForce 8000, 9000 and 200-series video cards. This means that, yes; you may already have PhysX-capable hardware in your PC right now!
In fact, one of the key advantages to owning a GeForce card is the ability to harness the power of PhysX capabilities. If you already have a GeForce 8000, 9000 or 200-series video card, but haven’t recently updated your software and drivers, take a look at NVIDIA’s “The Force Within” homepage:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcewithin/us/index.html
If you’d like to read more on this technology before asking your question, please try these links.
NVIDIA Resources
PhysX Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_physx.html
Physx FAQ: http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_faq.html
PhysX-Accelerated Games:
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_physxgames_home.html
Other Resources
Guru3D PhysX review: http://www.guru3d.com/article/physx-by-nvidia-review/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX
The Prize Drawing
By posting a question in response to the PhysX technology thread in the Nvidia forum on http://www.eggxpert.com/, you agree to these Official Rules (pdf).
Remember, asking a PhysX-related question on this forum will automatically enter you in a contest to win one of three NVIDIA-GPU-based video cards. Asking multiple questions is OK, but each account can only enter the drawing once. The three winners will be able to choose a video card from current Newegg.com stock at the time the contest closes.
The video card chosen must be based on the GPU indicated and within the allotted price range. Keep in mind that all of these cards include PhysX for free!
1st Prize
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
maximum price: $299.99
2nd Prize
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+
maximum price: $199.99
3rd Prize
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
maximum price: $129.99
For further contest Terms & Conditions, please read the Terms & Conditions section below.
Thanks for participating EggXperts!
Best Regards,
The EggXpert Team
Contest Terms and Conditions
- Void where prohibited by law.
- Unless otherwise exempted in the Official Rules, the Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia age 13 or older.
- This Sweepstakes is void in Rhode Island.
- The Sweepstakes begins at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on September 29, 2008 and ends at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on October 9, 2008.
Winners will be contacted by private message on http://www.eggxpert.com/ to obtain their contact information and video card of choice. If it is determined that a winner does not qualify for the contest, the prize will be forfeited and a new winner will be chosen for that category.
For full contest Terms & Conditions, please refer to this .pdf file:
Official Rules
If you cannot view the Official Rules .pdf file, please download the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
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