2006-03-23 07:26:37 Feedback Request: GRAW PC with PhysX vs. GRAW 360 explositions

http://physx.ageia.com/footage.html

Top video, play it.

How do the explosions compare in the PhysX PC GRAW demo compare to the 360 version?

Btw, the middle demo from Cellfactor is pretty cool in that it is like Matrix meets HL2, although after the video you go "Meh, it was just a bunch of barrels and nothing but barrels and pipes move, none break, and the level itself is never harmed" but still neat.

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I am too poor to own a 360... therefor I play with paper statistics. The results of my indepth scientific anaylisis determined the most important benchmark is Pi. As in The Ring of Light.

2006-03-23 13:17:58

Damn.... is this ageia thing going to become popular in games? I hope not.... 360 explosions still look really impressive though I mean are those types of explosions impossible on the 360? What was just shown in the physx thing?

I'm sure they could do a collateral damage type thing as well.

Actually I don't mind (look at half life 2) Monster blowing out that building. If that can be done without physx then its all good ;)

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[b] Never judge a game too harshly via screenshots or videos, because they are in no way capable of properly representing what the game truly looks like were you to see it running in front of you on a 360 [/b]

2006-03-23 20:05:38

I really hope PC GRAW is not based on the XBOX version cause it sucks and awsome explosions won't help it.

Anyway, I remember reading when the PhysX chip was first anounced and people were wondering if next gen consoles would be using it, they said next gen systems should have enough power to do physics just as good even without the PhysX chip and that is the reason they aren't using it. I would post a link, but I can't remember where I read that.

2006-03-25 05:39:21

here is an explosion from the 360 version

2006-03-25 15:57:49

Um looks nice enough, but how much does a physic's card cost plus a top of the range GPU ?

I'm guessing twice as much as a 360..

2006-03-25 16:45:40

The 360 graw explosions overall still look better and more realistic.

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[b] Never judge a game too harshly via screenshots or videos, because they are in no way capable of properly representing what the game truly looks like were you to see it running in front of you on a 360 [/b]