Joe Landman wrote: <snip> > Likely it has a linearized version of an ODE solver. Nothing > spectacular. Shouldn't be that hard to code a simple Runge-Kutta or > even a Simpson's rule in hardware ... Indeed, but it probably only accelerates specific functions in the Ageia engine. Here is what the competition (Havoc, used in Half-Life 2 for those familiar) does: http://www.havok.com/content/view/17/30/
I suspect it's like original Geforce cards were - very much a fixed function device. > Likely it has "game physics" and the major question is how do game > physics map against the real world physics. It likely has a subset (that which needed accelerating) of the Ageia physics engine. It is also likely not tuned for accuracy. > Thats not the only reason ... Dedicated hardware, well designed to the > task, can absolutely wipe the floor with general purpose hardware. GPU > vs CPU is a great example of this. > -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs MORE CORE AVAILABLE, BUT NONE FOR YOU. \-----------------------------------------------------\ Please update your address book to [EMAIL PROTECTED] \-----------------------------------------------------\ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
