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NVIDIA PhysX Technology – Enabled vs. Disabled Comparison Video

EVGA has made a really nice PhysX comparison video showing off the latest games that implement PhysX. The video shows comparison’s from Batman Arkham Asylum, Metro 2033,Mirror’s Edge,Dark Void,Darkest of Days, Cryostasis, and the NVIDIA PhysX Supersonic Sled demo. The video shows what PhysX brings to games and can change your gaming experience. Check it out below and be sure to check out the EVGA Gaming website.

From EVGA:

This video shows NVIDIA PhysX features in popular games, and how NVIDIA PhysX can dramatically improve the quality of your gaming experience! Learn more about the latest and fastest PhysX hardware at http://www.evga.com/

Games/applications shown:
*Batman Arkham Asylum
*Metro 2033
*Mirror’s Edge
*Dark Void
*Darkest of Days
*NVIDIA Supersonic Sled
*Cryostasis

Dark Void PhysX on High (HD4850+9800GT) Hybrid PhysX Setup Gameplay Video

YouTube user R3n7on has made and uploaded a couple of awesome videos of him palying Dark Void with PhysX set to High running on his HD4850+9800GT Hybrid PhysX setup, check them out below and if you want to see more awesome PhysX videos of Dark Void in action be sure to check out our previous posts:

Dark Void GPU PhysX Comparison Video
Nvidia Dark Void GPU PhysX Comparison Video Released
Dark Void PC Game Technology Trailer Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology And PhysX Comparison Video

Playing Dark Void with ATi+nVidia combo.

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Dark Void PhysX on High [ground] (HD4850+9800GT):

Dark Void PhysX on High [air] (HD4850+9800GT):


Dark Void PC Game Technology Trailer Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology And PhysX Comparison Video

NVIDIA has uploaded a new video to their YouTube channel titled “Dark Void PC Game Technology Trailer Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology” along with the NVIDIA “Dark Void PC Game Comparison Video Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology“. The PhysX comparison video which first appeared on the Dark Void nzone page has already been on YouTube after being uploaded by several different people but the new Technology Trailer appears to be new and shows the different PhysX effects that have been implemented into the game and what they look like in action. Pretty awesome stuff, check it out below or here at the NVIDIA YouTube channel.

From The NVIDIA YouTube Channel:

This video trailer featuring NVIDIA PhysX technology in the PC game Dark Void, shows various enhanced effects when using weapons, the grenade and the jetpack. NVIDIA PhysX technology has been fully integrated into the dangerous and exciting world of Dark Void to bring you a more realistic and physics based experience in the Void. In fact, Dark Void has the distinction of being the first game to use dynamic, accurate smoke effects and smoke trails for the games innovative jetpack, UFOs, and spaceships, all of which will be hardware-accelerated by GeForce GPUs when played on compatible PCs.

Dark Void PC Game Technology Trailer Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology:

This comparison video features NVIDIA PhysX technology in the PC game Dark Void, shows various enhanced effects when using weapons, the grenade and the jetpack. NVIDIA PhysX technology has been fully integrated into the dangerous and exciting world of Dark Void to bring you a more realistic and physics based experience in the Void. In fact, Dark Void has the distinction of being the first game to use dynamic, accurate smoke effects and smoke trails for the games innovative jetpack, UFOs, and spaceships, all of which will be hardware-accelerated by GeForce GPUs when played on compatible PCs.

Dark Void PC Game Comparison Video Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology:


Dark Void PhysX Gameplay Performance and IQ From [H]ardOCP

[H]ardOCP.com has done a really nice and in-depth review of the PhysX and image quality in Dark Void. Using several different video cards at different resolutions and all the different PhysX settings in the game [H]ardOCP tests out the PhysX performance in the game. On page 3 here [H]ardOCP goes in-depth explaining all the different PhysX settings in the game and what each setting brings to the game such as weapon particle effects,advanced fluid effects, PhysX turbulence and smoke.

There is no doubt that PhysX really brings some awesome effects to the game and makes the environment more lively and visually impressive but if you are interested in how your system will run Dark Void at the different PhysX settings or want to know what kind of system or video card you would need for an enjoyable gameplay than this is definitely worth the read.

If you want to see Dark Void and the PhysX effects in action be sure to check out the Dark Void GPU PhysX Comparison video from PhysXinfo.com and the Dark Void GPU PhysX Comparison video from NVIDIA we have recently posted about.

From [H]ardOCP:

Dark Void was recently released with some neat PhysX effects. We’ll explore gameplay performance and show you what PhysX support will do for you in this game with plenty of screenshots and performance comparisons.

Dark Void also supports NVIDIA’s proprietary PhysX technology. PhysX is used to accelerate effects, such as particle systems for weapon damage, and dynamic fluid systems used to simulate smoke from the jetpack’s engines. As it is an NVIDIA-specific feature, AMD video cards are automatically at a disadvantage by not being able to utilize these effects.

This game operates on a modified Unreal Engine 3 platform. It uses Microsoft’s DirectX 9.0c gaming API. As it runs on a nearly four year old game engine, and a five year old API, we expect performance in Dark Void to be stellar on all of our current generation video cards. The only caveat there is the addition of NVIDIA’s PhysX technology. PhysX potentially adds a tremendous amount of detail, and as such the GPU requirements can be more advanced, in spite of the maturity of the game engine and graphics API. We will certainly examine what manner of performance penalty PhysX brings to Dark Void.

Read the rest of the Dark Void PhysX Gameplay Performance and IQ from [H]ardOCP here.


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