Polish hardware site PClab.pl has put together one of the most in-depth articles on PhysX I have seen in a long time. The article goes in-depth explaining what PhysX is then does an in-depth analysis of pretty much every major PhysX enabled game from within the past several years, major titles only. Along with benchmarks and an in-depth breakdown of the different PhysX effects that are implemented into the game they also made a nice video showing off the PhysX in each game. Check out the translated article here.
The ‘Ranger Pack’ DLC for Metro 2033 is now available and downloads automatically with Steam. Along with this new DLC there is also now an official benchmarking tool with an option to enable/disable PhysX. This benchmarking tool is very well done, you can select all the different DirectX settings DX9/DX10/DX11, different screen resolutions and pretty much all the options you can find in the game along with a check box to enable or disable advanced PhysX. We made a video below of the benchmark running though a single time to see what it looks like. As Metro 2033 is one of the most graphics intensive games that takes advantage of DX11 this Benchmarking could become standard for benchmarking games and future DX11 video cards.
Metro 2033 PhysX Benchmark 1920×1200:
For some reason this tool is well hidden within the steam directory. To find the benchmark you will have to find it in your Metro 2033 steam install: Steam\steamapps\common\metro 2033
When you launch the benchmarking tool you have a very nice GUI to change settings and launch the benchmark:
Upon completion of the benchmark you get a very nice HTML screen show up in your browser giving you the statistics from the benchmark run:
NinjaLane has put together a really nice review of the new GTX 480 video card. What is interesting about this review compared to most is that they also did a very in-depth section on PhysX performance for the latest games that implement PhysX. They put Metro 2033, Darkest Of Days and Batman: Arkham Asylum to the test to see how they perform on the new GTX 480 compared to the GTS 250 and GTX 285 video cards. Check out the review here.
With the new GeForce GTX 480 coming out we get to explore some of the extra power that has been given to us from a single GPU card while having PhysX enabled. In these tests we have grabbed a few games that use PhysX very heavily and test them using three different generations of PhysX enabled GPUs.
Zogrim over at PhysXinfo.com has done a really nice GPU PhysX comparison for Metro 2033, showing off what the PhysX effects look like with PhysX enabled and disabled. Like all of Zogrim’s PhysX comparison videos he does a split screen side by side comparison showing what the PhysX effects look like in the game with PhysX On and PhysX off along with normal full screen footage of PhysX on and PhysX off showing off the impressive PhysX effects in Metro 2033.
We have bee excited for Metro 2033 since it was announced it would feature advanced PhysX effects and be a PhysX and graphics showcase when released. In this video you can finally see all the awesome PhysX effects in action in the game. From particle effects, impact debris, grenade explosions,
smoke and fluid effects, this GPU PhysX comparison video for Metro 2033 covers it all.
be sure to check out the previous posts we have made about Metro 2033:
Additional physics effects in Metro 2033 title for PC. “Advanced PhysX OFF” vs “Advanced PhysX ON”. Graphics settings – High, DX10. Watching in HD is highly recommended.
GPU PhysX in Metro 2033:
Be sure to check out PhysXinfo.com for more PhysX information on all the latest PhysX enabled games.
Ever since we saw the Glowball PhysX demo and the Floating Castle Physics Demo running on Tegra 3 powered tablets we have been pretty excited about physics on Tegra powered devices. Back in November NVIDIA announced the released of their new Quad-Core mobile Tegra 3 chip that uses “four CPU cores and its new GeForceRead More
I know that Batman Arkham City has been out for awhile now and this is old news but as I have been extremely busy with work and finishing up school I never got a chance to post these. These are some cool Batman Arkham City PhysX comparison on/off videos from both EVGA and YouTube userRead More
Krishna Kumar – YouTube user krishx007 who runs gfxguru.net has made a pretty cool physics/PhysX demo level with Unity 3D called Physics Wonderland. The level is basically a huge playground with PhysX objects that you can destroy and play around with to show off the different PhysX features in Unity 3D. Check it out belowRead More
The Game Developers Conference 2012 is going to have a session that really interests us. The “Physics for Games Programmers” session/tutorial is going to cover the “tools and techniques developers should know when implementing physics in their games.” According to the information on the GDC 2012 site, the session will take place on Tuesday, MarchRead More
With all of the excitement about rumored hardware being used in the next-generation consoles, some very disappointing news has come today. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sony has no plans to unveil the Sony Playstation 4 at this years E3 and is going to stick with the 10-year life cycle plan. If thisRead More
Here are some cool physics videos that have been uploaded to YouTube over the past week. Cryengine 3 Tornado Physics by club4ghz UDK – Destructible objects and Physics! by Shotbix07 Ice Engine Destruction Test by LordOfTheBytes
I came across a few cool Havok physics videos on YouTube. YouTube user kosteckip has made a pretty cool Castle Siege type demo using PhysX and Havok physics with physics based water, cloth, and destruction. Meanwhile, the official Havok Physics YouTube channel has uploaded a series of Havok Simulation videos and one interesting video showsRead More
Maximum PC has a nice article up about the top game engines being used to create today’s games. Along with the engines they also pointed out the top Middleware being used and PhysX and Havok were listed as the top physics Middleware. Check out the entire article here. From Gamers, Start Your Engines! 6 TopRead More
Phymec is making some cool physics tools for Bullet Physics and Blender to enable some awsome fracture and destruction effects. Two awesome videos showing this off have been uploaded to YouTube. The first shows off the creation of the fracture objects in Blender and the newer video is an awesome collection of fracture objects beingRead More
An interesting rumor has surfaced this past week that Microsoft is developing two next-gen Xbox 720 consoles. According to the rumor on TECHSPOT, Microsoft “is said to be developing an entry-level system as well as a true next-generation hardcore gaming console.” What is important to us for the future of physics is the reports thatRead More
I posted about this awesome level several months ago – Some Cool NVIDIA APEX Physics Tests Done with the UDK now mfsksa, who is the creator of this level, has given me the UDK files required to play the Apex PhysX test level he made. I made a cool video showing it off some moreRead More
Ever since we posted the Battlefield 3 Physics and Destruction Videos with the BF3 destruction video showing the Antenna in Caspian Border coming down we have been wondering how to do this or when it would be allowed through a patch. Today we have learned through an awesome YouTube Video that the main Antenna canRead More
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