Please explain PPU / Physics Processors.

[GJohn]

Please explain it in few simple words, easy to understand. What they are? What they do? Is it the future? Etc.

1 year from today i want to put together a computer, with all the new systems, like 64bit, etc. so by then its all gonna be PPU / Physics Processors video cards?

 

[Brent_Justice]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1035672

 

[GJohn]

Sweet--cheers

 

[GJohn]

So this is not a video card, this is add on to a video card right?

 

[TopGun]

Well Nvidia is thinking of a built in solution on there vid cards but the aegia physics card is a seperate card.

-TopGun

 

[Yoshiyuki Blade]

So this is not a video card, this is add on to a video card right?

Yeah, it's a physically seperate processor and card dedicated to do physics calculations. Apparently, Nvidia and ATI are planning on using their GPUs to do physics as well. NV will be using Havoc, and ATI's is still unknown.