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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @06:22PM from the useless-in-the-short-term dept.

MojoKid writes "When Mountain View California start-up Ageia announced a new co-processor architecture for Desktop 3D Graphics that off-loaded the heavy burden physics places on the CPU-GPU rendering pipeline, the industry applauded what looked like the enabling of a new era of PC Gaming realism. Of course, on paper and in PowerPoint, things always look impressive, so many waited with baited breath for hardware to ship. That day has come and HotHardware has fully tested a new card shipped from BFG Tech, built on Ageia's new PPU. But is this technology evolutionary or revolutionary? "

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Looks like... (Score:5, Funny)

by nathan s ( 719490 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @06:29PM (#15297236) Homepage

...they could use a card dedicated to keeping their server up when Slashdot finds it. It's already down for me.

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Re:Looks like... (Score:3, Funny)

by Grey_14 ( 570901 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @06:43PM (#15297336) Homepage

whoa, for a second there I thought you were linking to such a card,

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Re:Looks like... (Score:3, Funny)

by CODiNE ( 27417 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @07:10PM (#15297485) Homepage

Naw man, that's just a REALISTIC rendering of how their server would respond if each connection was like a shot from a BB gun. That's some seriously FINE GRAINED Physics processing!

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Re:Looks like... (Score:2, Funny)

by uzor ( 787499 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @07:18PM (#15297517)

That would be cool. An Anti-Slashdot Effect Hardware Accellerator!! Sign me up!

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Re:it's BATED breath, dammit (Score:5, Funny)

by drewmca ( 611245 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @07:19PM (#15297525)

I think your point is mute.

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Re:Looks like... (Score:3, Funny)

by Firehed ( 942385 ) writes: on Wednesday May 10, 2006 @02:54AM (#15299174) Homepage

We already have that. It's called RAM.

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