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AGEIA Launches Mobile PhysX Chip for Notebooks
We have covered the AGEIA PhysX hardware accelerator for what seems like ages—since long before it shipped. Recently we took another look at it with Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigther 2, which includes a special AGEIA Island level to show off what the card can do. Our opinion has always been the same—this is promising technology that doesn't yet have the kind of software to make it a worthwhile investment. With any luck, AGEIA will get that "killer app" this fall with the release of Unreal Tournament 3.
AGEIA Mobile PhysX module
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Today, the company announced the PhysX 100M mobile processor, aimed at adding hardware-accelerated physics to high-end desktop replacement gaming notebooks. According to the press release, this new mobile part is designed to operate, "with power dissipation of nearly 10W under gameplay conditions." It also includes power management features not seen in the desktop version, to throttle down the clock speed if things get too hot or if the chip is idle. Judging from the image of the mobile part, it comes as a module including chip and memory, similar to the desktop card but in a different form factor and with a different connector. Don't expect to find these in a 6 lb. laptop, though. This is aimed at those big heavy 17" desktop replacement gaming notebooks with high-end graphics and CPUs.
The first manufacturer to ship a notebook with the PhysX module inside should be Dell, though details of the exact model and its features are unavailable at this time.
Pelo "recorte" eu diria que isto foi feito para usar no ExpressCard|54, já que não faz muito sentido soldar uma coisa destas à motherboard do portátil.
Hoje em dia quem compra um portátil de 17" com os jogos em mente também está interessado com a possibilidade de upgrade.
Para já acredito que as primeiras versões venham soldadas em motherboards mas penso que o objectivo a longo prazo da AGEIA será lançar as placas em PCI-Express 1x e ExpressCard|54.
Aqui está uma imagem dos XpressCard para comparar: