[ut3] NVidia buying AGEIA

[Ron Overdrive]

And they will most likely not sit on them. AMD & nVidia were working closely
with Havok on HavokFX until Intel bought them out and cut them off. Most
likely nVidia will start producing GPU/PPU hybrid chips or graphics cards
that also have an onboard PPU supporting PhysX to make up for their loss
with HavokFX.

On Feb 5, 2008 12:32 PM, Sir Brizz <sir.brizz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 3DFX was a dead company when Nvidia bought them, so that time didn't
> cause any loss of profitability. AGEIA is a currently profitable
> company. Nvidia can't afford to just sit on them.
>
> Brizz
>
> Eric Jackman wrote:
> > Just remember, when Nvidia purchased 3DFX it took about 2 years for
> > them to ship any new products that merged 3DFX and Nvidia technology.
> >
> > That and I thought that Ryan hinted that Ageia wasn't the source of
> > the legal problem.
> >
> > Lloyd Taylor wrote:
> >> If AGEIA happened to be the 3rd party software that is holding up the
> >> linux release of UT3, this could be an interesting development.  Even
> >> if it isn't, this could precipitate some fun technology soon.
> >>
> >> http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=515
> >>
> >>
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