[ut3] NVidia buying AGEIA

[Sir Brizz]

I see what you're getting at, but I tend to think they are going to (or 
already have been) testing PPU integration onto video cards. If this 
deal has been in the works for any significant length of time, Nvidia 
may already have some "beta" boards that do that on the 9 series.

Brizz

Eric Jackman wrote:
> I wasn't suggesting that they are going to drop the existing projects 
> that AGEIA has in the pipeline at the moment.  I was just pointing out 
> that you shouldn't expect or even hope for new super amazing 
> innovative crossover products from NVIDIAGEIA by Christmas.   Expect 
> maybe the next iteration of the Physyx card the GeForce9 series.  and 
> in a few years we will see pforce mobos with built in PPU for 
> christmas 2010.
>
> Sir Brizz 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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