Ouch. Is the PhysX really that bad? Thought it would be cool to have my machine with:
CPU (965 Presler)
GPU (7900GTX)
PPU (PhysX)
AIP (AIS-1)
SPU (X-Fi)
I would have all but the AIS. - Too bad the PPU is not living up to the hype darn it.
Yes, the performance hits, in spots, is actually severe (I believe Anandtech has a story on it) and the system I demo'ed it on had a dual-core 4400/x1900xtx/2 gigs of fast RAM and it was pretty apparent that the technology and/or implementation isn't there yet.
Tha said, I think that if the company can last long enough, we'll get some amazing games, but we're a long way from a. games that requires the card (e.g. Cell Factor) and b. it being cost-effective for the end-user to purchase which will lead to more of 'a'...ye ol' chicken and egg, *sigh*.
On Page 8 of the latest June 06 MaximumPC is a writup on the PhysX card...says a Demo was impressive...