ocr111 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 So yesterday i was watching the warframe profile videos on youtube made by playwarframe. And i noticed that in the earlier ones when you used an ability it had a really awesome particle affect. I would like to ask if there could be an option in the display to turn on and off these particle affects because i really want them in my game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychedelicSnake Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 You need an appropriate Nvidia graphics card. Once you do, you need to turn on the PhysX option in the Options Menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocr111 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Does this show the particle affects when you do turn it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocr111 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Also how do i get one of these cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigloblam Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Just go online and buy one. I usually use www.newegg.com the only thing you need to know is that you need to get one of the 5 series (540/560/etc) because they come with PhysX drivers from the start, so you wont have to install the PhysX driver seperately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yulfany123 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) i have one of those physX drivers already installed in my laptop and it was only $1000 Edited August 18, 2013 by Yulfany123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychedelicSnake Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 i have one of those physX drivers already installed in my laptop and it was only $1000 $1000? HA! I have lint! Beat that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zareek Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 These particle effects are amazing, I love them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigloblam Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 i have one of those physX drivers already installed in my laptop and it was only $1000 Price of the Laptop doesnt matter. And also, Desktops are better for gaming than Laptops, by every possibly measurement. To get the same power in a laptop that my 3yr old Desktop has, you'd have to spend like 2400 bucks. Its all because of the form factor they have to follow. Small parts, all squashed together, make for very difficult heat management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocr111 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 only £1000 are you rich or something?! screw that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocr111 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 cant they just have the particle affects whit out having to install a graphics card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigloblam Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 cant they just have the particle affects whit out having to install a graphics card Its not that easy. The game already does have regular Particle effects, but the difference is that PhysX effects use proprietary hardware that ONLY comes in nVidia cards. Even if they wanted to put them in for other cards, Legally they cant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mietz Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 only £1000 are you rich or something?! screw that Dollars, and he said the whole laptop cost that, not the card. You can pick up a 550ti for like 100$ and it runs this game just fine with ~60fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mietz Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Its not that easy. The game already does have regular Particle effects, but the difference is that PhysX effects use proprietary hardware that ONLY comes in nVidia cards. Even if they wanted to put them in for other cards, Legally they cant. You can run physx on AMD cards just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigloblam Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 You can run physx on AMD cards just fine. Nvidia disables PhysX processing on their GPUs if an AMD GPU is detected in the system. If you are running it, Its either Hacked, or Software Emulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mietz Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Nvidia disables PhysX processing on their GPUs if an AMD GPU is detected in the system. If you are running it, Its either Hacked, or Software Emulated. Well, yes, you can still run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhorge Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 You can run physx on AMD cards just fine. It has to ported though and that tanks performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Kittens- Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 cant they just have the particle affects whit out having to install a graphics card no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourdee Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Its not that easy. The game already does have regular Particle effects, but the difference is that PhysX effects use proprietary hardware that ONLY comes in nVidia cards. Even if they wanted to put them in for other cards, Legally they cant. Technically, this isn't correct. PhysX can be processed on the GPU or CPU. For example, my ATI system can render 500k+ Physx particles at 60fps which are all CPU driven. There is no legal requirement to use physx on the GPU only, unless, DE have a contract with Nvidia which forces them to use GPU/nvidia rendering only (usually to make money). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinydunsparce Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 It's just physx particles. A super lazy way to make 'impressive' particle effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saenol Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Its not that easy. The game already does have regular Particle effects, but the difference is that PhysX effects use proprietary hardware that ONLY comes in nVidia cards. Even if they wanted to put them in for other cards, Legally they cant. They could switch physics/particle middleware, but that would be a major hassle, and would negate whatever support they got from NVIDIA. There is no legal requirement to use physx on the GPU only, unless, DE have a contract with Nvidia which forces them to use GPU/nvidia rendering only (usually to make money). They almost certainly have something to this effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigloblam Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Technically, this isn't correct. PhysX can be processed on the GPU or CPU. For example, my ATI system can render 500k+ Physx particles at 60fps which are all CPU driven. There is no legal requirement to use physx on the GPU only, unless, DE have a contract with Nvidia which forces them to use GPU/nvidia rendering only (usually to make money). It was actually information coming from nVidia. I worked for them for a few years and at least at the time, PhysX was exclusive to nVidia Hardware. But i guess a lot changed in a short time. I sit corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourdee Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) It was actually information coming from nVidia. I worked for them for a few years and at least at the time, PhysX was exclusive to nVidia Hardware. But i guess a lot changed in a short time. I sit corrected. Interesting. The c++ engine i use (which includes the Nvidia physx.dll's) implementation is done completely on the compute shader for physx and emission, while rendering is done through a geometry shader. In short, this gives me 500k+ nvidia physx particles on an ATI card :) Edited August 19, 2013 by Fourdee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Kittens- Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 It's just physx particles. A super lazy way to make 'impressive' particle effects. Physx is a complete physics API used on Intel, AMD, and Mac platforms on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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