Are Physics Cards worth it?

[Link1]

The new in-thing for gaming are physics cards. Physics cards are spererate cards that act like Graphics Cards, but these process only the Physics engine Code. A common example would be the Agiea Physix Card, with 128 MB of some sort of physics memory I am guessing. I have a ATi x!600 512 MB pro AGP 8x, and I was woundering would a 200$ physics card make a major difference in FPS in gaming, and do the games have to be specially compatable with the physics card to even benifit from it?

 

[sho95]

Check this:
http://www.gamespot.com/users/SarjuS/video_player?id=cXJhxTH85bwPug

I would just wait until price drop.

 

[Link1]

Thanks. Yea, it seems as if these cards dont really benifit any current PC games, besides GRAW. They also seem to not have to much of an effect on gameplay. They seem a little pricy too. I guess I'll wait and see how useful they will be in the future.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

They only improve on supported games though and not all which sucks.

 

[freestyler105]

Yeah, and either way for your case, you'd be better off upgrading your video card first.

 

[^Mike^]

They cost a lot, i'd just wait for awhile.

 

[EcLiPsE]

That game they showed at the end of the vid looks wierd and cool.

 

[freestyler105]

That game they showed at the end of the vid looks wierd and cool.

Yeah, what the heck is that?

 

[alvino]

No. Good idea, poor execution and marketing.

 

[mammikoura]

it's better to spend the money on other hardware, like a better vid card. The price of the physics card is just too high.