AGEIA PhysX Powered Add-in Cards Now Available Worldwide
AGEIA’s PhysX Processor is Available Now on PC add-in Cards from ASUS and BFG
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 9, 2006 – AGEIA™ Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardwareaccelerated
physics for games, today announced the availability of its PhysX™ processor on add-in
accelerator cards from ASUS Computer International and BFG Technologies, Inc. The first physics
processing unit (PPU) designed to power pervasive real-time physics in PC gaming can now be
purchased by consumers worldwide, thus delivering true physics interaction on a massive scale to
serious gamers everywhere.
Retailers, etailers and distributors carrying the ASUS and BFG physics accelerator boards include:
Best Buy, Circuit City, New Egg, TigerDirect, D&H and many others.
PhysX accelerators powered by the AGEIA PhysX processor can also be purchased in systems from
some of the world’s leading gaming system and personal computer manufacturers including
Alienware, Dell, Falcon Northwest, Systemax, VelocityMicro and Voodoo.
The AGEIA PhysX processor, with its massively parallel interactive PhysX engines, has been
specifically designed to accelerate dynamic physical motion and interaction in games at a scale and
quality far beyond what has previously been possible. Exciting new games optimized for the hardwareaccelerated
physics provided by the PhysX processor feature complex characters and objects in
environments that fully interact based on real-world, real-time properties.
“The use of physics in games adds another dimension to gameplay, making the experience much
greater than ever before,” said Jon Peddie, Principal analyst for JPR Research. “With the release of its
PhysX Processor AGEIA is blazing a trail that will benefit you, me and every other game player for
years to come.”
Now that PhysX accelerators are available in systems and as add-in cards, gamers can finally have
different experiences every time they play a game. Explosions happen in real-time and specific to the
interaction of objects, not just replays of the same animation over and over again. Now game objects
can smash, bounce, deform, shatter or explode and cause a different chain reaction every time,
depending on physical laws such as force, speed, volume, pressure, or density.
“With AGEIA PhysX accelerator cards now available to consumers from gaming hardware leaders
ASUS and BFG, we welcome gamers around the world to real-time physics gameplay that brings a new
level or realism to gaming,” said Manju Hegde, CEO at AGEIA. “The fist games are hitting the shelves
now and this is only beginning. Over the next year dozens of highly anticipated titles from the world’s
best developers and publishers will add to the fast-growing library of great games that exploit PhysX
power.”
More than one hundred games designed for and supporting the AGEIA PhysX processor are in
development from over sixty leading software developers and publishers. Game developer and
publishing partners include UbiSoft, Cryptic Studios, NCSoft, Epic Games and Sega, among many
others.
About AGEIA
AGEIA™ Technologies, Inc., is the pioneer of hardware-accelerated physics for PC games and has
developed the world’s first dedicated physics processor, the AGEIA PhysX™ processor. The AGEIA
PhysX processor powers massive and pervasive real-time interactive worlds that for the first time obey
the laws of classical physics. AGEIA provides a world-class cross platform software development kit to
simplify advanced physics programming for the PhysX processor, as well next-generation gaming
consoles. AGEIA is changing the face of gaming by working with more than sixty leading developers
and publishers to deliver the next generation of physically immersive entertainment. The company,
headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is privately-held. For more information visit www.ageia.com.