Hope you weren’t planning to play PhysX games on Nvidia’s new 50-series GPUs
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Summary
Nvidia has removed support for PhysX, a technology that allowed for the realistic simulation of elements such as destructible cloths, shattering glass and particle effects, from its latest graphics chips.
While only deployed in a few dozen games, all over a decade old, the technology was heavily marketed by Nvidia as a showcase for PC gaming.
Games that used PhysX, including Borderlands 2, Mirror’s Edge and the Batman: Arkham games, are now reportedly performing more slowly on new Nvidia cards than on older ones, as the technology is heavily reliant on the GPU.
Nvidia has not made any announcement about the removal of PhysX support, leading to frustration from consumers and highlighting continued issues with lack of communication from the company.