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NVIDIA has reportedly removed the driver-level code which restricts users from having an NVIDIA GeForce GPU process PhysX with an ATI Radeon GPU in the lead, processing graphics. Version 257.15 Beta of the GeForce drivers brought about this change. Possible commercial interests may have played NVIDIA's previous decision to prevent the use of GeForce GPUs to process PhysX with ATI Radeon GPUs, where users could buy an inexpensive GeForce GPU to go with a high-end DirectX 11 compliant Radeon GPU, thereby reducing NVIDIA's margins, though officially NVIDIA maintained that the restriction was in place to ensure Quality Assurance. The present move also seems to have commercial interests in mind, as NVIDIA could clear inventories of GeForce GPUs at least to users of ATI Radeon GPUs. NVIDIA replenished its high-end offering recently with the DirectX 11 compliant GeForce 400 series GPUs.
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個人簡譯:
据报导,NVIDA将在驱动升级程序中取消对ATI GPU的PhysX代码限制,257.15Beta将首次带来这种改变。此前对ATI GPU的限制出於商业利益的考虑
由於越来越多的用户使用PhysX物理加速的GeForce显卡混合Radeon显卡使用,如若继续限制只会降低NVIDIA的利润,NVIDIA认为此举不仅能让Radeon显卡用户处理旧显卡的库存,也能有利与新一代的GTX400产品铺货 |
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