Features: Graphics solutions provider ASUSTeK Computer Inc. has introduced the PhysX P1 card, which adopted Ageia's all-new PhysX Processing Unit (PPU) to take gamers to a completely new level of video realism.

Currently, only two companies have the capability to develop PPU cards, and ASUS is one of the pioneers. The PhysX P1 card is now available worldwide, an ASUS statement said.

In a gaming system, the CPU drives game AI and logic, while the GPU delivers three-dimensional visual representation. The PPU takes gaming to the next level with better dynamic motion and interaction.

By bringing the laws of physics into video performance, systems with the PhysX P1 card can now offer enhanced realism for explosions, flying debris, liquid flows, water splashes and movements influenced by wind. No two motions will be the same, which means no more canned animations and predetermined interaction.

“The PhysX P1 card is first to leverage the PhysX core that optimized specifically for dynamic large-scale, physics processing,” says Kent Chien, director of ASUS graphics and multimedia business. “This new video technology accelerates real-time physical motion and interaction at a scale far beyond those of CPUs and GPUs.”

With the list of growing PhysX accelerated games poised to hit the stores this year, players need to equip themselves with the most advanced graphics technology to experience gaming realism that not only looks real but acts and feels real as well.

According to Amit Jaokar, technical promotion manager, ASUS India, “ PPU would change the entire tradition of PC Gaming as it has created a new category of its as a unique PC component dedicated to bring realism in games.”