常见问题：GPU功能详细

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Modern software demands more and more of computers and notebooks. For instance, enormous video files should be convertible from one format to another in a snap, and uncompressed music should shrink to little MP3 files in no time at all. A computer game should seem as realistic as possible, and in every action it should offer a fluid picture with perfect detail without delays. Research centers at universities and companies also require high levels of performance from processors et aliae for elaborate simulations. But often even the newest processors with multiple cores at their disposal find themselves so heavily overloaded that you end up with frustrating wait times. As a consequence you can end up with visible fissures in the display quality, so that the computer can still manage a fluid motion sequence. For a computer game that means: numerous details like mirror-images, reflections or smoke emissions, which make the the display look realistic, have to disappear or be extremely simplified before they reach the monitor. Sometimes the display rate sinks as well, leaving movements no longer fluid.

In order to avoid that and to support the processor in its work, it's possible to transfer some of the computational tasks to the graphics processor. This processor is actually distinctly better suited to some computations and is often left waiting for assignments unused or under-occupied. In addition, a graphics processor is specialized for the parallel computation of thousands of operations at once and therefore completes these tasks especially quickly. In order for the distribution of tasks to function smoothly, it is necessary to have a coordinator. A coordinator splits the tasks, distributes them and makes sure that there is a consistent result. This is where our technology comes in -- the CUDA platform with the integrated physics engine PhysX and OpenCL.

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现代软件的要求越来越多的电脑和笔记本电脑。例如，巨大的视频文件转换从一种格式转换到另一个在一个单元，和未压缩的音乐应该缩小在任何时候都小的MP3文件。电脑游戏似乎应该尽可能切合实际，并在每一个动作，它应该毫不拖延地提供流畅的画面，完美的细节。在大学和企业的研究中心也需要很高的性能水平，从精心设计的模拟处理器等aliae的。但即使是最新的多核心处理器在他们的处置经常发现自己如此严重超载，你结束了令人沮丧的等待时间。因此，你可以结束了明显的裂缝中的显示质量，使计算机仍然可以管理一个流畅的动作序列。对于电脑游戏，这意味着：无数的细节，如镜像对称，反射或烟雾的排放量，使显示器看起来非常逼真，有消失或极度简化，才到达监视器。有时，显示汇以及离开运动不再流体。

为了避免这种情况，在其工作中支持的处理器，这是可能的一些计算任务转移到图形处理器。该处理器实际上是明显更适合一些计算和未使用或占领下的分配往往是等待。此外，一个图形处理器是专门为成千上万的操作并行计算，因此完成这些任务，特别是迅速。为了能顺利进行的任务的分布，它是需要有一个协调。一个协调人的任务拆分，将它们分发，并确保有一个一致的结果。这是我们的技术有 - 集成的物理引擎PhysX和OpenCL与CUDA平台。

When PhysX was integrated in the CUDA technology it found its way onto private PCs. PhysX is a physics engine developed by Nvidia that is also designed to relieve the main processor and accelerate computation. A physics engine calculates the movement of physical objects, like bodies and clothing, but also skin, hair and similar things, making realistic depictions possible. The calculation of fluid and gaseous substances like water, oil, lava, smoke, steam, fog and fire count as physical actions as well and are especially elaborate.

PhysX guides part of such elaborate calculations from the main processor to the graphics processor. The effects are shortened calculation time, faster program sequences and, for computer games, a higher refresh rate and/or higher display quality. The additional computational power also enables the display of more graphic effects. When the main and graphics processors are an especially powerful and efficient team, the use of PhysX leads to extremely high refresh rates and a simultaneously realistic display.

PhysX only functions with graphics processors from Nvidia. All modern graphics cards from the GeForce series support the technology, as long as they possess at least 32 graphics units and over 256 megabytes of memory. In the meantime, the PhysX engine has also made its way to game consoles like the Nintendo Wii, the Sony Playstation and the Microsoft Xbox 360. You can find a complete list of all the Nvidia graphics processors that support PhysX here.

If there are two or more graphics cards installed on the PC, it's possible to lay aside one card entirely for the physics engine. Especially practical: this doesn't need to involve identical graphics processors. The PhysX engine is a component of Nvidia's CUDA technology.

A substantial number of modern computer games support PhysX, including the popular Borderlands 2 and Deep Black Reloaded. A complete list of all the games that support PhysX can be found on the website PhysXInfo.com.

当PhysX物理集成的CUDA技术，它找到了自己的私人电脑上。物理引擎PhysX是一种由NVIDIA®（英伟达™）的设计也减轻主处理器和加速计算。物理引擎计算物理对象的运动，如机构和衣服，但也皮肤，头发和类似的东西，可以逼真的描绘。水，油，熔岩，烟，蒸汽，雾，火计为身体动作以及液体和气体等物质的计算，并特别精心制作的。

PhysX的导轨的一部分等精心计算从主处理器到图形处理器。的影响被缩短计算时间，更快的程序序列和，计算机游戏，更高的刷新速率和/或更高的显示质量。额外的计算能力，还能够显示更多的图形效果。当主处理器和图形处理器是一个功能非常强大且高效的团队，使用的PhysX导致非常高的刷新率，同时逼真的显示效果。

PhysX物理功能仅来自Nvidia的图形处理器。所有现代图形卡的GeForce系列支持该技术，只要他们拥有至少32位图形的单位和超过256兆的内存。在此期间，PhysX物理引擎也像任天堂的Wii，索尼的Playstation和微软Xbox360游戏机的方式。你可以找到所有的NVIDIA图形处理器，，支持PhysX这里的完整列表。

如果有两个或两个以上的图形卡安装在PC上，它可以完全放下一张卡的物理引擎。尤其实用：这并不需要涉及到相同的图形处理器。 PhysX物理引擎是NVIDIA®（英伟达™）的CUDA技术的一个组成部分。

有相当多的现代电脑游戏支持PhysX，包括广受欢迎的边疆2和深黑重装上阵的。所有的游戏，支持PhysX的完