NVIDIA PhysX
PhysX is an NVIDIA physics engine middleware that allows game authors to easily implement complex physics tasks and dynamic content in their games. There are four primary APEX modules that authors can implement: APEX Destruction enables alteration of objects, walls, fences, glass, jointed objects, like furniture, and even entire buildings and terrain; APEX Clothing enables interactive effects in clothing, paper, and even hair; APEX Vegetation enables the manipulation of trees, forests, shrubs and other vegetation; APEX Turbulence enables dynamic particle effects, like snow, fog, smoke, dust, etc. All of these, if used creatively by the author, allow for a more immersive gaming experience and environment interaction for the gamer. PhysX hardware acceleration runs on CUDA and is enabled on GeForce cards with at least 32 CUDA cores.
NVIDIA 3D Vision
3D Vision is NVIDIA's Stereoscopic 3D solution not only for gaming but for multimedia as well. It works using a combination of a 120Hz monitor, active shutter-lens LCD glasses and an infrared receiver. A special 3D Vision driver wrapper is installed with the NVIDIA GPU that allows the user to use all three together to create an immersive gaming experience like nothing ever before. The shutter-lens glasses require charging (via USB port) but are completely wireless when interacting with the Infrared emitter. The Infrared emitter is responsible for syncing the glasses with the left and right eye images, alternating at a rate faster than the human eye can perceive, creating the illusion of depth.
All settings for games benchmarked remain the same as previous single monitor benchmarks.
NVIDIA 2D Surround
Unlike previous generation GeForce GPUs, the GTX Kepler design is capable of driving up to four displays on a single GPU. A pair of dual-link DVI ports, an HDMI port and a DisplayPort can be mixed and matched requiring no extra dongles, unless you want to run 3D Vision surround, which requires a special dongle for the DisplayPort. The R300 drivers feature new desktop management software which enables Windows taskbar placement, bezel correction, bezel peak, fast center display acceleration and custom resolutions. As with previous GeForce cards, the NVIDIA GTX (Kepler) can be paired with one or two more GTX (Keplers), up to 3-way SLI for unparalleled gaming performance.
All settings for games benchmarked remain the same as previous single monitor benchmarks.
