Test: AGEIAT PhysX by BFG

The card

BFG has chosen to use the AGEIA reference design/layout, although a few components are from another manufacturer. One noticeable difference is the cooling system, which BFG has designed themselves - and of course added their own sticker. The physical size is like a Sound Blaster Audigy soundcard or a mainstream graphics card like the Geforce 6600GT.

AGEIA is fully aware that looks are important, especially for enthusiasts who are likely to have a window in their cases, and hence an old-fashioned green PCB is not acceptable.
AGEIA has chosen blue as their color, which is therefore used for the PhysX card. BFG follows the reference here.




However, BFG went a step further and added blue LED's to the fan - that ought to win over the case modders ;)




Turning the card upside doesn't reveal anything new, so we move to the next point of interest.




If we take a closer look of the four RAM modules, we can see that they're provided by Samsung. Each of the four GDDR3 modules are clocked at 366 MHz (733 DDR) and have a capacity of 32 MB, resulting in a total capacity of 128 MB.




There isn't much to see on the connector side of the card. It does look a bit strange, but as everything is software controlled there is no need for external cables, which can only be a good thing.




At the other end of the card we see a Molex power connector, which is required in order to use the card. A later PCI-Express version of the card may not need this, as PCI-Express ports can provide a lot more power than PCI ports.




A last picture before we go on, then you shouldn't have any excuse for not knowing what we're messing with today.