{"id":20264,"date":"2010-09-01T01:24:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T00:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=20264"},"modified":"2010-09-01T01:34:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T00:34:05","slug":"mafia-ii-physx-on-vs-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/mafia-ii-physx-on-vs-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafia II &#8211; PhysX on vs. off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Mafia II<\/em> is a third-person action-adventure video game which is the sequel to<em> Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven<\/em>. It is developed by 2K Czech and is published by 2K Games and was released earlier this month.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Mafia II<\/em> is set from 1943 to 1951 in Empire Bay which is a fictional city based mostly on San Francisco and New York City along with some notable influences from Chicago and also Detroit.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mafia II<\/em> is a gritty drama which chronicles the rise of World War II veteran Vito Scaletta who joins the Falcone Crime Family and become a &#8216;made&#8217; man. There are 15 chapters in the game and over two hours of game engine generated cutscenes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mafia II<\/em> makes extensive use of Nvidia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/physx_new.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/physx_new.html', 'PhysX']);\" >PhysX<\/a> whose full effects are seen smoothly only by playing on a PhysX-enabled GeForce.\u00a0 ABT has just got a copy of <em>Mafia II<\/em> and you can expect a review of this game including a performance review.\u00a0 We will test with PhysX on versus off, as well as using a GTX 280 dedicated to PhysX paired with our GTX 480, versus using the GTX 480 for PhysX and for rendering by itself.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Nvidia has released a very well-done comparison of <em>Mafia II<\/em> with PhysX turned off versus on.\u00a0 See what you think and feel free to comment in our forums:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_8D2Kql392c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_8D2Kql392c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure video game which is the sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. 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