NVIDIA’s GeForce GF100 Under the Microscope

The Reintroduction of NVIDIA's Power Packs

Some of you may not remember this or it went completely unnoticed but back in April of last year, NVIDIA released what they called their “Graphics Plus Power Pack #3”. This package of demos, screensavers and applications was meant to showcase GPGPU technology at its finest while opening users eyes to the possibilities that resided within their GPUs. With the release of the GF100, NVIDIA will be introducing a new list of interactive demos and applications. In this section we take a look at two programs we’re sure will appeal to many of you.


SuperSonic Sled


The SuperSonic Sled as NVIDIA calls it is a real-time demo that showcases nearly every aspect of DX11’s compute and shader code to real-time physics simulations to 3D Vision. While the video we have above only shows a small portion of the demo, we can tell you that a viewer is able to do camera movements and add obstructions in real-time on the GF100 architecture and it looks simply stunning to boot. We’re looking forward to being able to manipulate it ourselves. For the time being though, here’s a few more screenshots from a later part of the demo that showcase the motion controls you will have access to for control of the sled.




NVIDIA RTD


At the GPU Technology Conference, NVIDIA demoed what they called Real Time Raytracing by showing how quickly and accurately their GF100 was able to analyse and render a scene in real time. It was impressive to say the least and the engine it used has now been ported to a demo which features dozens of cars which can be rendered for screenshots. This isn’t what we would call “fun” per se but it does a good job of showing what the architecture can do so its inclusion will be welcome.