Earlier this month we reported that NGOHQ.com had hacked NVIDIA's PhysX layer to run on an AMD Radeon HD 3870. We were expecting NVIDIA to get just a touch upset, but that's anything but the case.
In a progress update posted on the NGOHQ website, the team behind the project confirms its unexpected allies by stating:
"NVIDIA is now helping us with the project and it seems they are giving us their blessings. It’s very impressive, inspiring and motivating to see NVIDIA's view on this. Why they help us? My best guess would be: They probably want to take on Intel with CUDA and to deal with the latest Havok threat from both AMD and Intel."
If NVIDIA keeps this up, it's bound to accumulate some more friends in the enthusiast scene. AMD, on the other hand, isn't playing nice. According the NGOHQ, it's still struggling to get its hands on Radeon HD 4800 hardware, and AMD isn't willing to provide it.
Nonetheless, the PhysX hack is said to be "going as planned" and though there's no specific date for a beta release, it shouldn't be too far away.
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