The Nvidia RTX 50 series is dropping support for 32-bit PhysX. As a result, some games that launched as recently as 2013, like Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, will look and feel far less dynamic.
As reported by PCGamesN, PhysX is a physics engine that several developers used to implement more realistic debris, cloth, and particles. Borderlands 2 was a tentpole showcase for the technology in 2012, showing just how much depth it could bring to a game.
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You can see a side-by-side breakdown below to get a clearer idea of what losing PhysX support will look like.
ResetEra user RandomlyRandom67 put together an extensive list breaking down every game that uses the 32-bit PhysX engine. We won't detail them all here, but the following are some of the most notable games that will be impacted:
PhysX in several of these games allows for cloth simulation, improved particle effects, realistic smoke, dynamic fog, destructible environments, spark effects, fluid simulation, and more. So, while games won't 'break' on the RTX 50 series (most games allow you to simply toggle PhysX off), they will look fundamentally worse.
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