Video demo1 without Ageia Video demo1 with Ageia Explosions send more debris flying when the Ageia card is used. The end of the explosion is also accompanied by a shower of debris. This time, the furious explosion makes a comeback and the vehicles are flipped over, even on the computer without physics acceleration. After all, it would seem very strange if one player saw the wreck of a vehicle being thrown around by an explosion while his teammate didn't. When the player with the machine that does not have the physics accelerator hears an explosion, the player with the Ageia card has not heard it yet. ...

In the explosion pictured below, numerous layers of textures are added onto one another (Particle Effect) and then slowly faded out. In the direct comparison with the image rendered by NVIDIA's FX 5950 Ultra, the result is a darker and less detailed explosion (Frame 5100). Other explosions in AquaMark 3 displayed the same early fade-out effect....

If nothing else, EA's Black proved that even following a tried-and-true formula (FPS with lots of guns, firefights and explosions and little else) followed with heavy marketing and slick advertising doesn't automatically translate into a hit game anymore in today's ultra-competitive environment. The only thing I liked about this game was the enhanced grenade features, which allows players to pick up an enemy grenade and toss it back and also hold grenades for a few seconds before tossing it to time the explosion....

The leaves and vegetation, the motion blur, the depth-of-field effects, the initial flash of an explosion, and the skin textures all work to create a convincing and immersive world. I never got tired of blowing up cars just to see the incredible explosions and watch the pieces fly....