NVIDIA has announced a partnership with Havok that will enable GeForce graphics cards to accelerate the Havok FX physics. According to NVIDIA, Havok FX will run on GeForce 6 and 7-series graphics cards, although a GeForce 7600 is the suggested minimum. Havok FX will also scale with SLI, where an entire GPU can be dedicated to physics calculations.

Through Havok FX, GPUs can simulate the interactions of thousands of colliding rigid bodies, a fundamental technique of physics computation seen in today's latest games. It's now possible to compute the components of friction, collisions, gravity, mass, and velocity that form the basis of rigid body physics. Havok FX is designed for GPUs supporting Shader Model 3.0, including the NVIDIA GeForce 6 and 7 Series GPUs.

Utilizing Havok FX and NVIDIA graphics technology, game developers can now implement sophisticated physical phenomenon such as debris, smoke, and fluids that add immense detail and believability to game environments. Game designers can include advanced physics effects without burdening the CPU and slowing game-play, since the effects are simulated and rendered on the GPU.