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Nvidia’s 50-series cards drop support for PhysX, impacting older games

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PhysX was a dedicated physics simulation tool and card that became a selling point for Nvidia 's gear.

PhysX started as a simulation engine from a Swedish firm, NovodeX, then was acquired by Ageia in 2004 and expanded to include hardware cards.

The most recent of these affected games, Assassin 's Creek IV: Black Flag , came out in 2013 .

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