It would be nice if the Devs made use of the new phyx cards that just hit the market!, even if the physx cards them selves dont take off, the technology surley will! ATI is already talking about physx technology being built in to their future graphics cards.
Take a look at these two physx tech demos, the first of bending metal and the second of oil splillage! both effects are very relevant to SHIV, since we are mostly dealing with sea water in motion and the destruction of Iron ships!
http://www.ageia.com/physx_in_action/tech_demos.html
To learn more about Physx cards go here:
http://www.ageia.com/physx/