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Graphics PhysX cards - what's the point?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by grritsshawn, 23 Jan 2010.

  1. grritsshawn

    grritsshawn I'm not insane I'm a modder

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    Wat is the point of a physx card?
     
  2. planem997

    planem997 What's a Dremel?

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    it makes the game feel more alive, look on youtube for some vids with vs without
     
  3. Aracos

    Aracos What's a Dremel?

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  4. UncertainGod

    UncertainGod Minimodder

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    The clue is in the name.
     
  5. Judge Zetsumei

    Judge Zetsumei What's a Dremel?

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  6. Slizza

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    no idea.
     
  8. M7ck

    M7ck Ⓜod Ⓜaster

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    [​IMG]

    :rock:
     
  9. Showerhead

    Showerhead What's a Dremel?

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    TBH not much really.
     
  10. grritsshawn

    grritsshawn I'm not insane I'm a modder

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    could i run a 5850 in my main slot and a cheap ati card for phsyx
     
  11. Horizon

    Horizon Dremel Worthy

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    No and yes, You'll need and an nvidia card with pre-forceware 186 or hacked drivers. So if you can get you hands on a secondhand 8000 series,9000 series, or GTS 250 you can. More recent cards probably not until a hack is released
     
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  12. Aracos

    Aracos What's a Dremel?

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    ATI cards don't support Physx because it's proprietary owned by Nvidia so you'd need a cheap nvidia card to use.
     
  13. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    A bit off topic I know but I'm kinda on the fence when come's to Physx which is why I'm asking this .
    I've got a spare 8800gt 512 gpu and was wondering if I put it the computer in my sig as a Physx card would I see any benefit or would I be wasting my time
     
  14. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Depends if you play a lot of games which use PhysX. Do you notice big performance issues when you do? If not I wouldn't bother - it's not worth the extra power drain imo.
     
  15. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    I play game's like Batman / crysis / prototype etc on a 24in monitor .
    No performance issues at all so not worth it then ?
     
  16. Judge Zetsumei

    Judge Zetsumei What's a Dremel?

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    That's exactly how grritsshawn spelled it. I just copied and pasted.
     
  17. craig3000

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    You can't run physx on Ati cards, you used to able to run physx on a physx card or nvidia card paired with an ATi card but they stopped allowing it through the drivers

    There is a workaround if you know how ;)
     

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