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..could I convert my existing 8800GTS 640MB into a dedicated Physx card?
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If I was to buy a new graphics card...
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Don't shoot the messenger
I'm not trying to advocate or condemn physx either way, I was just answering the OP's question
Don't shoot the messenger
I'm not trying to advocate or condemn physx either way, I was just answering the OP's question
Sorry, wasn't getting at you, just that wiki page
The only game I can see it actualy being worth using is Mirrors Edge tbh, and then only to make the broken glass look less aweful.
Offloads PhysX to the GPU to give you more fps, so at least it gives some improvement, and it does at least have the proper PhysX levels, while also being a pretty good game (unlike the majority of PhysX enabled titles).
Oh I never said it was a requirement, Mirrors Edge still blazes round without a PhysX card.
But of all the games that are out that use PhysX, it is one of the few that is actually a half decent game and that can make use of it in a productive way.
I would never suggest someone should buy a separate PhysX card just for UT3.
But then i'd never suggest someone should buy a dedicated PhysX card full stop (not unless they had money to burn).
But of all the games that are out that use PhysX, it is one of the few that is actually a half decent game and that can make use of it in a productive way.
I would never suggest someone should buy a separate PhysX card just for UT3.
But then i'd never suggest someone should buy a dedicated PhysX card full stop (not unless they had money to burn).
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Any more opinions? 
Will games start to use Physx more and more? Nvidia are starting to push that and CUDA on their website more and more now. I'm actually playing Mirror's Edge atm and the GTS is struggling, which is why I created the thread.
Will games start to use Physx more and more? Nvidia are starting to push that and CUDA on their website more and more now. I'm actually playing Mirror's Edge atm and the GTS is struggling, which is why I created the thread.
Well with physx enabled, gameplay wasn't 100% smooth on my old 280 in Mirror's Edge...but still more than playable.
I would still probably sell off the g80 and perhaps buy a 9600gso or similar....as I said, idle power draw is pretty terrible on the G80 so having a GPU sitting there doing nothing for 90% of its life seems silly to me.
I would still probably sell off the g80 and perhaps buy a 9600gso or similar....as I said, idle power draw is pretty terrible on the G80 so having a GPU sitting there doing nothing for 90% of its life seems silly to me.
Any more opinions?
Will games start to use Physx more and more? Nvidia are starting to push that and CUDA on their website more and more now. I'm actually playing Mirror's Edge atm and the GTS is struggling, which is why I created the thread.
Thats because it's an old card not because you need physX, I would personaly sell the GTS and get a better single card, my 4890 rips through Mirrors Edge.
I don't see many newer games using PhysX, at least not in a way that makes any differance to game play what so ever, so I would wait until a game comes out where PhysX is actualy worth having.
I used to use a 9500GT along side my 260-216. Mirrors edge used to glide round with that setup with PhysX dedicated to the 9500GT.
Reason I went for the 9500GT is it is the fastest card nVidia do that doesn't require external power, they can also run passive, and have low power draw.
That way it is there if you need it for PhysX, but isn't draining a ton of power when you aren't using it.
Reason I went for the 9500GT is it is the fastest card nVidia do that doesn't require external power, they can also run passive, and have low power draw.
That way it is there if you need it for PhysX, but isn't draining a ton of power when you aren't using it.
I used a 9500GT for Mirror's Edge alongside a HD4870, and the 9500GT was plentiful for Physx
Saying that, after getting an nVidia card, the 9500 is now sat redundant on my desk, as physx doesn't slow down the 280GTX at all.
Still worth offloading the PhysX where you can if you have the card spare, as you will still get better min/max/avg fps than not using it.