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Potentially stupid question time!

I found a pretty old machine in my house and it has a 9800 GTX in it. Would it be possible to put this in my rig (in sig) and have it running just for the PhysX features and have the 280X dealing with everything else?

 

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What games are you planning to play? I've found physx doesn't really add that much.

Not much now if it doesn't allow you to use it in modern games.

Just found the old card and thought it might be an option.

 

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I really wanted PhysX on Borderlands 2, but I'm running a HD7970. Is the tinkering all that difficult or is it not really worth it just to get PhysX...

That's one of the games I want to try it on as well.

 

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A decent cpu can actually handle the PhysX on Borderlands 2. You might have to manually change the setting in WillowEngine.ini to turn it on though.

What setting do you have to change?

 

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Just been playing Borderlands 2 with PhysX set to high and I had absolutely no issues at all apart from the odd frame-drop.

 

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I've spent the last couple of hours playing it with PhysX set to high and the FPS dropped to 30ish at some points then skipped right back to 90+. That's playable to me seeing as I play on consoles as well and am used to playing at that sort of FPS.