ATI card and NV for physx in one system

[GJ02]

Tried to install the NV driver before the patch but it said something about no hardware detected? Thought you could do this MOD without an NV card?

 

[coupe69]

Anyone know if the 8600GT 256mb is PhysX compatible?

I know 8800 is but not sure about 8600

Yes it is, but it's not ideal for PhysX.

 

[gingergamer]

Yes it is, but it's not ideal for PhysX.

Oh okay then.

What card is best to invest in?

Because I still want to have my 5770 crossfire set-up which I am saving up for but would like PhysX also.

 

[GJ02]

the 8800gt that the shop have in stock

 

[coupe69]

the 8800gt that the shop have in stock

An 8800GT would probably be fine for Batman AA, but the recommended requirements for mafia 2 are significantly higher if you want to turn PhysX up to the max.

Mafia 2 Video Cards and resolution: APEX High settings

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 (or better) and a dedicated NVIDIA 9800GTX (or better) for PhysX

Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 for Graphics and a dedicated NVIDIA GTX 285 (or better) for PhysX

 

[gingergamer]

Damn, I was thinking £60 for PhysX was expensive :S
Now I gotta fork out for at least a GTX260 to get even remotely enjoyable experiences :/

Man PC is expensive

 

[Tute]

Didn't nVidia do some drivers recently where they "accidentally" allowed PhysX with any other main GPU, even an ATI one?

 

[Cycrow]

i remember reading a while back that the lowest u want to go for physx is 9800GT, anything less and it actually slows u down.

the 9800 is jsut a rebadge 8800 anyways, so it should be fine.

i wouldn't go any lower than that thou

 

[GJ02]

ok random thought

can you sli 2 nvidia cards as physx cards ?

im not planning to, just crossed my mind

 

[Cycrow]

i doubt it, SLI doesn't work like that.

essentially with SLI, each card renders half the screen and then joined together.

as physx is just processing and not rendering, it wont work the same way.

im not enterly certain, but i dont think it would work.

 

[Jediben]

I believe the Nvidia drivers Tute refers to are the 257.15 drivers. They were available for XP and Vista/Win 7 (got 'em stashed on my hdd safely for when I get a 3 pci-e slot mobo) but I don't know if they are still available.