dedicated physx card

[blister]

hi im running 2 260 gtx cards now and iv been told i can add another not in 3 way sli but as a dedicated physx card to my p6t board .

my question is whats the cheapest card i can use to do this , does it need to be another 260( great cheap card ) or can it be something else

thanks

 

[varkanoid]

something like a GT 240 or a 9400/9600GT upwards

 

[blister]

ok thanks ,been reading mixed reviews as to if its worth doing

 

[MichaelM]

Well you have the cards capable of doing physx already, stick it on and see if the effects are worth the price of a 2nd hand card of your choice.

 

[coupe69]

something like a GT 240 or a 9400/9600GT upwards

I would say an 8800GT/9800GT would be the minimum you would want as a physX card. People have tried it with lesser cards and got worse results than leaving physX on their main card!

I'm currently using a 480 as my main card and a 260 for physX, works well in Mafia and Batman but not sure I'd splash out extra cash just for a few games.

For your information here are the recommended system requirements for Mafia 2:


PhysX medium settings

• Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (or better) for Graphics and a dedicated NVIDIA 9800GTX (or better) for PhysX
• Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 (or better)

PhysX 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

 

[Scougar]

Amazing to see what a high spec of card you actually need to run Physx when a small standalone card did it all already without the extra power requirement and heat of an extra graphics card. Nvidia should really still be offering the option to use standalone's.

 

[blister]

mafia 2 a hungry game , sure seems it but i may be wrong
im using 2 260s atm on black ops and seems ok just curious to see what extra bang i could get for a little extra cash rather than chopping it all in for a 400 series say .