GTX 465

[UBAblade]

Hi Guys,

My wife recently bought me a Inno3D GTX465 1GB GDDR5 Graphics card and when checking reviews and price comparisons I noticed that in one of the reviews someone said I could run a lesser Nvidia card (not in Sli) and tell my pc to run it for dealing with the PhysX whilst my 465 runs the Graphics.

My current card (noted in my sig) is a ATI card... does anyone know if this runs physx and if it can be run at the same time as my new GPU?

I totally understand if this is not a viable option but my better half managed to get the GPU for £151 incl postage (which i thought was reasonable)and don't really have the cash to get a lesser GPU to power Physx

Maybe my 4870 will fetch enough cash sold on ebay to get another Nvidia card.

As u can see by my sigs specs of my PC its a bit dated but money willing I'd like to jump on the upgrade wagon again this year

I mainly play COD:BO and currently get 70-80fps so my next thread may be 'How do I overclock the lot' lolz

Hope someone can shed some light

and have a happy new year

 

[Surveyor]

The ATI card won't run PhysX, it's Nvidia only

You'll need another suitable Nvidia card.

 

[Nocky24]

Yep nvidia only, as mentioned above.

Just sell the 4870, overclock the lot and enjoy

 

[Scougar]

Ditto. ATI don't do 'Physx' (Note the spelling.. it's branding that Nvidia own and run's only on Nvidia cards and older Ageia (spelling?) standalone cards.

Just sell the 4870 and get some money back, and buy her something or fund another cheap Nvidia card to run the physx. Btw.. it prob isn't really worth the hassle of having it turned on anyway, it doesn't really make 'that' much difference in a handful of titles that it is actually used in.

 

[Uriel]

Well, it did run on standalone AGEIA cards but NVIDIA stopped supporting them so more recent games generally don't work.

 

[UBAblade]

cool, thanks for ur input guys.

I won't bother with a second card if the benefit is minimal/non existent.

I'll prob give it a while b4 I overclock anything also... knowing me I'd push the barriers and end up making my components turn into a big lump of funky coloured melted cheese