I want PhysX but I want 5870x2!

dom6918 · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:02

I want to be able to play games with full physX features but want to buy the 5870X2 when it comes out...how do i do it?

This will go in my new I7 950 machine..that im building..hopefully it will also fit in my Lian Li X500 case!

alex24 · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:03

Get a cheapy nvidia 8400 second hand and throw it in, should do the job, providing you have the right board. There is also a PCI physics card, but that's all but obsolete now.

Mr Paul · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:08

Nope, nVidia has disabled that feature. You can't run and AMD GPU and a nVidia card as PhysX, sorry.

Rroff · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:09

Don't think that works any more - pretty sure nVidia are being gay and locking out physx unless the main renderer is an nVidia card.

Mr Paul · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:10

Duran · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:10

wait for gtx300 then

Rroff · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:11

Mr Paul said:

Mr Paul · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:12

Duran said:
wait for gtx300 then

Yup, may cost you £1000 but hay ho

uv · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:21

The only way you can do it at the mo is by using really old nvidia drivers on Win7 or XP - I played through mirror's edge with a 4870 and a 9500GT for physx, but more recent drivers have this function locked out.

It's an absolutely awful decision by nVidia tbh.

chaparral · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:23

uv said:
The only way you can do it at the mo is by using really old nvidia drivers on Win7 or XP - I played through mirror's edge with a 4870 and a 9500GT for physx, but more recent drivers have this function locked out.

It's an absolutely awful decision by nVidia tbh.

Didn't think there was physX support in the really old nvidia drivers :confused:

Tute · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:29

What about hunting down an Aegia PPU card? Would that still work with an ATI GPU?

Rroff · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:31

AFAIK nVidia are now depreciating the old aegia ppus so in the future they will be mostly useless (assuming physx isn't anyhow by then).

Tute · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:33

So they're going to write them out of drivers?

Rroff · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:35

More to the point I don't think they will be including paths for any new or expanded features to include the old PPUs.

mmj_uk · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:50

Either pick up a 2nd hand Ageia Physx PPU or petition AMD to add Physx support to the ATI line, or hope there will be an unofficial hack somewhere down the line.

madindehead · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:51

Mr Paul said:
Nope, nVidia has disabled that feature. You can't run and AMD GPU and a nVidia card as PhysX, sorry.

Thought that was only in Windows 7?

MikeHunt79 · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:52

What games actually use PhysX?

madindehead · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:55

MikeHunt79 said:
What games actually use PhysX?

This list here: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_physxgames_home.html

And maybe some more that aren't listed

Kenai · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:55

MikeHunt79 said:
What games actually use PhysX?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX#Title_support

alex24 · 22 Sep 2009 at 23:55

New Batman does.

Didn't realise nv had locked that out. Yet another reason to hate them, good stuff guys, lost themselves a potential sale there.