Is a PhysX card worth it?

[powdaman]

My new system arrived recently boasting a 5870 which has rendered my old stuff obsolete. Is it worth installing one of my NVIDIA cards (i have 2 78800GT's) for PhysX use? Would it benefit in any way?

 

[Paddyw01]

Is it even possible to install an ATI and nVidia card together?

 

[z0mbi3]

Isn't there a driver hack for that?

 

[powdaman]

well reading other threads in Graphics cards and full systems ppl talk a lot about doing it but no one actually says if its worth it or not!

 

[kylew]

You can't actually use a 7800 for PhysX. It has to be a CUDA capable card that has stream shaders, so you'd need at least an 8 series.

 

[powdaman]

Ok so if i were to get hold of an 8 series card would it be worth it?

 

[Cold Fusion]

You can have my 8800 GTS if you give me your 5870

Or is that not what you mean't ?

 

[powdaman]

Lol cold... Um.... No...

 

[Rambo2683]

I'll let u know if I ever get it working
Personally I don't think I would have bothered if I didn't already have an 8800GT spare to try out.
But once I see it in action I'll be able to say if it's worth money

 

[Greebo]

Difficult question to answer. It makes a big difference to the framerates in Batman.

Debatable though whether the physx are worth it in Batman but only you can decide that. Plenty of videos around showing the difference.

I suppose it's what new games come out which use physx.

Since you don't have a compatible physx card atm and unless you have batman, you may as well wait and buy a cheap 2nd hand card later when there are more games out using it.

Oh and it's dead easy to setup, I did it with my gtx260 and 5850. It's an easy 3 step process. Install ATI driver, install patch, install Nvidia driver, reboot, set two screens with one hidden and it works.

 

[powdaman]

hmm... well come to thing of it, i'll probably save my other slot for a second 5870 when the more intensive games come out...

I dont like the idea of hacking it to get it working as there are always hidden issues which are then unsupported and a biatch to fix...

 

[kylew]

You can have my 8800 GTS if you give me your 5870

Or is that not what you mean't ?

Mean't

You make the English language sad.