Is it worth using a dedicated gpu for phisx?

[paulstung]

As tittle really,I've currently got a sapphire 7950,and have been reading about using a dedicated gpu for phisx.Is it worth it or not?

 

[Confused]

If you've got an old nVidia graphics card sitting around doing nothing, then it might be worth giving it a try.

If you're going to buy a card to do so, then no, it's not worth it.

 

[eyetrip]

Speaking of physx (sorry for hijack), but having had Nvidia GPU's for months now, I have not tried a single Physx title.

Which is the best?

 

[Addicted]

There are like 2-3 genuinely good games and 20 games overall that use Physx, why bother!

It is massively overhyped.

 

[Twirlywoos]

I heard that PhysX 3.0/3.1 will offload PhysX to multicore CPU's, therefore no NVIDIA card is necessary for the games like Planetside 2 and forthcoming games which feature PhysX. Is this true?

 

[Rroff]

No - advanced effects like those using complex softbodies or fluid dynamics will still require a GPU for realtime viable performance.

3.x Has an advanced scheduler to make better use of multicore CPUs both in CPU and GPU mode.

 

[Vertigo]

You can't mix an NVidia GPU for PhysX with an ATI card I'm afraid, unless you use hacked drivers or other workarounds.

Borderlands 2 is the best PhysX game atm.