nVidia Tesla?

[Bmwww]

I am using ATI cards but am thinking of getting a nVidia card just to use as a Physx engine. I was trying to work out what card i should get when i came across the nVidia Tesla C870. Does anyone know how it would compare to a regular nVidia graphics card?

 

[Orcvader]

If it's just for PhysX use, don't bother. PhysX is just a marketting gimmick, it looks nice but it's not worth spending money on a dedicated PhysX card. Not many games support PhysX anyway.

Also, Tesla cards are not optimised for gaming. They are for computing based work, hence will perform poorly in games.

 

[Rroff]

If your using it for gaming just buy GeForce.

IIRC the tesla cards are often headless and don't have proper monitor outputs.

 

[Bmwww]

Thanks for the replies. Your probably right Orcvader though for the price of old nVidia cards these days I thought its worth a shot. According to Toms Hardware even a relatively slow card would outr perform my Phenom II X6.

Thanks for the advice Rroff I will give a Geforce card a go then. Posibly get a used one then I can always sell it on and not loose much if its all works out a wast of time.

 

[Rroff]

Oh didn't realise you were getting an nVidia card purely to use as a dedicated PhysX card (in that case the tesla card wouldn't be such a problem except that I doubt nVidia have properly tested them for gaming PhysX use).

Hardly enough games use it unfortunatly to make it worthwhile but if you do just grab an old GTS250 or something like that.

 

[flinco]

If you really want to buy a graphics card just for a few extra bits of debris in Mafia 2 and a few other games, go ahead.