Physx card

crazycordery · 22 May 2007 at 17:45

is it worth forking out the £100 for the bfg physx card on a high end system like this?

Plextor PX800A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black,Beige) Retail
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Window Side Panel
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (967599-0120)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU
Asus MW221U 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB ST380815AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
Asus P5N32-E PLUS SLi nForce (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator DHX PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
Corsair Memory Cooler (Dominator Fan)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Razer Mantis Speed Mat Precision Gaming Surface
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Akasa AK-PAX-2 PaxMate Plus Acoustic Absorption Mat
Akasa Dual Blue Cold Cathodes 1 Inverter
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant

Cyber-Mav · 22 May 2007 at 17:48

if you want the same effect as that physx card save yourself 100 quid and just downclock both the cpu and the gfx card. and bham!!! instant replica of physx card performance and you saved the cash.

crazycordery · 22 May 2007 at 17:51

im not really upto date with the whole overclocking or downclocking area in fact i have no idea on that side

trying to find out about the whole overclocking area

you might have to explain a lil more

sorry

evilcrowuk · 22 May 2007 at 17:52

Physx card = worthless toy for nubs with to much money.

LoadsaMoney · 22 May 2007 at 17:57

PhysX cards are rubbish.

Cyber-Mav · 22 May 2007 at 17:57

evilcrowuk said:
Physx card = worthless toy for nubs with to much money.

Will_3rd · 22 May 2007 at 17:58

PhysX cards are rubbish.

Squakingcow · 22 May 2007 at 17:58

*waits for pottesy to arrive*

ATM though physx cards are useless, not much game support (bar ghost recon, which adds naff particle effects, and inferno, which is a fairly average game anyways). But there's support for it in the UT3 engine, which may make it worth it in the future. But even if this card cost £50 atm, it still wouldn't be worth it with the support it has.

So, basically, no, it's not worth the £120~ atm. Maybe in the future, but definatly not now

james.miller · 22 May 2007 at 17:59

physx cards are a good idea that's poorly implemented. an idea that certain people would never let take off, with such BS as "just downclock both the cpu and the gfx card. and bham!!! instant replica of physx card performance and you saved the cash."

simonnance · 22 May 2007 at 18:07

tbh, grapics cards as physics procs will prob serve better than physx.

Meh, save the money, just like DDR3 is not worth it atm.

Rroff · 22 May 2007 at 18:07

regardless of whether the physx card is any good or not - there is absolutely no reason to own one at this moment in time... (unless your an obsessive cell factor player)

ignore the people above saying its rubbish, down clock your computer, etc. they have an irrational and somewhat unfounded bias against certain aspects of technology, i.e. I bet most of them hate SLI.

Theres tons of thread on this subject and search is currently re-enabled...

Firegod · 22 May 2007 at 18:07

My advice, only buy one if you play the games that will use it. Which at the moment, not many games do. But I think the main website says what supports the card and if you see some that you have or want to play, then yes buy one. The drivers which are out now are quite good for the card, the early revisions did have some problems with poor performance.

Cheers.

esiemi · 22 May 2007 at 18:15

evilcrowuk said:
Physx card = worthless toy for nubs with to much money.

yes

james.miller · 22 May 2007 at 18:18

of course, and that quote written by somebody who owns a 74gb raptor which is about as useful.

you see the ironing (sp) there, right?

Greenboi · 22 May 2007 at 18:19

LoadsaMoney said:
PhysX cards are rubbish.

Cue Pottsey

Ghuraba · 22 May 2007 at 19:00

Grabs popcorn and awaits Pottsey reply

Michael

Azza · 22 May 2007 at 19:05

LoadsaMoney said:
PhysX cards are rubbish.

Truth at the moment.

*Waits for Pottsey and the insane quoting technique*

Marc Fraser · 22 May 2007 at 19:08

Azza said:
Truth at the moment.

*Waits for Pottsey and the insane quoting technique*

In what way are they rubbish?

evilcrowuk · 22 May 2007 at 19:20

Marc Fraser said:
In what way are they rubbish?

Well they are supposed to give you the same if not better frame rates whilst giving you loads of extra effects in game, in reality you get worse frame rates for some crappy extra effects and there is hardly any support for it. Unreal tournament 3 is its main hope but i bet it will be just like GRAW, lower FPS for a few extra sparks . UT3 has also been put back for the PC, the360 and PS3 will have it first, another nail in the coffin for physx.

squiffy · 22 May 2007 at 19:25

lol high end system with 80GB? Wasting money on rubbish like sound proofing and cathodes. Buy a couple of 500GB's. Put that into larger HD.

Don't buy Vista, gaming performance is worse than XP. And get the Extreme Music instead of the Gamer.

Instead of buying a Aegia card, put the £100 into higher end graphics card, or just keep it in your pocket.