I am currently running a 470 and have an old GTS250. Is there any call or need for having a seperate PhysX card these days? And if so, would a GTS250 do the job well enough, or is it just overkill and not worth the heat/noise/power?
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PhysX These Days
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No hassle is involved, you just slot the card in, update the drivers for the card and go to the control panel and set the GTS 250 as a dedicated GPU for PhysX, the standard procedure.
But is it worth it? With the usual conditions that I have to be playing a game that will actually support physx accepted, is it worth having a dedicated card for the job at all? And if so, will a GTS250 do it decently?
A lot of people will say it isn't, i say it's up to you, but for me it is worth it. I went with a dedicated PhysX card because i wanted one card to focus on PhysX whilst the other focused on other elements.
You have the card already, so why not?
Also, what games that use PhysX were you thinking of playing?
You have the card already, so why not?
Also, what games that use PhysX were you thinking of playing?
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As above, you have it, all you need to do is try a out some PhysX games and compare results and temps, then you will know if it's worth it or not.
The bonus I saw using hybrid PhysX at the time was that the PhysX only card was hooked up to my TV for watching media and it didn't cause the 6950>70 to run in a constant state of higher idle clocks, might be of interest if you use dual displays.
There's a lot of hate on PhysX, be prepared
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As above, you have it, all you need to do is try a out some PhysX games and compare results and temps, then you will know if it's worth it or not.
The bonus I saw using hybrid PhysX at the time was that the PhysX only card was hooked up to my TV for watching media and it didn't cause the 6950>70 to run in a constant state of higher idle clocks, might be of interest if you use dual displays.
There's a lot of hate on PhysX, be prepared
There's a lot of hate on PhysX, be prepared
This, surprised there hasn't been some comment hammering it already, usually have one within the first 3 posts of someone even mentioning PhysX.
I guess I'll just grab my popcorn and wait:
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No PhysX bashing yet? Ok I'll make a start then.
What decent games uses PhysX anyway (Batman?)? Nearly all the big game releases made these days use their own proprietary physics engine so the games that use it are few are far between so I don't really see the point in owning a separate card for PhysX.
I can't really bring hate on PhysX as there's nothing to hate about it, if a game uses it then I guess it a bonus however if your like me and own a high end GPU then using a separate card can often result in reduced performance as the main GPU has to stop what it's doing and wait for the slower GPU to finish the physics calculations.
At the end of the day just play the games the you want and enjoy them and don't worry about PhysX. I'm sure AMD owners enjoyed Batman: AA just much as Nvidia owners did.
What decent games uses PhysX anyway (Batman?)? Nearly all the big game releases made these days use their own proprietary physics engine so the games that use it are few are far between so I don't really see the point in owning a separate card for PhysX.
I can't really bring hate on PhysX as there's nothing to hate about it, if a game uses it then I guess it a bonus however if your like me and own a high end GPU then using a separate card can often result in reduced performance as the main GPU has to stop what it's doing and wait for the slower GPU to finish the physics calculations.
At the end of the day just play the games the you want and enjoy them and don't worry about PhysX. I'm sure AMD owners enjoyed Batman: AA just much as Nvidia owners did.
I had ATI/AMD cards for years. Just so happened that during my semi-regular tick-tock gfx card replacement, a 470 was the best I could afford.
Yep. But that's after I get the new mobo and case for the PVR box, new case for the file server, new SAS expander and cables to feed the drives, the new phone when my contract gets renewed in April, AV cables and remote for the RasPI in the bedroom, replacement laptop entirely as the old one isn't worth repairing, Cisco exam, and maybe some food for the kiddywink
The physx card is free, that's why it edges up the priority tree.
Stop trolling.
I wasn't o.O
