Physx

[paradisiac]

got metro 2033 yesturday and is awesome, but i believe it uses physx. i have an amd/ati card so i dont have the use of physx.
so what am i missing out on, and can you stick a nvidia el cheapo card in with an amd/ati card and use it for physx only?

 

[paradisiac]

ok kool, but is it possible to do, or can the ati card not run with an nvidia?

 

[paradisiac]

yes it is possible to do with the hybrid physx mod before i sold it i ran an ati 5970 with a gtx 465 dedicated to physx. works beautifuly you need to play a lot with drivers though to fine tune it.

i have been doing some reading and apparently from driver 186 onwards its not possible, and they will soon do, if they havent already, a lock down on the physx from being updated unless you use drive 186, so wouldnt be supported in new games anyway. looks like nvidia want to alienate themselves with this 'amazing' technology

 

[paradisiac]

lol ok will do a bit more reading what should a second hand GTX260 go for?
and do i need to do anything other than plugging it in, installing drivers and ticking a physx box or something?