Hey all, wondered if anyone has any experience of using an Nvidia card (such as a 580 that is cheaply attainable) to solely run Physx in an ati system? Im basically an Arma nut and one of the very few regrets about my most recent purchase of a 7970 was the lack of Physx which will be in Arma3. I know not many games use Physx, but Metro 2033, Batman and Mafia would make it worthwhile for me. If anyone has any experience of this i'd like to hear it. Current system is an i5 3570K with a Gigabyte 7970 WF 3X.
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Seperate card to run Physx?
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Do you really find Physx makes much of a difference in any game you have played? I remember seeing articles about Mirror's Edge and even next to one another it was difficult to notice the difference and it made no impact on the actual gameplay experience.
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I think if you randomly have a 580 just sitting there doing nothing, then it won't do any harm
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If really want a dedicated card for PhysX, a GTX580 would be overkill. Something like a GTX460 1GB more than enough.
In your case if you don't have a Nvidia card lying around right now, may be wait till Arma 3 is out...you'd probably be able to pick up a 2nd hand GTX460 1GB for around £50 by then.
In your case if you don't have a Nvidia card lying around right now, may be wait till Arma 3 is out...you'd probably be able to pick up a 2nd hand GTX460 1GB for around £50 by then.
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I use a 9800GT for physX, not done it for a while due to 6959>70 CrossFire, but recently tried it out with a 7970WF, still works using the hack.
Batman AC recommended specs for high everything in the game options recomends a 570 and dedicated 460 for PhysX, but it ran fine for me on medium PhysX, max everything else until the 7970WF gave up and required getting sent back, but at the moment it's still in with a 6950>70.
http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/...with-latest-physx-and-geforce-285-solved.html
Simple enough to do, but I don't think it's worth spending a lot of cash as it could potentially be blocked again by Nvidia at any time and remember you don't need anywhere near a 580, the 9800 works just fine for me, if you had something similar kicking about then that would suffice.
Batman AC recommended specs for high everything in the game options recomends a 570 and dedicated 460 for PhysX, but it ran fine for me on medium PhysX, max everything else until the 7970WF gave up and required getting sent back, but at the moment it's still in with a 6950>70.
http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/...with-latest-physx-and-geforce-285-solved.html
Simple enough to do, but I don't think it's worth spending a lot of cash as it could potentially be blocked again by Nvidia at any time and remember you don't need anywhere near a 580, the 9800 works just fine for me, if you had something similar kicking about then that would suffice.