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jason
14-08-10, 13:35
Gona fit a 8800gts along side my ati 5850 and install the physix mod to see what difference its going to make, any one done this yet if s what were your thoughts?
PeterStoba
14-08-10, 13:37
While I haven't ran a separate PhysX card with an ATI card personally, everybody I know who has / what I've seen on the internet.

The gains aren't worth it in many games, especially the power consumption and additional heat from the GTS. It's up to you, to see if it's worth it for the games you play and the gains you see.

Personally I'd sell the GTS and put my money towards a more noticable upgrade such as an SSD..
SENTY
14-08-10, 13:37
I see a big explosion in your future.... nah no explosion but i cant see that working driver wise..
jason
14-08-10, 13:39
While I haven't ran a separate PhysX card with an ATI card personally, everybody I know who has / what I've seen on the internet.

The gains aren't worth it in many games, especially the power consumption and additional heat from the GTS. It's up to you, to see if it's worth it for the games you play and the gains you see.

Personally I'd sell the GTS and put my money towards a more noticable upgrade such as an SSD..
HMM i was thinking it could be expensive on power to.
jason
14-08-10, 13:41
I see a big explosion in your future.... nah no explosion but i cant see that working driver wise..
I done some research and there is a mod that works, in the quest for an interesting weekend i was thinking about wether it would work or if it was even worth it.
Will
14-08-10, 13:52
Just abit off top but whats your 5850 BIOS modded too?
jason
14-08-10, 13:59
Just abit off top but whats your 5850 BIOS modded too?
im using the asus bios that runs at 850 MHz ram 1.2 GHz i have had it that high for a bit but it fried my psu so i clocked it back to 800/1100 now i have a corsair 850w i may try again
Mr. Strawberry
14-08-10, 14:07
you could always give it ago if you own both cards then it cant hurt trying can it?
then you can see for your self if it is worth it
Snakedoc
14-08-10, 14:30
Physx is pointless. Nvidia spin.
jason
14-08-10, 14:34
It is true , i think ill find some thing else to do this weekend then more negative that positive on the subject, and with little game support id be better of with a second 5850.
marsey99
14-08-10, 14:42
in games that use it it is very worth while but they are few and far between. if you play any that do you will be well impressed and wont look back, graw 2 being a game that is made by physx. r6 vegas 2 and mirrors edge are 2 more that look much much better with it.

the 88gts 512 sucks very little juice for the power it has so is a good choice for it. its also worth having in your box if you run any other apps that can make use of the cuda too.
callumburns
14-08-10, 18:10
im sure someone told me that you cant run a nvidia/ati card set up anymore because the drivers were disabled? i could be mistaken though. personally i would get a second 5850 :)
Mr Moose
14-08-10, 20:55
im sure someone told me that you cant run a nvidia/ati card set up anymore because the drivers were disabled? i could be mistaken though. personally i would get a second 5850 :)
You can hack it to work.
Mr. Strawberry
14-08-10, 23:38
or use the older drivers which do allow it
Helios1234
16-08-10, 20:17
Yes there was a particular driver quite recently that allowed PhysX to work on an Nvidia card even with an ATI card present. You could try that.
Pancake
16-08-10, 20:36
I would sell the 8800GT or use it somewhere, they are still good cards.
Mr. Strawberry
16-08-10, 22:22
or like i said
just give it try and see if you like it. if you do keep it. if you dont sell it
jason
17-08-10, 12:49
Im going to set it up this week when i get the cable adapter i will take some SS of the driver hack if it works using fluidmark if its working i should have hardware physix working not software.
I3R0K3N7FEET
17-08-10, 14:46
hi if your main intention of running it for benchmarks then you may as well sell it. if you play many games with physX then use it.

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv318/I3R0K3N7FEET/Untitled2-1.jpg
jason
17-08-10, 15:40
definitely for games, id like to see some bench results to, how do you find your setup?
I3R0K3N7FEET
17-08-10, 17:11
i dont play games that use physX tbh. and the things that i did do it gave a small performance drop.

gpu based physX is faster yet limited compared to cpu physics anyway.
conoflex
18-08-10, 10:23
Tried it didn't like it sold the 8800GTS :p
jason
19-08-10, 14:47
Well im sure now that physx is a waste of time! set it up today and got a very small increase in FPS in metro 2033 and i still got massive drops in FPS as i enterd dust filled rooms.