Dedicated PhysX Cards

Guyver said:
A 8800 or 9800GT is about the minimum for a dedicated PhysX card, anything less and it will be holding back the performance of your 480.

Hawkeye said:

Guyver said:
A 8800 or 9800GT is about the minimum for a dedicated PhysX card, anything less and it will be holding back the performance of your 480.

did i hear 480?

DoYL said: who out there is thinking that these new gts 450's look like perfect physx cards

DoYL said: who out there is thinking that these new gts 450's look like perfect physx cards

DoYL said: depends where you pick a 260 up from.
you can get a second hand 260 for somewhere near $100, maybe a bit more maybe less, or a brand new 450 for $150 that comes with 2 or 3 years warranty...

xxDrexlxx said: in a pickle. have a 1g gtx460 but am looking 2 plug another $600 in but dont know my options. been looking around and its abit confusing with the whole SLI and PhysX thing so just after some opinions on what 2 do? any thought would be awsome

moeman said:

xxDrexlxx said: in a pickle. have a 1g gtx460 but am looking 2 plug another $600 in but dont know my options. been looking around and its abit confusing with the whole SLI and PhysX thing so just after some opinions on what 2 do? any thought would be awsome

go sli you'll notice more fps hence more performance, no game atm requires a dedicated physx card to run so sli better option hope that answers your question ...... Btw sorry for earlier post was acidental admin plz delete

xxDrexlxx said: in a pickle. have a 1g gtx460 but am looking 2 plug another $600 in but dont know my options. been looking around and its abit confusing with the whole SLI and PhysX thing so just after some opinions on what 2 do? any thought would be awsome

Guyver said:

xxDrexlxx said: in a pickle. have a 1g gtx460 but am looking 2 plug another $600 in but dont know my options. been looking around and its abit confusing with the whole SLI and PhysX thing so just after some opinions on what 2 do? any thought would be awsome

Adding another 460 in SLI will basically give you something a little more powerful than a GTX480, just make sure your motherboard supports SLI and you have decent cooling in your case.

Skarteh said: EVGA are bringing out a single slot 430 not sure if that's as good as an 8800/9800 but I'll check.

Skarteh said: NFS Shift has PhysX?
What about Mafia 2?

Guyver said: I've been running a 9800gt as a dedicated PhysX card for a while now and try to play all my games in Nividia Surround mode, but the problem I have now is the games that support PhysX(that I have) don't work well in Surround mode. both Mirrors edge and Metro2033 wont load up in the high resolution.
The only games it's any use to me now is Shift and Zombie Driver.

moeman said:

Guyver said: I've been running a 9800gt as a dedicated PhysX card for a while now and try to play all my games in Nividia Surround mode, but the problem I have now is the games that support PhysX(that I have) don't work well in Surround mode. both Mirrors edge and Metro2033 wont load up in the high resolution.
The only games it's any use to me now is Shift and Zombie Driver.

Zombie driver.... Awesome game

Skarteh said: I'm not sure what to do for a PhysX card. I'm considering a 460 but Id rather a single slot. Reckon that GT440 single slotter would do the job?

maxiboy said: What ever happened to those Ageia PhysX cards which came out in 2006?
Would it still be supported today, or would you have better performance from a modern low end card like a 9600GT?