Do I need an nvidia chipset to run an Nvidia card on an AMD mobo?

Short answer no. As long as you have PCI-E X16 slots you can run any card you wish. Having 2 Nvidia cards in SLI would require an nvidia chipset like you said OR you can has a driver hack to enable SLI.

If you have 2 cards, you could also use one for PhysX and one for main gpu processing without any hacks or anything.
 
linkin said:
Short answer no. As long as you have PCI-E X16 slots you can run any card you wish. Having 2 Nvidia cards in SLI would require an nvidia chipset like you said OR you can has a driver hack to enable SLI.

If you have 2 cards, you could also use one for PhysX and one for main gpu processing without any hacks or anything.
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So PhysX works fine without a Nvidia chipset?

People keep saying I can't get an AM3 board with Sata 3 and USB 3.0 and have an nvidia chipset. Honestly, It doesn't sound like a problem anymore.
 
BurningSkyline said:
So PhysX works fine without a Nvidia chipset?

People keep saying I can't get an AM3 board with Sata 3 and USB 3.0 and have an nvidia chipset. Honestly, It doesn't sound like a problem anymore.
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Yes Physx works on AMD chipsets, you can have 1 nvidia card, or you can hvae an ATi card + nvidia card for dedicated physx
 
you know, actually i think the 470 and the physx card should work. pretty sure sli is the thing lacking that causes problems but you wouldn't be doing sli with that setup...
 
joh06937 said:
you know, actually i think the 470 and the physx card should work. pretty sure sli is the thing lacking that causes problems but you wouldn't be doing sli with that setup...
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I just said the 470 as an example. I will only Get a 470 if I can't hack the 460 into Premiere Pro like you can the 480.
 
While on the Topic of PhysX and SLI, which of these cards would have the best price/performance for PhysX?
GTS 450
GTS 250
GT 240
GT 220
9800GT
9600GT
9500GT
9400GT

not sure if all those cards support physx though.
 
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