Nvidia Physics,What are your thoughts?
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just a noob
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dunno whats an 8600gt cost nowadays? 40-50 dollars? if you can find one on ebay for cheap, go for it
Twist86
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I heard that only the GTX 200+ series have true PhysX...the 8-9 class cards have Ageia which can work but not as well and really lags the card down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_B3_upOvmc
Is a good example of with and without physX which looks cool...but it will kill your FPS.
8600 and up so Nvidia says but a lot of people are saying it really kills performance till you jump to a 260/280.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_B3_upOvmc
Is a good example of with and without physX which looks cool...but it will kill your FPS.
8600 and up so Nvidia says but a lot of people are saying it really kills performance till you jump to a 260/280.
Hmm well I guess if you go with dual Gtx 200 series cards in sli you will have excellant graphics anyway whether you use physics or not,hehe.
Twist86
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True ^-^
My thought is will ATI bring out something similar to do the same thing? Because lets face it I won't wanna have to choose between 2 different engines unless the game carries both to play from.
*edit*
Read this
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-physx-ati,5764.html
Seems like there is a ATI solution after all ^=^
My thought is will ATI bring out something similar to do the same thing? Because lets face it I won't wanna have to choose between 2 different engines unless the game carries both to play from.
*edit*
Read this
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-physx-ati,5764.html
Seems like there is a ATI solution after all ^=^
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Kornowski
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I only came to this threat to stare at Twist's avatar!
I know the 8 Series cards handle PhysX pretty well, it certainly takes a strain off of the CPU.
For the price of an 8600, I'd probably say it's worth it. There's games that use it, but don't make it so much of a deal. Like, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, I noticed when it was installing, it installed PhysX Drivers, yet, it didn't state on the box or anywhere else that it used them. When you're in the game, fences, body parts, other things... blah blah blah, basically, things blow up!
I know the 8 Series cards handle PhysX pretty well, it certainly takes a strain off of the CPU.
For the price of an 8600, I'd probably say it's worth it. There's games that use it, but don't make it so much of a deal. Like, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, I noticed when it was installing, it installed PhysX Drivers, yet, it didn't state on the box or anywhere else that it used them. When you're in the game, fences, body parts, other things... blah blah blah, basically, things blow up!
Yeah if you have the latest drivers you should have a PhysX icon in the Control Panel and a PhysX listing in the Nvidia Control Panel under Set PhysX Configuration.
