Nvidia To Bring WHQL-certified PhysX Drivers On August 5th

sava700

Great news!!

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This driver will support PhysX acceleration on all capable GeForce 8, 9 and GTX cards, while carrying Microsoft’s WHQL certificate.

Read more and check out the source here.

The General · 07-26-2008, 03:12 | posts: 2,804 | Location: MD, CA

Thats great news, because i should have my brand new 8400GS PCI 512MB card in a few days

Deadman93723 · 07-26-2008, 03:31 | posts: 3,036 | Location: Hell.....but it's a dry heat

I was wondering when that was going to happen, now if we can just get more games to support it.

Whiplashwang · 07-26-2008, 03:39 | posts: 1,395 | Location: Earth

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Originally Posted by The General

Thats great news, because i should have my brand new 8400GS PCI 512MB card in a few days

This is off subject, but is your computer for real? A 90 watt powersupply?! 600MHZ processor?! How can you even run today's software?

dp100 · 07-26-2008, 05:11 | posts: 118 | Location: United States

well finally geez

Zenoth · 07-26-2008, 05:50 | posts: 820

Good thing that they do specify that it's going to be for all capable cards. I wish my G80 GTS 640MB could use PhysX, and from what I know it can't.

chispy · 07-26-2008, 05:59 | posts: 6,410 | Location: Puerto Rico

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Originally Posted by Deadman93723

I was wondering when that was going to happen, now if we can just get more games to support it.

I think the same here bro

, we need more games to support it.

Gator Allen · 07-26-2008, 07:10 | posts: 70 | Location: Gainesville, Ga. USA

Heres another article http://www.maximumpc.com/article/new..._physx_drivers

Frohman0905 · 07-26-2008, 08:27 | posts: 939 | Location: Belgium

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Originally Posted by Zenoth

Good thing that they do specify that it's going to be for all capable cards. I wish my G80 GTS 640MB could use PhysX, and from what I know it can't.

Your card supports physx! All 8,9,gtx series supports physx. And your card is an 8 series card.

Stray_Bullet · *Last edited by Stray_Bullet; 07-26-2008 at 10:52.*

It's already here...

NVIDIA PhysX System Software WHQL
Version: 8.06.12
Release Date: June 25, 2008
Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 43.3 MB

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_8.06.12_whql.html

It doesn't support 8800's

F2000 · 07-26-2008, 11:12 | posts: 44

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Originally Posted by Stray_Bullet

It's already here...

NVIDIA PhysX System Software WHQL
Version: 8.06.12
Release Date: June 25, 2008
Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 43.3 MB

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_8.06.12_whql.html

It doesn't support 8800's

Hmm this one was released in June, I believe the article is talking about a new one supporting g80 cores

Zer0K3wL · 07-26-2008, 11:22 | posts: 3,088

thats great news
that there will be new physx driver ;>
about time to ;>
expected it more early tough ;>

NightCrawler™ · 07-26-2008, 13:26 | posts: 124 | Location: Netherlands

That's all nice and dandy but if it's still limited to benching Vantage and playing UT3 it's useless..

Q6600 · 07-26-2008, 13:29 | posts: 56

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Originally Posted by NightCrawler™

That's all nice and dandy but if it's still limited to benching Vantage and playing UT3 it's useless..

Its not

darrenj · 07-26-2008, 13:51 | posts: 1,372 | Location: Stockholm, Sweden

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Originally Posted by Whiplashwang

This is off subject, but is your computer for real? A 90 watt powersupply?! 600MHZ processor?! How can you even run today's software?

Surely he jests!

Whiplashwang · 07-26-2008, 15:50 | posts: 1,395 | Location: Earth

I downloaded "Cellfactor Revolution" and "Warmonger" before Nvidia decides to slap a price tag on them when their new driver is released.

Arjan0597 · **Memory**: 4 GB 1066mhz 5-4-4-12

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Originally Posted by Whiplashwang

I downloaded "Cellfactor Revolution" and "Warmonger" before Nvidia decides to slap a price tag on them when their new driver is released.

Link?

Whiplashwang · 07-26-2008, 20:22 | posts: 1,395 | Location: Earth

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Originally Posted by Arjan0597

Link?

Cellfactor Revolution: http://www.gamershell.com/download_19042.shtml

Warmonger: http://www.warmongergame.com/

Of course if you want to play these games decently, you'll have to wait for the new drivers to come out in August. And even then I don't know how well they'll run.

Cybermancer · 07-27-2008, 04:47 | posts: 13,832 | Location: Cyberspace

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Originally Posted by Whiplashwang

Cellfactor Revolution: http://www.gamershell.com/download_19042.shtml

Thanks for the links, Whiplashwang, but the one for Cellfactor Revolution wasn't working (at least not for me). This one is, for anybody who is interested:
http://files.filefront.com/CellFacto.../fileinfo.html

NightCrawler™ · 07-28-2008, 06:36 | posts: 124 | Location: Netherlands

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Originally Posted by Q6600

Its not

So far it is... I didn't notice any difference in Mass Effect for instance..

The General · *Last edited by The General; 07-28-2008 at 07:28.*

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Originally Posted by Whiplashwang

This is off subject, but is your computer for real?

Yes had it since 2000.

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Originally Posted by Whiplashwang

A 90 watt powersupply?!

Yes, it shipped with the computer(gateway btw ) I clean it every 6 months, i actually take it apart and clean it. Been working fine since 2000, still blowing out cool air.

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Originally Posted by Whiplashwang

600MHZ processor?!

Yep. It gets the job done with alot of stuff. But not everything of course.

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Originally Posted by Whiplashwang

How can you even run today's software?

Its gateway man, their products are the best. I can use pretty much even software on this rig and it runs just fine. Games, only about 20 games which i own i can't play. Games like Crysis runs on this computer, runs smoother with my 6200, but still unplayable, so i will see how it runs with my 8400GS. COD4 actually runs great now with the 175.31 beta drivers. I get about 15-25fps now, which is playable.

The bottom line, my computer is working just fine and its been working fine since 2000.

Funny thing, my bottom cd rom finally died today. So i have to replace that soon.

Note: I am buying a new computer soon, more powerful one, a secondary one for the newer stuff.

roguesn1per · 07-28-2008, 07:56 | posts: 9,514 | Location: Aussie Perth WA

Crysis may run

But over 1 fps

no way.

I dont call a 600mhz Computer in 2008 "working fine"

lol....

Drefsab · 07-28-2008, 12:21 | posts: 77

lol upgrading your graphics card will not help you play crysis that old donkey of a cpu couldnt keep up even if it tried.

While its true that 8 year old pcs are perfectly find for office usage for gaming it just doesnt cut it. If you want I have some spare bits hell I've binned 3gig+ cpu's (admittedly and old AMD barton core) .

Whiplashwang · 07-28-2008, 18:13 | posts: 1,395 | Location: Earth

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Originally Posted by Drefsab

lol upgrading your graphics card will not help you play crysis that old donkey of a cpu couldnt keep up even if it tried.

I was about to say the same thing. "The General," if you want some friendly advice, don't upgrade your graphics card. You won't get much of an improvement with your current processor speed. You will bottleneck the new graphics card if you buy it. And you'll probably get system crashes with that 90WATT power supply if you upgrade. If you want some improvement, buy at least a 600 dollar computer. Like this one: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Mega_Special_III/

Of course, it's your choice. Upgrade if you want.

The General · 07-28-2008, 19:37 | posts: 2,804 | Location: MD, CA

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Originally Posted by The General

Note: I am buying a new computer soon, more powerful one, a secondary one for the newer stuff.

That pretty much sums it up.

Anyways only a few more days until the new Physx driver

I will have my card Aug 6th lol