Hey guys, I use right now a Matrix 7970 with Msi Gtx560Ti for (Hybrid PhysX). I think that the 560Ti is a little bit "overkill" for just PhysX and because I could get a gtx 285 for little money I want to ask, if the 285 would do the PhysX work as well as the 560Ti. I know that the 285 eats a little bit more power (I think like ~30w), but it doesnt matter, is the performance enough for PhysX ? The second card would only calculate the PhysX, so it wouln´t consume to much power as if it would work as primary or ? Thanks My System: Cpu: i5 2500k @4,2ghz MB: Msi P67A-GD65 Ram: 16gb Kingston VR Seasonic X-Series X-660 660W ATX 2.3
It´s not about the hassle, it´s about if it would work as well as the 560Ti ^^ I mean, the 560Ti is too overkill for only PhysX. I use right now the 560Ti for Hybrid-PhysX, but as I said -> too overkill.
Thanks! So that means that the Fps will not break and it will of the most the same as the 560Ti ? The 285Gtx wouldn´t bottleneck the 7970 and I will not lose Fps or ?
I have an employee with a 560Ti and I have a 285. All I can say is they are the same FPS in games. We can swap cards into each others PC and get the same benchmarking results.
So the results should be the same in PhysX ? I will buy the 285 and test it on the next weekend. I hope that the performance will be the same and wolt´t bottleneck the 7970.
If you already have the 560ti and it's working just fine, why spend more money on another card? Sure, it may be overkill, but if you're not going to use it in another system, then I'd save my time and my money.
the 560 ti only to PhysX its a bit much but like the member on top said there is no point in buy onother gpu to that let the gtx 560ti do is job dont spend usless money savit sorry for my bad english
GTX285 uses more power than a GTX560Ti. The GTX560Ti, although currently overkill for PhysX, has more shaders at a higher clockspeed than the GTX285. This means less GPU usage on a lower-power card vs. higher GPU usage on a higher-power card. This implies that the GTX285 will use much more power performing PhysX duties (although power consumption of these cards on PhysX workloads will probably not be much, nowhere near gaming loads, and not even close to stress loads ala Furmark). If you already have a GTX560Ti for PhysX, keep it, rather than exchanging it for a GTX285. Bad idea all the way to do so.
