Physx Card

so i'm looking into a physx card... which self powered card would be good at processing physx ?

or maximum 1 pci-ex 6 pin connector

would GTS 220 work ?

 

Yeah, GT 220 would work. Some benches http://www.coolaler.com/showthread.php?p=2472931#post2472931

Though, GT 430 should be much better due to higher CUDA core count (48 vs 96). And it costs just slightly more.

 

cool... then i'll look for a GT 430 or GTS 450

those are both self ppowered card right ?

 

GTS 450 is too much for physx.Just buy gt 430

 

alright.. cool thanks bud

 

just another quicky.... even tho the GTS 450 is over powered for physx.. its on special for the same price as a GT 430

would i see some improvement ?

GT430 96 Cuda core vs GTS 450 192 cuda core ?

 

If it's the same price go for it!

Overkill or not does it really matter? lol no

But if your main card dies and your without it for a few days a gts450 would make a lot better backup card than a gt430!

just another way to look at it

 

but would the extra cuda cores help out in physx ?

 

yes and no... Theoretically yes I mean more power = more performance, but with something like physics you prolly wouldn't fully utilize a card like that until physics in games becomes more complicated. but like I said either way for the same price its prolly the better choice even if right now you dont need the extra power.

 

im running a gts450 for physx right now and i never see the GPU usage go over 35%

 

ok so i got a GT430 instead... but how do i get all running ?

installed in my pc and run slow as hell... took 12min to boot in windows then was as slow as a pentium 66mhz lol

 

latest drivers and make sure you get into setup to make sure that the two cards are dedicated to what they are doing......

 

how do i do that ?

thanks

 

have you read any of the guides out there on google?? its not as easy as just plugging it in...

i could try and begin to explain it but its a pain in the ass lol check out google and if you get stuck somewhere, let us know where your stuck.

 

i'm on 5 sites.. and 3 of them require a second screen and another some resitors... i have none...

also just installed the video card in the pc makes it slow as hell so i cant install the nvidia drivers...

 

hes trying to run it with a 5970, latest drivers wont work unless he get that driver mod to renable physx when an ati card is present...

 

what you can do is create a fake display... right click on your desktop, click screen resolution, press detect, click on another display not detected (make sure its the one for the physx card, then where it says multiple displays, select try to connect anyway on :VGA

 

as soon as the nvidia card is connected to the motherboard .. it takes uber mega time to boot... know why ?

and fake screen is done

 

wow, thats what I get for reading.......................

AMD and Nvidia dont play nice together....................ditch the Nvidia card and get AMD.

I dont know what that will do to Physx but mixing cards without the right MOBO is a no no

 

i've read ppl with 4890 + 9800GT for physx doing it... why can't i with a 5970 + GT430 ?