Physx card help.

BradleyKZN · 10-19-2009, 06:33 AM

Right, so i wanna get a cheap physx card, can i get a 9400gt 512mb ddr2? Will it make any difference to say a 9600gt 512mb ddr3? What counts in a physx card? I forgot to add that the slot that will use the card is running at x4, would it make a difference?

gaximodo · 10-19-2009, 06:50 AM

minimum requirement to run Physx is 32 shaders and 256mb of memory(regardless type), 9400 has only 16.
X4 won't reduce physx performence(very limited bandwidth required I believe).

BradleyKZN · 10-19-2009, 08:09 AM

So what would you recommend? 9500? Maybe a 9600gso?

BradleyKZN · 10-19-2009, 09:13 AM

inf3rno · 10-19-2009, 09:23 AM

9600GSO, and 4X is not gonna bottleneck the Physx performance.

mosheen · 10-19-2009, 09:34 AM

i'll say get a 9600gt/9800gt atleast.

gaximodo · 10-19-2009, 09:40 AM

Anything above Nvidia's minimum requirement should be enough (9500GT 8600GT or better)
I'd say get one without power cable.

Edit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by mosheen

i'll say get a 9800gt atleast.
Check this.

He's getting a card for physx only, and a vanilla ageia PPU(specs very close to 8400GS I believe correct me if I'm wrong)gives a nice boost already.

DanTheBanjoman · 10-19-2009, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BradleyKZN

Bump

Don't bump that fast, patience is a virtue.

As for Physx, seeing your questions I wonder if you know why you even want Physx. I'd rather upgrade that 4850 instead.

mosheen · 10-19-2009, 09:46 AM

problem is if you have a very powerful gpu then a cheap physx gpu gonna drag ur FPS down.
either powerful gpu only or midrange gpu + decent physx card.

DX11 and Opencl = no need for physx.

BradleyKZN · 10-19-2009, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

Don't bump that fast, patience is a virtue.

As for Physx, seeing your questions I wonder if you know why you even want Physx. I'd rather upgrade that 4850 instead.

the 4850 will be going at the end of this year and would be replaced by a 5850. I want a cheap physx card so i still have enough for the 5850. Sorry about the impatience

inf3rno · 10-19-2009, 11:04 AM

Personally to me this Physx thing does not attract me, Mosheen is very much right about the OpenCl and directx 11.0.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · 11-08-2009, 07:28 AM

yeah.. Physix will die. Just pocket the cash. go rent some girls of somethin

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