I have a 660Ti and I play a few games that have PhysX, like Batman, BL2, and I think Metro 2033 has PhysX. I was thinking of getting a GT640 for 89.99 to have as my dedicated PhysX GPU. The reason I'm going with the 640 is because it has the same amount of CUDA cores as the GTX650 and it doesn't require a 6 pin power connector, so I can just plug it in and it'll work.
So I notice, particularly in Borderlands 2, that when bullets are flying I get frame rate drops down to 45FPS and noticeably longer frame latency that impacts my game play in a negative way. Even if I turn down graphics settings this still happens because of PhysX. It only stops if I turn PhysX on low. And I have a powerful graphics card, I normally run this game from 75-120FPS at MAX settings except for when PhysX kicks in. And I'd like it to run at a higher FPS because of my 120hz monitor and I'd also like higher minimums of at least 60FPS, and no more latency issues.
I'm contemplating doing this, but I don't know if it'll be worth the 90 bucks. How are Nvidia's PhysX drivers? Will there be a decent amount of PhysX games that'll come out in the near future? I think Metro Last Light will be one because(correct me if I'm wrong)Metro 2033 has PhysX.
Any answers would be appreciated. Hopefully someone can sway be one way or the other because I see on a few forums that lots of people have dedicated PhysX GPU's and they seem to enjoy the performance benefit from. Granted, most of the people already had an old GPU, so I guess that's the best case scenario.
Also, I just thought of this... Would it be possible to run PhysX on my HD4000 graphics iGPU? I have it on my 3570k but I think it's disabled because there's no option for it in my Nvidia control panel. I heard some mobo's disable HD4000 or if you have a dedicated GPU it disables it. Would I be able to enable my HD4000 graphics? Is that possible? I have a laptop with both a GT650m and HD4000 enabled, I'll check when I get home from work if you can use it for PhysX.
Again, any answer to any of my questions would be appreciated.
So I notice, particularly in Borderlands 2, that when bullets are flying I get frame rate drops down to 45FPS and noticeably longer frame latency that impacts my game play in a negative way. Even if I turn down graphics settings this still happens because of PhysX. It only stops if I turn PhysX on low. And I have a powerful graphics card, I normally run this game from 75-120FPS at MAX settings except for when PhysX kicks in. And I'd like it to run at a higher FPS because of my 120hz monitor and I'd also like higher minimums of at least 60FPS, and no more latency issues.
I'm contemplating doing this, but I don't know if it'll be worth the 90 bucks. How are Nvidia's PhysX drivers? Will there be a decent amount of PhysX games that'll come out in the near future? I think Metro Last Light will be one because(correct me if I'm wrong)Metro 2033 has PhysX.
Any answers would be appreciated. Hopefully someone can sway be one way or the other because I see on a few forums that lots of people have dedicated PhysX GPU's and they seem to enjoy the performance benefit from. Granted, most of the people already had an old GPU, so I guess that's the best case scenario.
Also, I just thought of this... Would it be possible to run PhysX on my HD4000 graphics iGPU? I have it on my 3570k but I think it's disabled because there's no option for it in my Nvidia control panel. I heard some mobo's disable HD4000 or if you have a dedicated GPU it disables it. Would I be able to enable my HD4000 graphics? Is that possible? I have a laptop with both a GT650m and HD4000 enabled, I'll check when I get home from work if you can use it for PhysX.
Again, any answer to any of my questions would be appreciated.