Dedicated PhysX Card

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

I really want to have a dedicated PhysX card, so I've been looking around, is a GTX 650 TI a good dedicated PhysX card?

closetwhisperer1 · Oct 16, 2014

I used a gtx 750ti as a physx card for my gtx 770 and it raised my fps on arkham origions by 15fps...so yeah!

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

I was thinking of doing this just because I've been playing Borderlands 1 and Borderlands 2 lately.

The only dilemma I have though is I've only got one more PCI-Express slot and it's a 4X one.

I don't really want to take out my CrossFireX config lol. So do you think it'll still work?

closetwhisperer1 · Oct 16, 2014

Hybrid physx(Amd+nvidia) is something I know little about. It is hard to set up. It has something to do with the motherboard Bios. The x4 slot shouldn't make a diffrence since its not the main card.

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

Found this article [link]. I will be purchasing a GTX 750 TI so it could last a while lol.

closetwhisperer1 · Oct 16, 2014

ZeusGamer :

Yeah, the 750 ti was a physx card from the start.

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

closetwhisperer1 :

Thanks for the help man.

closetwhisperer1 · Oct 16, 2014

ZeusGamer :

closetwhisperer1 :

Thanks for the help man.

No problem

ChrisCarbomb · Oct 16, 2014

Closet how did u sli two different cards? thought they had to be same model numbers?

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

ChrisCarbomb :

They do have to be the same GPU, but with a dedicated PhysX card, you can have any card from Nvidia, as long as it's not slow enough that it'll actually slow down your games.

ChrisCarbomb · Oct 16, 2014

so i can get a 970 for my main card and keep my 680 for a dedicated physx? thats not in sli? im lost here haha

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

ChrisCarbomb :

Yes, that would relieve the stress on your GTX 970 when it's processing a lot of PhysX in-game.

No SLI needed. It's also helpful for AMD users like me, who don't have access to PhysX at all.

ChrisCarbomb · Oct 16, 2014

how do u go about setting that up? what needs to be done? really thought this was considered sli.... this is making me day great learning this hahah

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

Just install your GTX 680 and in the Nvidia Control Panel, go to the PhysX Tab, you'll see choices to which hardware to use PhysX on, there should be three in the drop down box, CPU, GTX 970 and GTX 680. Choose GTX 680 and voila! Lol.

ChrisCarbomb · Oct 16, 2014

well damn haha didnt think it would have been that simple. suhweet! how is it not considered or in sli and still work?

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

Try it out for yourself. It's actually a good thing!

That GTX 680 of yours will make a very good dedicated PhysX card too man.

It's not considered SLI, well because, you don't need the SLI bridge to make it work lol.

ChrisCarbomb · Oct 16, 2014

thank you zeus! youre the man! i owe u a steak dinner for the knowledge. i saw a list of some physx demanding games but im mostly on bf4 and watchdogs.... will i see an advantage on those? i see the witcher 3 will be which i will be getting. i see i will get a bump in metro last light

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

There isn't a PhysX implemented in Battlefield 4. But on Watch Dogs and The Witcher 3 and Metro Last Light? You'll definitely see a bump in FPS.

This is why I plan on getting a dedicated PhysX card myself lol.

ChrisCarbomb · Oct 16, 2014

niiiiiice! now just gotta wait on the 970ftw and ill be good to go for a bit longer hahah

RobCrezz · Oct 16, 2014

ZeusGamer :

Does that still work? I didnt think you could use a dedicated phsyx card if you used AMD gpus as the primary? I was sure nvidia disabled that.

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

I wish there was a single slot GTX 750 ti for sale.

ZeusGamer · Oct 16, 2014

RobCrezz :

I'm pretty sure it should work. My best friend has a GT 640 as his dedicated PhysX card while his main card is an AMD R9 270X

I'm not sure if this is alowed in the forums but, he's might using a modded driver.

RobCrezz · Oct 16, 2014

Cool, would be good to know for others who may have the same question

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