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October 16, 2014 12:15:51 AM

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?

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October 16, 2014 12:25:43 AM

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!
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October 16, 2014 12:28:23 AM

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?
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October 16, 2014 12:31:46 AM

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.
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October 16, 2014 12:35:17 AM

Found this article [link]. I will be purchasing a GTX 750 TI so it could last a while lol.
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October 16, 2014 12:38:16 AM

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


Yeah, the 750 ti was a physx card from the start.
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October 16, 2014 12:39:12 AM

closetwhisperer1 said:
ZeusGamer said:
Found this article [link]. I will be purchasing a GTX 750 TI so it could last a while lol.


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


Thanks for the help man.
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October 16, 2014 12:40:22 AM

ZeusGamer said:
closetwhisperer1 said:
ZeusGamer said:
Found this article [link]. I will be purchasing a GTX 750 TI so it could last a while lol.


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


Thanks for the help man.

No problem

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October 16, 2014 4:27:40 AM

Closet how did u sli two different cards? thought they had to be same model numbers?
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October 16, 2014 4:33:07 AM

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


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.
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October 16, 2014 4:35:35 AM

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
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October 16, 2014 4:39:24 AM

ChrisCarbomb said:
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


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.
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October 16, 2014 4:41:26 AM

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
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October 16, 2014 4:43:38 AM

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.
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October 16, 2014 5:13:35 AM

well damn haha didnt think it would have been that simple. suhweet! how is it not considered or in sli and still work?
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October 16, 2014 5:34:42 AM

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.
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October 16, 2014 5:44:09 AM

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
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October 16, 2014 5:46:14 AM

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.
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October 16, 2014 6:00:57 AM

niiiiiice! now just gotta wait on the 970ftw and ill be good to go for a bit longer hahah
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October 16, 2014 6:02:11 AM

ZeusGamer said:
ChrisCarbomb said:
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


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.


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.
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October 16, 2014 6:02:51 AM

I wish there was a single slot GTX 750 ti for sale.
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October 16, 2014 6:08:26 AM

RobCrezz said:
ZeusGamer said:
ChrisCarbomb said:
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


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.


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.


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.
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October 16, 2014 6:13:00 AM

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