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thobel   09-24-2008 at 03:12:57 AM

So I have dual Nvidia 8800's in SLi and I also have a dedicated Ageis PhysX (now Nvidia) I'n the Nvidia Physx control panal I see Ageia Card and Geforce Phys X (nvidia is greyed out) I select for it to use Ageia card but when I go back in nothing is checked? Is this normal? Also would I be better off removing the Ageia card now since its supported on the Ultra's?

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faster3200   09-24-2008 at 03:58:33 AM
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The Aegia card pretty much serves no purpose now. I don't actually know of anyone who has one so I don't think you will get a response on whether this is normal behavior or not. I would say it is safe to remove that card.

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thobel   09-24-2008 at 04:02:30 AM
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Yah came with my dell ( got it from www.outlet.dell.com ) Would not have ordered on my own but hey its in there. Just interesting to know if they are doing away with dedicated cards now

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megamanx00   09-24-2008 at 04:19:35 AM
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Pretty much. I haven't heard anything about new PhysX cards.

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dagger   09-24-2008 at 04:20:25 AM
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Running Physx off your graphics card will drop fps, sometimes significantly. So the dedicated physx card still serves a purpose.
http://techgage.com/article/nvidia [...] s_report/3

The gpu has to cannibalize part of itself to process physics, instead dedicate itself for graphics processing, so fps naturally drops. Physx isn't magic, it takes processing power.

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thobel   09-24-2008 at 04:26:59 AM
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so based on that artical I feel like someday I will love my physx card :)

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