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lioncomputer   11-11-2008 at 09:38:39 AM

Hi Guys.We had a great benchmarking of PhysX Card in ZOTAC 280GTX in our website.Actually the review is in farsi Language but i will translate the important part for you.
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/index.p [...] ews&&id=72
First we Update our BIOS and the VGA driver.Then test the card in 3DMark06 with PhysX and without PhysX. And then in SmartFPS we test the Crysis Warhead in 2xAA,4xAA,8xAA,16xQ AA and in 3 resolution with and without PhysX .I want to know your opinion...

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lioncomputer   11-11-2008 at 10:05:49 AM
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And here it is our test system :
CPU : Intel Q6600
MB : ASUS P5Q-C(Combo)
VGA : ZOTAC 280GTX
Ram : 2*1GB Gskill 1066
Power : NZXT PP600
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/00.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/0.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/1.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/2.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/3.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/4.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/5.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/6.jpg
http://www.lioncomputer.ir/ax/maghale/280%20GTX%20PhysX/7.jpg
Please post your opinion

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aeiouandxyz   11-11-2008 at 10:11:59 AM
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Why are there more benchmarks where the gtx280 w/ physx off have higher fps?

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lioncomputer   11-11-2008 at 10:29:32 AM
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Because in some of resolution the physX may cause on loss of FPS and the numbers of frames will be less than off mode.but altogether useing this technology is better.

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Wrecks   11-11-2008 at 12:25:15 PM
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Interesting to see a couple of tests dropped down below 30 FPS. All in all, looks like PhysX doesn't affect the frames too much.

How did it look? Hard to see any difference when you get into those high settings. Is PhysX designed to give a more polished look?

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invisik   11-11-2008 at 03:07:32 PM
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i have 2 gtx260 in sli and dedicated a 9600gso for physics which ultimately doesnt help fps at all.

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emp   11-11-2008 at 03:52:53 PM
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Sorry to burst your bubble, crysis doesn't use physx, it uses it's own home-built physics engine.

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invisik   11-11-2008 at 04:25:56 PM
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sorry i meant in ut3 physics maps and warmonger.

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bobbknight   11-11-2008 at 06:33:12 PM
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How does it do in the old Crysis?

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ovaltineplease   11-11-2008 at 07:06:39 PM
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Crysis uses cpu physx, so it doesn't matter.

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invisik   11-11-2008 at 09:36:50 PM
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yes crysis runs physics only on cpu.

------------------------------ intel core 2 quad q6600 @3.2ghz msi p6n diamond (X-FI Extreme sound) 6gig of OCZ+CoRSAIR oc 900mhz Nvidia gtx 260 sli @ 730/1465/1250
Lite-On Blue-ray Western Digital 7200rpm 500gb Antec 500 Earthwatt Window vista 64-bit
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malveaux   11-11-2008 at 10:15:41 PM
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Heya,

So far, it just goes to show, physx was not worth buying a card for and doesn't do hardly anything if you have an extra card to use it with anyways.

I hope you didn't buy this stuff for this test. It was a waste.

The cost of an extra card, power consumption, and slot in your computer is not worth the 0.5 to 3 FPS increase. That is completely pitiful and does not confirm the "this is good technology" statement, but rather the opposite.


Cheers,


Message edited by malveaux on 11-11-2008 at 10:17:12 PM
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emp   11-12-2008 at 03:26:16 AM
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I don't know why everyone is getting so worked up over Physx lately, get it through your heads (this is in general, not aimed at anyone), if the game isn't built with support for the Physx engine then a physx processor (be a PPU or an Nvidia GPU) shouldn't do any difference at all.

 

The only two games I recall worth a damn in the past year that had Physx were GRAW2 and UT3.


Message edited by emp on 11-12-2008 at 03:26:56 AM
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lioncomputer   11-12-2008 at 07:06:42 AM
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Wrecks wrote :

Interesting to see a couple of tests dropped down below 30 FPS. All in all, looks like PhysX doesn't affect the frames too much.

How did it look? Hard to see any difference when you get into those high settings. Is PhysX designed to give a more polished look?



In the high resolution some of details would be shown in PhysX Mode.Like snipe of the rocketluncher and snowfall and ... but in low resolution it didnt make any difference .

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