Physx or ATI

So the only game i currently play that uses physx is UT3 but i am lookin more into games that use the engine. I cant seem to find an stand alone pci Physx card, so if it came down to it:

option A: Get the radeon 4870 1 gig monster of a graphix card,

Option B: Get the gtx 260 that has physx on it, for the specific reason of it having phsyx.

I will also say, that hte mobo i am buying has a respectable nvidia graphix onbard, i dont know if it is even possible, but potentially i wonder if i could setup the onboard to run phsyx and the 4870.

If you have any suggestions please let me know


Thanks in advance

Jeremy

If your MOBO has an Nvidia chipset I think you should just go with the GTX260 , and no you cannot run the ATI with PhysX because you would need 2 separate drivers.

The OP in the thread I linked to believes that they have cracked it, I still remain a little how shall we say 'sceptical'.

Don't spread ignorance!

You CAN do it, but only in XP and Win7, Vista doesn't allow multiple display drivers (due to WDDM implementation) but XP and Win 7 do.

And even with Vista it's only because of the way nV implements CUDA-PhysX that you can't gert it to work without installing their display drivers.

But people have been running XP dual ATi/nV card solutions almost from day one of Geforce PhysX.

-edited for clarity.-

That's doable, but really, you could also get the best single card, and then move to Win7.

However if you don't care about sticking with ATi and wanna stay with Vista, I would recommend a GTX260 or better on it's own, and then a cheap GF9500 for the physX stuff.

I don't think PhysX as a platform has legs, but IMO if you really wanna play it then go the GTX plus low end GF9 route, better use of resources.

ah mostly just because i dont follow this kind of stuff, i wasn't aware windows 7 was out yet, now that i know that it certainly does solve my problem...

with that said it looks like i can get the 9500gt run it as my physx then keep my beloved 4870... pimpin!

thanks for the help all, sometimes im slow on the uptake, just didn't realize somethings =) Take care

Download the Win 7 RC from the MS site for free, it will work until March 2010, DO NOT download from a torrent or P2P as there are some rather nasty infected ones being put up.