PhysX Cards

[Jono PC]

What are PhysX cards really for? Do i need an intel system to be able to use this card? I am a heavy animator and 3d modeler, should I get one?
Cheers .

 

[4745454b]

No, you don't want PhysX. Yes, you might want to buy an Nvidia card if your animation programs support CUDA. Yes, you need to do your own research if you want to know if this is the case.

 

[saint19]

Hi and welcome to Tom's forum.

The PhysX card are all those nVidia series from 8800GT and above, but for your needs this GPU aren't what you need.

For your work, the best way to go are nVidia Quadro GPUs.

 

[Leaps-from-Shadows]

PhysX software and hardware helps games have more realistic physics. The game must be specifically written to take advantage of PhysX. The CPU can do PhysX calculations, but it's best done on a GPU to free up the CPU for other stuff.

 

[wolfram23]

Some animation programs will use the PhysX SDK, so having an Nvidia card can definitely show benefits if you decide to use it. I'm sure you must have a GPU in your PC already, and if it's Nvidia you probably don't need to add or change anything. If you have ATI you can run a dedicated PhysX card if you want, in which case anything around 100 CUDA cores is just about perfect (GT 240, 9800GT, GT 440) and you'll also need the GenL V1.04ff patch (Google it).

That said, there's other ways to do physics stuff. Bullet does gpu accelleration AFAIK, and doesn't require a certain brand of card.

 

[Jono PC]

Hi and welcome to Tom's forum.

The PhysX card are all those nVidia series from 8800GT and above, but for your needs this GPU aren't what you need.

For your work, the best way to go are nVidia Quadro GPUs.

Hi, thanks for the reply. You are totally right, I never knew what quadro was 'til now. These here http://www.nvidia.com/object/builtforadobepros.html are designed for my animation program itself. Thanks heaps =)

 

[Jono PC]

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[saint19]

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