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rudeboyransom   09-22-2009 at 10:25:32 PM

I am getting a 4850 from a friend to replace my GeForce 7600 GS.

He said that instead of just tossing the 7600, I should leave it in and set my system up so that the 4850 runs the games and the 7600 runs the physics.

Is this even possible or even worth while?

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nforce4max   09-22-2009 at 10:44:57 PM

Not on a geforce7 card but go ahead and keep the 7600gs for when you need a spare. To run physx it needs to be a geforce8 with 256mb or better. You won't miss much with out physx unless you are playing mirrors edge.

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Ehsan W   09-22-2009 at 10:47:42 PM

you should keep it just in case anything happens with the 4850 :P
but it won't work
the 2 cards need to be from Nvidia since Ati doesn't use PhysiX
I think it uses Havoc or something :/

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nforce4max   09-22-2009 at 10:55:38 PM

ATI cards can run OpenCL and the Havoc FX physic engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLgb9AdnaBI
Three years with x1900xt and still no ati physics.

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Dekasav   09-22-2009 at 11:07:42 PM

It has nothing to do with running an ATI card and an Nvidia card, it's that Nvidia cards only support Physx if they're Geforce 8 or higher.

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