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Have a 9800GTX+ with t-rad2, and overclocked to absolute max. Would adding a 9800GTX be of any benifit for physics? Can't use SLi. I play at 1920x1200, and CPU is QX9650 @ 4.0GHz.
Thanks.
P.S. How hot would the 9800GTX get for physics? I know the stock cooler is fairly loud, and my PC is pretty quiet, would it be running hot enough to be noisey? (i got good airflow).

------------------------------ Intel QX9650 @ 4GHz cooled by true 120 (both lapped), 8GB G.skill PI 8800 RAM, ECS 9800GTX+ 512MB OC'd to 830/1910/2540 with T-RAD2, lenovo 22" 1920 x 1200, 1000W Zalman ZM1000-HP, ASUS P5Q Pro, Antec 200.

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no. Just stick with your single card and upgrade when 5850/5870 get to reasonable prices for you

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ati? no way in bloody hell am i putting anything like that in my system

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gtf6 wrote :

ati? no way in bloody hell am i putting anything like that in my system

Like to torture yourself with the inferior cards?

On topic - if you cant use SLI, how will you add another 9800GTX? Even if you have SLI motherboard, I dont see much point in card specifically for PhysiX, unless you're die-hard fan of the few games its used much, nonetheless within a year PhysiX will die anyway IMO.

------------------------------ go for the 5850 now and play games while the nvidiots wait for the ceo to show an actual working product. Techpowerup's W1zzard
Reply to Harrisson

why not? unless you're runnig games with physx support I also recommend you getting a 5870/5850
if you don't like ati cards well you should get a gtx275 or a gtx260 or something like that...the 9800gtx+ is a decent card but for using games with physx you may need to lower details or resolution a little bit
if you tell us(if you want of course) why you don't want a card like that in your rig we could give you better advices to help you decide what to do

Reply to markos1990

gtf6 wrote :

ati? no way in bloody hell am i putting anything like that in my system

The fan is strong in this boy.

You'd do well both financially and from a experience viewpoint to consider ATi cards. As it stands right now, nVidia simply isn't in a position to compete with ATi. Maybe they will with the 300 series but as of today, ATi has every price point covered by a better product.

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