Dose 9400GT good to set as a physx card?

[ali rafaty]

hi

i have 9400GT 1GB and i want to know is it good to use as physx card?so HD5870 is my main Card.
mbb:giga-p55a-ud3p

 

[wa1]

Since you already have it then use it...

But seriously, i think a single HD5870 is more than enough for you, no need PhysX card.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

well, if he is playing phyysx games it may be of use. better than nothing? dont know, never used physx...

 

[Maziar]

Like wa1 said,if you already have it then use it.Few games like Mafia 2 will benefit from it(however the performance is lower compared to when you don't use PhysX)

 

[ali rafaty]

but it have just 16 cuda core.is it enough for game like mafia2 or batman?
if i set it as physx it just calculate physx(no simulation and so on?)

 

[karthik_11]

9400 gt is too weak to use as a physx card. Also it is not recommended to pair nvidia with ati cards!

 

[ali rafaty]

it's better than noting. is it?

 

[wa1]

Yes...

 

[Maziar]

9400 gt is too weak to use as a physx card. Also it is not recommended to pair nvidia with ati cards!

I don't agree with the second part of your statement.
There is no problem running an ATI card as a primary one and a Nvidia one for PhysX.

 

[Mousemonkey]

The minimum 9 series card on the list of cards that can be used as PhysX processor is a 9500GT.

 

[Maziar]

You are right mouse but it seems it was supported and now isn't supported
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=155256

 

[Mousemonkey]

I don't know exactly when it was dropped but I do know that a few things got changed around a little while ago.