My 2006 gamin rig took a poo. Time to rebuild??

I've done my research first! I guess it paid off. Awsome

I'm a little lost on the PhysX.. I think my card doesn't even handle any direct 10 x so I was thinking an upgrade to video card was a must plus the mother board is a PCI-E 16x 2.0 and this video card isn't the 2.0. still would work??

So would I be good using the cpu-ram-motherboard combo and add another GTS

keep the 8800GTS and it does a lot of the 'dirty work' in the graphics while the GTX460 focuses on other parts of the graphics, it rocks too.

NVIDIA® PhysX® is a powerful physics engine enabling real-time physics in leading edge PC games. PhysX software is widely adopted by over 150 games and is used by more than 10,000 developers. PhysX is optimized for hardware acceleration by massively parallel processors. GeForce GPUs with PhysX provide an exponential increase in physics processing power taking gaming physics to the next level.

What is physics for gaming and why is it important?
Physics is the next big thing in gaming. It's all about how objects in your game move, interact, and react to the environment around them. Without physics in many of today's games, objects just don't seem to act the way you'd want or expect them to in real life. Currently, most of the action is limited to pre-scripted or ‘canned' animations triggered by in-game events like a gunshot striking a wall. Even the most powerful weapons can leave little more than a smudge on the thinnest of walls; and every opponent you take out, falls in the same pre-determined fashion. Players are left with a game that looks fine, but is missing the sense of realism necessary to make the experience truly immersive.

With NVIDIA PhysX technology, game worlds literally come to life: walls can be torn down, glass can be shattered, trees bend in the wind, and water flows with body and force. NVIDIA GeForce GPUs with PhysX deliver the computing horsepower necessary to enable true, advanced physics in the next generation of game titles making canned animation effects a thing of the past.

Which NVIDIA GeForce GPUs support PhysX?
The minimum requirement to support GPU-accelerated PhysX is a GeForce 8-series or later GPU with a minimum of 32 cores and a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. However, each PhysX application has its own GPU and memory recommendations. In general, 512MB of graphics memory is recommended unless you have a GPU that is dedicated to PhysX.

How does PhysX work with SLI and multi-GPU configurations?
When two, three, or four matched GPUs are working in SLI, PhysX runs on one GPU, while graphics rendering runs on all GPUs. The NVIDIA drivers optimize the available resources across all GPUs to balance PhysX computation and graphics rendering. Therefore users can expect much higher frame rates and a better overall experience with SLI.

A new configuration that’s now possible with PhysX is 2 non-matched (heterogeneous) GPUs. In this configuration, one GPU renders graphics (typically the more powerful GPU) while the second GPU is completely dedicated to PhysX. By offloading PhysX to a dedicated GPU, users will experience smoother gaming.

Finally we can put the above two configurations all into 1 PC! This would be SLI plus a dedicated PhysX GPU. Similarly to the 2 heterogeneous GPU case, graphics rendering takes place in the GPUs now connected in SLI while the non-matched GPU is dedicated to PhysX computation.

no problem bro.
have at it..!

Def don't have one of those on the east coast that I know of. For computer parts we go to the computer show that held twice a year but I have no clue when the next on is gonna be.

Also one last question. Will the Athlon x2 5400 processor I have work with this mother board right now? Cause I'm trying to get my computer up n running now, so I was thinking about doing the motherboard and ram first, then the video card if the cpu will work.

i doubt it but if the pins match up and if the cpu fits securely in it's socket.
try it..

what drives do you have already or are you going to buy those too.?

Right now I think I have two 250 western digitals at 7500rpms sata type. I had them in raid config and for the life of me I can't remember what type of raid. I know it was the type that one write n one read or somthing like that and if they failed I lost all my information. Then I had a 500 single for storage. I haven't plained up updating them just yet but will next year.

there ya go..

yes, the 8800GTS can definitely get you by for now and then like stated earlier SLI or PhysX them..
enjoy..

You cant run the 8800gts in sli with a 460, but you still might be able to use it for physx.

Will the board I picked out work for sli?

I was also looking at this board but it doesn't have some of the better options as the board mentioned above

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131636

Oh I do still plan on using the 8800gts and I will do some research on how to use it for physx or sli mode.

My plans are to be able to run in 3d with a 3d monitor and glass's n such

Um you already posted this.

I was asking which motherboard should I buy since I want to run sli

Should I go with the Asus m4a89GTD pro/usb3 890gx

Or should I go with the ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI

I'm not really sure which on to go, M4A89GTD has more options and is newwer but it seems as it doesn't run sli.

Umm just something to think before you go with AMD. I hear that with SLI + AMD it's a bad deal. The 980a is a dead chipset basically and sucks with AMD chips, and AMD chipsets just don't work well with SLI. I suggest you look towards Intel imo.

not necessarily true..

" Should I go with the Asus m4a89GTD pro/usb3 890gx "
that's not a SLI board, X-Fire only..

Will a single 460gt card work in it though?

Any one have suggestions to me then? Will the first suggestion be good enough for what I want to do?

Basically which is kick ass graphics and gaming in 3d. I really don't do a whole lot, burn a few dvd and such nothing major though

Sounds like the original plan is what I will go with. Awesome, thanks everyone. I will start ordering this weekend.