Can I have a dedicated physx in a non SLI mobo?

[jenkas]

Hi everyone, i have a doubt, if a get a non SLI board with 2 pcie and I want to use a dedicated card for Physx, is gonna work?

Example:

mobo: Gigabyte H61M-D2P-B3
vga: ASUS GTX 580 ENGTX580DCII/2DIS/15
physx: EVGA 9800GT 512-P3-N982-B2

I know the GTX 580 is good enough to support physx but I want a dedicated card instead

 

[jay2tall]

Yes it should work because you are not using SLI, it is using it as a Physx card only which is dependent on the drivers. Just an FYI, the 2nd PCI-E slot on that board is physically x16, but is only x4 speed.

 

[jenkas]

Yes it should work because you are not using SLI, it is using it as a Physx card only which is dependent on the drivers. Just an FYI, the 2nd PCI-E slot on that board is physically x16, but is only x4 speed.

Thanks jay but the board i just use for reference i don't want the H61, i want a P67 board

 

[jay2tall]

Gotcha. No problem. From what I've seen the dedicated physx card really doesn't do anything unless the game utilizes PhysX graphics. From what I understand is just having a dedicated physX card installed will give you a hit of 1-2FPS in games that do not utilize it. My assumption is the drivers still manage it but don't use it so you see a small hit. However, if you are playing a PhysX enabled game it will give you a big fat boost.

 

[jenkas]

Gotcha. No problem. From what I've seen the dedicated physx card really doesn't do anything unless the game utilizes PhysX graphics. From what I understand is just having a dedicated physX card installed will give you a hit of 1-2FPS in games that do not utilize it. My assumption is the drivers still manage it but don't use it so you see a small hit. However, if you are playing a PhysX enabled game it will give you a big fat boost.

well I really only play mafia II with physx, but the 9800 it's only 59 dlls so not big deal

 

[jenkas]

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