Extra card...for physx???

[ashammay]

I currently have a PNY GTX 260 in my system and I'm going to upgrade it to an MSI GTX 560 Ti Hawk. Once i have the MSI card, I'll just have a GTX 260 laying around. What should I do with it to increase performance on applications like games, CAD programs, photoshop, etc..? Should I run it as a dedicated physx card or something? Possibly SLI? I really don't know. Also, I think I should include I have a 650w PSU running my system. If you have any question about other components in my system, just ask.

So what should I do??

 

[Mousemonkey]

Sli would not be possible but use as a PhysX card would, if you play any PhysX enabled games then it might be worth it to you to give it a try.

 

[4745454b]

Your 650W PSU might not be up to running both. Double check how much power is on there.

 

[Yargnit]

A quality 650w should be able to run both as long as you aren't doing much overclocking on the video cards, especially considering a GTX260 running as a dedicated physics card will likely never be pushed heavily.

I certainly wouldn't recommend it without a well made PSU though.

 

[ashammay]

I actually just realized neither of these options are possible for me since my build is an AMD system. But thanks for the suggestions guys!

 

[4745454b]

AMD shouldn't matter. It will prevent you from running SLI, but thats it. You can run an Nvidia video card and a Physx card on a CF board.

 

[Mousemonkey]

AMD used to support SLi in the past and say that they will in the future, it's only the current couple of gens that are Xfire only it would seem.

 

[nforce4max]

A idling gtx 260 will not tax that psu hardly at all and most even the hottest cards tend to idle 30-50w for a single gpu while the gtx 560 will load yes but both together with the gtx 260 pushing as physx only will barely draw a little over 200w max unless you decide to run folding home or cuda apps on both cards then you will be looking at figures that will be of a concern but for physx only no you are fine with your current psu. I would know as I have done this a few times on my own dollar unlike those who only quote charts.