Can i have GTX 460 as main GPU and 9800gt as physx?

lilpopjim

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I recently got a GTX 460 which is awesome and all that.. But my old 9800gt.. I want to know if icould use that as a physx processor so i can ease some load of the main gpu.

Specs are as follow's:
MOBO: ASUS P5N - E sli
GPU: GTX 460
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66ghz (oc'ed 3.066GHZ)
RAM: Corsair XMS2 2x2gb 800mhz (oc'ed 920MHZ)
PSU: Corsair Tx 650W

If you need more info just ask!

I have decent cooling. With the CPU idleing 33. underload roughly 50

GPU idles at 33 load goes about 60.. But thats the gtx 460 so you know!

Anyways. Would i be able to have my 9800gt as a physx processor. With the GTX 460 as the main GPU?

Thanks in advanced
 

lilpopjim

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To be honest. That video didn't help alot. That's an EVGA board.. with 2 EVGA graphics cards. The 9800gt is a PALIT card. And my gtx 460 is an EVGA card

Secondly my motherboard is ASUS and it has a special card dim slot, where you manually select weather your computer uses one or 2 cards.

I'm guessing i switch this to SLI Mode? As it's just says 'single card, or sli mode'. I think it says that anyways. But to be honest i don't really play any Physx games. Apart from Metro 2033. And I'm starting to play Mafia 2 again..

But couldn't the secondry GPU share a bit of the load? I know it's a different card and that it's from a different manufacture. But could it share the load.

+ Could you help me on this one as well, please?
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/269649-11-overclocking-core-quad-q9400
 

No, leave it in single card mode.