Can I put two crappy GPU's in my pc?

[Dylinian]

Hi everyone, my old gaming gpu has broken and I have two old graphics cards lieing around, my mobo is a gigabyte ultradurable 4 and the GPU's are Nvidia GeForce 210 1gb and a Nvidia 8400gs 256mb. I have a 500w psu and a anthlon II quad core cpu. Will this work and if it will would it give my pc a minor boost? My resolution is 1660x1050.- Thanks

 

[bobusboy]

No it would not give the computer any boost; if they worked in SLI which they wont, they would only operate as fast as the slowest GPU.

You might be able to use the 210 as a CUDA/PhysX processor and the 8400 as GPU; but I highly doubt it.

EDIT:

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.

I believe the 210 only has 16 CUDA cores so it wont work and is therefor useless to you.

IMO use the 8400gs until you can afford a new gpu like a 650 by Nvidia or a 7770 or similar by ATI/AMD are good budget choices.

 

[Dylinian]

If I were to dedicate one gpu to CUDA and Physx would I just use the Nvidia control panel?

 

[bobusboy]

If I were to dedicate one gpu to CUDA and Physx would I just use the Nvidia control panel?

The G210 Nvidia card only has 16 CUDA cores and will not work for PhysX.

The 8400s might not be capable I have not looked up it's specifications.

Give this a read it will answer most of your questions about PhysX on Nvidia GPUs I'll look for a basic guide on how to use two different GPUs for GFX and PhysX
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_faq.html#q4

 

[Dylinian]

I have researched them and they only have 8 cuda cores ,that's half the power of the 210, I may get the Radeon 6670 gddr5, is this capable to run planet side 2? If so at what settings because it is only a cheap card (£50)

 

[bobusboy]

I may get the Radeon 6670 gddr5, is this capable to run planet side 2?

This is over simplified but; You can not run PhysX on ATI/AMD cards, it is disabled by the Nvidia drivers when they detect ATI/AMD cards.

If so at what settings because it is only a cheap card (£50)

It's more or less impossible for me to tell you what settings to use. Try this site: (for best results use internet explorer because of the plugin it downloads)
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri