8800gt sli to GTX 295

[MrWizzard]

Would this be worth it? I see benches for both but they are with different processors.

Would there be a good amount of an increase? Any help would be great. Thanks

 

[error8]

Well, give it a try. And post some results here if you do. If it's not going to work, then sell the GT. But I don't see why you shouldn't try Physx this way.

 

[zagood]

Do you have any games that would benefit from PhysX?

I would sell one of the cards, test out the one you keep with PhysX, wait for more reviews to come in on different cards used for PhysX (i.e. 8800GT vs. 8400), and then sell the GT if you can get the same performance from a super cheap card.

The only reason I can think of to sell both is if you can sell them as an SLi package to one buyer and make about the same amount of money that you would selling them seperately. Also saving you some shipping and the annoyance of two buyers.

-z

 

[Denithor]

In the benchies I've seen there has been minimal improvement in fps from having a "dedicated" nV PhysX card versus just having the primary/only GPU also handle the PhysX work.

There are two things at work here. Not all the GPU power is being used for gaming, there is enough left over for PhysX work if necessary. And second, PhysX just isn't that intensive, the primary/only GPU can easily handle the gaming load + PhysX without breaking a sweat.