[April Fools] Phys-X & CUDA on ATI Cards is now possible

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GodisanAtheist

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Uh... maybe he's just been setting this up as the most epic april fools ever? Like, setting up for the last 2 years...
 
SunnyD

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apoppin said:
What a clever day to release it

i hear Nvidia is planning a joke of their own to disable it
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Given that it states you have to use an older version of the PhysX runtime, I don't think Nvidia could do jack aside from a C&D which would be summarily ignored.

After all, Nvidia disabled GPU PhysX at the driver level for mixed-card setups, but that can be bypassed by rolling back the drivers.
 
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SunnyD said:
Given that it states you have to use an older version of the PhysX runtime, I don't think Nvidia could do jack aside from a C&D which would be summarily ignored.

After all, Nvidia disabled GPU PhysX at the driver level for mixed-card setups, but that can be bypassed by rolling back the drivers.
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it sound like a hack job
--if you *really* want PhysX, get a GeForce
 
MrK6

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apoppin said:
Well, then you want physics .. not PhysX
- why would you even *want* a proprietary Nvidia solution to run on an AMD card?
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One more reason to not buy a NVIDIA graphics card? For the two games a year that use it, seems like a good idea to me.
 
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MrK6 said:
One more reason to not buy a NVIDIA graphics card? For the two games a year that use it, seems like a good idea to me.
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OK .. let me try again.

If you hack your PC to allow a Nvidia proprietary solution to run on an AMD card with old drivers, do you really think you are getting the same experience?
 
SunnyD

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apoppin said:
OK .. let me try again.

If you hack your PC to allow a Nvidia proprietary solution to run on an AMD card with old drivers, do you really think you are getting the same experience?
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If you could hack your PC with an ATI card to allow you to get any experience of proprietary Nvidia crap at all, I ask again, why WOULDN'T you?
 
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SunnyD said:
If you could hack your PC with an ATI card to allow you to get any experience of proprietary Nvidia crap at all, I ask again, why WOULDN'T you?
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Because then you couldn't justify paying $100 extra dollars for buying nVidia over ATI
 
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SunnyD said:
If you could hack your PC with an ATI card to allow you to get any experience of proprietary Nvidia crap at all, I ask again, why WOULDN'T you?
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i tell you what, if this April 1 joke ever gets off the ground i will try it and compare to the real thing.

Howz' that? Fair enough?
- so, yeah;; your're right .. i'd *try* it
 
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apoppin said:
i tell you what, if this April 1 joke ever gets off the ground i will try it and compare to the real thing.

Howz' that? Fair enough?
- so, yeah;; your're right .. i'd *try* it
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I'm not trying to pressure you into doing such a thing. I'm just saying for the sake of logical argument - get something for nothing? Who wouldn't?
 
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SunnyD said:
You do realize I was being sarcastic.
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You AMD fanboy? AMD is partly financed by middle easterners some of whom could be terrorists? Oh nevermind, I'm just closeminded as you are. see I can do it too.

We're done with this line of thought.

-ViRGE
 
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