This game looks really bad without FXAA or injected aliasing. Jaggies are everywhere and are especially bad since it's a cell-shaded game. Again, you seem to confuse 2 things here:
1) TechSpot author said he had limited time to test review so his preformance was not 100% indicative of all sections of the game; however, the game is playable via unloading PhysX to the CPU;
2) At least 2 other review sites tested PhysX High on the CPU (GameGPU and another one during an intensive boos fight) and both showed frames dipping to 40s on the CPU. Unless you consider dips to 40 fps unplayable in this particular game, then offloading PhysX to the CPU is still doable.
So again, the biggest problem you seem to have here is that the game dips to 30-45 fps in certain sections. So it's not that TechSpot's author or me or GameGPU were wrong. You can easily play this game on a CPU with PhysX High but it just means you won't be gaming at 60 fps minimums. If for you personally maintaining 60 fps at all times is a requirement, then yes, you need an NV GPU, but then if you want 60 fps minimums everywhere with PhysX High, even GTX680 will probably dip below that in places.
Your blanket statement that you "cannot play this game with PhysX High" being offloaded to the CPU is not accurate. Yes, you can play this game with PhysX High on the CPU but it just won't be 60 fps minimums. TechSpot author, nor myself, nor GameGPU, nor the 3rd review site never said you can get 50-60 fps minimums but it doesn't mean the game is unplayable as you continue to imply.
This game is actually pretty forgiving with respect to dipping framerates, far below 60 fps on a 7970 + PhysX High, but even with these dips it still feels smooth, contrary to what you keep implying.
Borderlands 2 PhysX test without Nvidia GPU.
AMD HD 7970 stock
i5-2500k @ 4.5GHz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYhyfKVdN0g
^ Notice how even at 27-30 fps this game still feels remarkable smooth, despite those frame-rate killing fluids all over the screen? You just said in this thread over and over that PhysX High off the CPU + Radeon 7970 is
unplayable supposedly or "cannot be done" with fluids/blood and so on. Yet in the video the game is running fairly well in terms of motion. Looks like the authors of TechSpot/GameGPU were right in that you can play this game without much trouble by offloading the PhysX High to an overclocked Core i CPU. If you want 60 fps minimums for a mental peace of mind, sure, but this particular game doesn't need it like Quake 3 Arena or Tekken Tag Tournament 2 or Unreal Tournament 99 where superb aiming and combo precision requires 60 fps+.
My sarcastic joke was right on the money, guess all I did have to do was wait 5 minutes haha.
I am not even sure what that even refers to. Wait 5 minutes for what?
I'm done talking on this issue, glad you finally realized what I told you from the start. Guess you only believe reviewers, even though it was a review that misled you from the start. Cheerio!
Actually no one once argued that the CPU can handle PhysX effects as well as NV GPU in terms of frame rates in the entire game. However, you keep coming off by implying that the game is basically unplayable if you force PhysX High to the CPU. This is not true and what other people are trying to tell you. You can play this game smoothly, unless your idea of smoothly is some arbitrary 60 fps minimums.
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