nVidia GPU PhysX

[phaxmohdem]

My rig has an 8800GTX as its main video card, however I also have an 8600GT in it as well driving extra monitors. Does anyone know if it is (or will be) possible to tell PhysX enabled games to utilize the 8600GT as a dedicated Physics engine? Or will it use the 8800GTX for both PhysX and graphics rendering? On a similar note, I know the 8600GT is not exactly a 1337 card, would it even have the horsepower to do PhysX calculations?

 

[Wreckage]

TR ran their PhysX test on a 8800GT and it performed well.

PhysX can run on a secondary card. Guru3D ran their tests on a GTX280 plus a 9600GT as a PhysX card
http://www.guru3d.com/article/physx-by-nvidia-review/1

 

[SergeC]

There's another thread in this forum where an 8600GT is shown to have a measurable efffect when used to do the physX calculations when paired with a 9800GTX+

 

[airhendrix13]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
My rig has an 8800GTX as its main video card, however I also have an 8600GT in it as well driving extra monitors. Does anyone know if it is (or will be) possible to tell PhysX enabled games to utilize the 8600GT as a dedicated Physics engine? Or will it use the 8800GTX for both PhysX and graphics rendering? On a similar note, I know the 8600GT is not exactly a 1337 card, would it even have the horsepower to do PhysX calculations?

Yes, you can open the PhysX control panel and set which GPU for it to use.

 

[Keysplayr]

Yes, you can use your 8800GTX as the primary rendering card while using your 8600GT as a PhysX processor.
I have done this with a 9800GTX+ and an 8600GT.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...erthread=y&STARTPAGE=4

Quote from other thread:
"So, I was able to borrow an 8600GT to use as a PhysX processor.

Rig3: Q6600 @ 2.4. 9800GTX+ & 8600GT
1920x1200 HeatRayPhysX level

9800GTX+ Render & PhysX
Min: 24 Avg: 36 Max: 44

9800GTX+ & 8600GT
Min: 29 Avg: 39 Max: 51
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If you are using Vista, read this PhysX F.A.Q. to learn how to make it work. If you are using XP, nothing extra is required to make this work.

 

[error8]

I wounder if an 8400 GS would work on a PCI Express X4 slot for physx, having as a primary card an 8800 GT!?