Using 8800GT as Physx card a good idea?

[2is]

I've got an 8800GT not doing anything and I was curious if I'd see any benefits to using it as a dedicated Physx card along side my 680? My concern is weather or not the 680 can do both the graphics rendering and Physx faster than the 8800GT can do Physx only, thus hurting instead of helping performance.

 

[blastingcap]

If you already have a 8800GT then maybe you could run some tests in the games you play and figure out the answer yourself for the specific games you play.

 

[JohnnyChuttz]

In for answer. I have a 8800 gt laying around, but I only have a Classified 448 Core GTX 560 ti.

 

[moonbogg]

I think the 8800GT is all but totally useless. It isn't fast enough to process modern game physX as seen in the batman games let along any future titles. You are better off avoiding the driver overhead and just sticking to a single card.

 

[2is]

If you already have a 8800GT then maybe you could run some tests in the games you play and figure out the answer yourself for the specific games you play.

I could do that, but want to see if anyone has tried a similar setup and save me the time and trouble if it's not worth it.

I think the 8800GT is all but totally useless. It isn't fast enough to process modern game physX as seen in the batman games let along any future titles. You are better off avoiding the driver overhead and just sticking to a single card.

Interestingly, Batman AC is the game I'm currently playing ATM.

 

[Soundmanred]

Not worth it.

 

[lavaheadache]

I bet it'll do quite nice as a physx card. I run a GTX 285 with my 680 it it does nicely

 

[SickBeast]

Apparently you need a card that's at least 1/3 the power of your main GPU in order for it to serve well as a PhysX PPU IIRC.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Physx really is not even worth the hassle to even bother with IMO but if you must run Physx please watch this tutorial also if GTX 680 can't run Physx then nothing will https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M

 

[2is]

Yeah, I saw that video already. 8800GT is quite a bit more powerful than the 8600GTS he used and lost performance with but not nearly as powerful as the other cards he used which helped. Sounds like it would probably be pretty close to the break-even point, so, not worth it.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

Yeah, I saw that video already. 8800GT is quite a bit more powerful than the 8600GTS he used and lost performance with but not nearly as powerful as the other cards he used which helped. Sounds like it would probably be pretty close to the break-even point, so, not worth it.

I really don't think there is a world off difference between the rendering power of an 8600 and 8800 they are both really really slow cards and not worth anything more than basic desktop stuff and movie watching maybe WoW on lowest settings for the 8800GT if it is the 1gb model.

 

[toyota]

I really don't think there is a world off difference between the rendering power of an 8600 and 8800 they are both really really slow cards and not worth anything more than basic desktop stuff and movie watching maybe WoW on lowest settings for the 8800GT if it is the 1gb model.

an 8800gt absolutely blows an 8600gt away. its literally THREE times faster than an 8600gt and actually can still handle most modern games on modest settings and res.

an 8800gt is a decent card for physx where an 8600gt would actually be slower at running physx than letting anything faster than a gtx260 do both graphics and physx.

 

[2is]

I really don't think there is a world off difference between the rendering power of an 8600 and 8800 they are both really really slow cards and not worth anything more than basic desktop stuff and movie watching maybe WoW on lowest settings for the 8800GT if it is the 1gb model.

I'm not sure what you're basing this opinion off of, but there is a huge difference between an 8800GT and an 8600GT. One can still be a viable gaming card, the other never really was. I'm sure you can guess which is which.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

I'm not sure what you're basing this opinion off of, but there is a huge difference between an 8800GT and an 8600GT. One can still be a viable gaming card, the other never really was. I'm sure you can guess which is which.

I am running a GTX 275 and I consider it to be borderline viable @ 1680x1050 and it has almost double the power of an 8800GT I know I own both as well as an 8800GTX and 9800GTX+ they are all real slow cards now in days but the GTX 275 is borderline. Of coarse I don't feel that the 35fps that an 8800GT pulls in a well optimized low end game like L4D is acceptable but that's just me I like smooth animation but some people are ok playing a slow and choppy game.

 

[RaistlinZ]

8800GT would be a terrible idea to pair with a 680.

A 460 1GB is about 33% of the performance of a 680, and is probably the lowest you'd want to go for a dedicated PhysX card. A 560Ti would probably be the best option, IMO.

 

[2is]

I am running a GTX 275 and I consider it to be borderline viable @ 1680x1050 and it has almost double the power of an 8800GT I know I own both as well as an 8800GTX and 9800GTX+ they are all real slow cards now in days but the GTX 275 is borderline. Of coarse I don't feel that the 35fps that an 8800GT pulls in a well optimized low end game like L4D is acceptable but that's just me I like smooth animation but some people are ok playing a slow and choppy game.

That's wonderful, I'm not sure what this has to do with your claim about the 8600GT vs 8800GT. The difference between these two cards is equal to or greater than the difference between an 8800GT and your GTX 275. Weather it's up to your standards or not is irrelevant and off-topic.

8800GT would be a terrible idea to pair with a 680.

A 460 1GB is about 33% of the performance of a 680, and is probably the lowest you'd want to go for a dedicated PhysX card. A 560Ti would probably be the best option, IMO.

Yeah, I'm not going to. It was just an idea since I had it laying around. I never said it was a good idea.

 

[toyota]

8800GT would be a terrible idea to pair with a 680.

A 460 1GB is about 33% of the performance of a 680, and is probably the lowest you'd want to go for a dedicated PhysX card. A 560Ti would probably be the best option, IMO.

yes a gtx460 would certainly be a good choice if you want to get the most out of physx when you have a gtx680 for you main card. I dont think the gtx560 would offer anything more though. an 8800gt would still be better than letting the gtx680 do both graphics and physx though. tbh I dont think its worth the hassle at all for any dedicated physx card as its usually once every couple of years that a decent game with physx comes out anyway.

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Yeah, I'm not going to. It was just an idea since I had it laying around. I never said it was a good idea.

good choice

 

[Gordon Freemen]

That's wonderful, I'm not sure what this has to do with your claim about the 8600GT vs 8800GT. The difference between these two cards is equal to or greater than the difference between an 8800GT and your GTX 275. Weather it's up to your standards or not is irrelevant and off-topic.



Yeah, I'm not going to. It was just an idea since I had it laying around. I never said it was a good idea.

Everyone knows a GTX 275 is slow and an 8800GT is much much slower so the point is how are old cards like 8800GT and lower still trying to be passed of as viable even if not just for Physx it cant it's a ridiculous lousy card don't bother with the headache.

 

[nenforcer]

There are 3 generations of GPU's seperating an 8800GT with a $500 680, you wouldn't want to mix and match those at all.

Slowest GPU I'd match with a GTX 680 is probably a GTX 460 768, as its fast enough to keep up in PhysX with how fast the 680 can render.

 

[Jaydip]

I've got an 8800GT not doing anything and I was curious if I'd see any benefits to using it as a dedicated Physx card along side my 680? My concern is weather or not the 680 can do both the graphics rendering and Physx faster than the 8800GT can do Physx only, thus hurting instead of helping performance.

Grab a 460 768 and call it a day.U can find them for pretty cheap now a days.

 

[2is]

Grab a 460 768 and call it a day.U can find them for pretty cheap now a days.

I'm just going to run the single 680. This was just an idea since I had the 8800GT around, not something I'm going to throw any money at. The only game I'm currently playing that uses Physx is Batman AC and I have no complaints with its performance using the single 680.

 

[Jaydip]

That's great then.680 handles Physx quite well.

 

[2is]

I Know this is an old thread, but I had finally gotten around to trying this. Using an 8800GT as a dedicated physx card paired with a 650Ti playing Borderlands2 with physx set to high. Results were disappointing with performance dropping slightly when using the 8800GT and power consumption/heat/noise going up.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

8800 GT is simply too slow for anything more powerful than probably a 460, at most.


Dat necro

 

[Carfax83]

Yeah, the 8800 GT will definitely handicap your system if you use it as a PhysX card.

For today's PhysX games, you need at least a GTX 460, or even better, a GTX 650 Ti if you want to use PhysX at it's highest settings.

Anything above a GTX 650 Ti is overkill..