Went from Nvidia 8800GTS to Radeon 5870 having PhysX problem with Mass Effect 2

[Doggiedog]

I know that the 5870 doesn't have PhysX but the game keeps shutting down after telling me that it cannot initiate it.

Would anyone know of a solution to resolving this without reinstalling ME2?

 

[happy medium]

download driver sweeper and get rid of physx on your system.

http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/

 

[notty22]

Some games need physX installed on your system to run.
If you deleted it after swithcing brands , just reinstall PhysX from gur3d. a later revision than included with ME2
I believe NFS SHift
Metro 2033
Borderlands ?

 

[bryanW1995]

me2 doesnt need it, use driver sweeper.

 

[toyota]

me2 doesnt need it, use driver sweeper.

basically all UE3 games need some physx files.

 

[nenforcer]

Yeah you probably just need the standalone PhysX driver for CPU PhysX

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.10.0513-driver.html

 

[Doggiedog]

Thanks for the fast response guys!

 

[Skurge]

Why does it need drivers for CPU physx?

 

[toyota]

Why does it need drivers for CPU physx?

well it needs to install some physx files but thats about all I know.

 

[notty22]

Its part of the game engine, runtime libraries ,dll calls that look for files installed from the physX package. Driver Sweeper , sweeps them. Or uninstalling physX.

 

[taltamir]

Why does it need drivers for CPU physx?

for the same reason you need to update/install the latest version of directX.

 

[Doggiedog]

I installed the PhysX drivers from the link nenforcer provided and it worked. In fact, when I turned ME2 on, all of the settings were for my new card.

Thanks again!