Originally posted by: f4phantom2500
id go with the killer nic if it really does affect your multiplayer lag. it will help you be more competitive but the physx will just make your game look better, which could actually be detrimental to your game. a lot of pro gamers turn all of the settings down, partly so they dont have smoke and stuff in the way so they can see their enemies better. my understanding is that physx just adds more smoke and more detailed explosions etc, and that would just get in the way for online competitive play.
also uh...you want to put one of those 2 cards in, which many people consider useless, but you aren't going to put your second 8800gtx in for sli? are you crazy?
some good points (too much junk and smoke) thanks - for myself at home, no games I can use at 1600x1200 that SLi does anything more really than make noise... really after playing around with Lost Planet, can see really the 2900 or 8800 is going to be something worth while (if you turn on all the eye candy) - so again no SLi benefit.
be honest, killer nic gets bit of bad rap, if you have one, use it and play for long periods of time non-stop, you know what I mean... on the other hand, its buggy at times, PhysX, yep does add eye candy in few games, and no nothing to do with making things faster - just look better...
...my thoughts on PhysX, DX10 going to address things the same way? Could be it off loads it on less sensible GPU clocks or muilt-cores..
So to hit few topics (posts) at once here too - nope, not a matter of knowing which is better (one could make a debate for either - my job would be to simply know the facts of what each can do, not the crap or paid review etc...), really like to see some good thoughts just like this post - maybe something (like this) I have not thought of for myself... much different working with systems, and ones own...
as far as not understanding how the killer can do anything (useful), well, I'm not the right person to ask, does it, as I can see, sure, some, smooths out when things get very busy, just seems the game flows bit better, fear, ok, first I suck at playing games, helps be get the first shot most times... so, ya it works, why, don't know, don't really care.
Games using PhysX, patches seem to be coming more and more - all I can say, can you see the difference, I think yes, when your playing the game do you see things looking better, I don't, just me, however I know it works if you play the game just to watch for the effects...
Thinking of passing on keeping both cards actually, use the teamed NIC on my Asus Striker board and look to the next toy...
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