View Full Version : Nvidea enables physx support for 8th & 9th series cards *driver update*
viatrophy 08-12-2008, 02:01 PM You can pick up the driver update here.
http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcewithin/us/download.asp
You can also grab a few tech demos + some ut3 maps which look awesome.
NeedlessMystery 08-12-2008, 03:05 PM Heard about this on a few podcasts, great move by Nvidia. I'm running only one 8600gt now, but I might get a newer card and switch my 8600 to a physics card.
AcesHigh4895 08-12-2008, 03:07 PM Sweet, thanks for the tip.
slik1000 08-12-2008, 03:25 PM Wait, so it'll work as botha GPU and a PPU? at the same time.
NeedlessMystery 08-12-2008, 03:38 PM Wait, so it'll work as botha GPU and a PPU? at the same time.
Really? That'd be amazing. I was under the impression that you just used your old cards solely as PPU.
AcesHigh4895 08-12-2008, 03:40 PM Has anyone tried Warmonger yet?
slik1000 08-12-2008, 03:46 PM Really? That'd be amazing. I was under the impression that you just used your old cards solely as PPU.
I'm not sure, could someone please tell us? I may buy another 9600 and use it as a Physx. the UT3 stuff is brilliant with Physx
viatrophy 08-12-2008, 03:50 PM Has anyone tried Warmonger yet?
Its okay, nothing special though.
Wait, so it'll work as botha GPU and a PPU? at the same time.
Correct, it does.
But only a little bit.
zbiggie 08-12-2008, 03:53 PM From the description it sounds more likely that the physics will just take prat of the processing power of the card, not change one of your cards to a physics only card.
slik1000 08-12-2008, 06:08 PM Yeah, it turns you GPU into a GPGPU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU) letting it run anything mathematical at a far better rate. It will also recognise SLi cards and split them depending on which needs to be used for which tasks. This is a pretty amazing change!
zbiggie 08-12-2008, 08:38 PM Yea this is great but I am still waiting on the news from AMD/ATI were they are making a CPU that will work as a GPU at the same time. So you buy one thing and only upgrade that every few years. Last I heard they was a few months ago but still very interesting s*** for me
slik1000 08-13-2008, 03:55 AM Nvidia, ATI and Intel (yeah Intel!) are going to be building a CPU/GPU. Basically all three noticed that when you are not playing a game [or another GPU heavy thing] you have crap-loads of spare space which could be used as CPU space. I can't decide if it's Intel getting into high-end graphics, or NVidia/ATI getting into high-end CPU.
zbiggie 08-13-2008, 02:26 PM Damn I really think this, C/GPU will be the PC golden age, were a lot of console gamers are going to be pulled to PC's just because instead of having to replace your whole PC they might be able to get away with just their C/GPU.
Diortem 08-13-2008, 03:22 PM When Im playing another game that supports it, I may do this.... but I want reviews of how well it works (because Im only running a 8600GTS)
slik1000 08-13-2008, 03:25 PM It's probably coming around the same time as DX11 (AKA Windows 7). I dont remember when that is though
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