Extra graphics card.

[amruth kiran]

I currently have a 9400gt 1 gb graphics card from nvidia and after two years now i am planning to upgrade my pc. I am thinking of a msi hd 6850. Can i couple my old card with this new one? I am seen some guys in the forum using these old cards are physx engines i guess. Some one care to explain how i too can do the same? And do post the mobo which is required. Thanks!

 

[avinandan012]

u can use that 9400gt as physx card but it will slow down(read bottleneck) your 6850.
6850 is a very good performer @ 720p. At 1080p u might have to settle for a lesser settings in some titles.

 

[Sujeet]

Post in complete rig and psu details .
You will need a good psu to handle 6850.

Anyway 9400gt cant handle latest phyx heavy games when dedicated entirely for physx rendering using nvidia sli profiles.

 

[ashis_lakra]

Try "Physx Mod" software, you can use that as Physx card . However, TBH I don't think it'll slow down your HD 6850 as your 9400GT will be dedicated for Physx processing only.

People are using them without complains in this forum only.

 

[Rajesh345]

PhysX GPUs


nvdia page showing 9400gt does not support physx

 

[Sujeet]

^^Ya ..9400gt isnt meant for physx.

 

[topgear]

for physx one needs a comaptible nvidia gpu with at-least 32 Stream Processors / CUDA Cores

 

[Rajesh345]

for physx one needs a comaptible nvidia gpu with at-least 32 Stream Processors / CUDA Cores

but one think i notice on 9400 gt was , case telling it support physx *www.planeta-informatica.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/pr_xfx9400gt1.jpg

 

[amruth kiran]

Mine does support physx. I 've been using it for 2 years now. There's even an option in the nvidia control panel . I just played arkham city with physx enabled.

 

[dibya_kol]

Even i did use hardware physx on 8200 ( onboard gpu of xfx 8200 mobo, yes,on 16sp).. it was unplayable though. i forgot which nvidia driver i used (may be 258.96) + PhysX-mod-1.03 .. only got 3-5 fps in batman AA.
@op u can use 94gt as a physx card but it would be damn slow, even in low physx settings it can't handle hardware physx. anything bellow 96gt won't give u satisfactory performance. but if u want, u can give a try at least ..

 

[avinandan012]

cosider atleast a 450 for hardware physx

 

[dibya_kol]

with my 240 gt, i have played batman AA and AC, metro 2033, mafia 2 in high physx (got avg 30-40fps in most of the titles).
For physx, more Cuda core = more fps in physx, that is the simple math.

 

[Cilus]

cosider atleast a 450 for hardware physx

That's not true, a GT 240 GDDR3/GDDR5 or GT 430 is very much okay with PhysX.

i play Batman Arkham City @ 1920X1080 with everything set to highest, including PhysX and get 60 to 65 FPS all the time. BTW, my card is GT 240 1 GB GDDR5, not the old 8800 GT as shown in my siggy. It was burnt during a voltage fluctuation.

9400GT for PhysX...joke of the day, nothing will run, you need 32 SP or a 9500 GT for it.

 

[slashragnarok]

9500 gt is the lowest 9 series card with Physx supported I think.

 

[dibya_kol]

^^ yes u r absolutly right cilus. in dx9 mode physx and others set to max, me also got avg 50 fps in batman ac with 240gt(1gb ddr3) ..
As i said early, 94gt can be use as a physx card, but it can't handle any games out there even physx set to low.

 

[amruth kiran]

Okay okay. I get it i'll just buy a good mid range card. A hd 6850 or a gtx 550/560.
That would be enough i guess

 

[Sujeet]

go for msi 6850 then.

 

[amruth kiran]

Sujeet- you read my mind.

 

[avinandan012]

@ cilus that's true a 240 will get job done but a 450 will be better if op can find one , cause some are selling 4xx series cards they have that's why i suggested

 

[dibya_kol]

@OP, if u don't bother about physx then go for 6850 or 7770. But if u do need physx go for 560/560ti.
BTW, what psu and cpu u have got ?
And at which res do u game ?