Is a dedicated physics card a good idea ?

I am building a new system.

I need to know if if i should get a physics card in addition to a graphics card ?

building computers system computer card graphics physic

asked Jun 25 '10 at 02:11

techntux
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Thank you to everyone for your answers , they are very appreciated =D

(Dec 01 '10 at 00:36) techntux

4 Answers:

0	As far as I know most graphics cards come with a phyics processor included. answered Jun 25 '10 at 04:36 BeigeGenius 251●2●3●10 Most new Nvidia cards come with PhysX, an onboard PPU. AMD/ATI has nothing of the sort. (Nov 30 '10 at 21:01) HHBones

there obsolete.

not sure about ATI, but you get it guilt into the Nvidia cards now.

answered Jun 25 '10 at 15:47

roguekiller23231
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I think he wants to run an ATI card with an Nvidia card for Physx.

(Nov 30 '10 at 11:55) quinny707

he could run ATI hybrid physics, but i think now the ATI cards do have a physix processing.

(Dec 01 '10 at 15:18) roguekiller23231

0	My friend had purchased as PhysX card and said it made no difference. Most nVidia cards (practically all the new ones) have PhysX built in. answered Nov 30 '10 at 12:06 recck 3.2k●3●22●52

0	The only difference would be in games, and the games that support PPUs are O-L-D. And about 8 games support PhysX, and you or I would only play 3 or 4 of them, and that is if we each had a library of a few hundred games. It's not worth it. answered Nov 30 '10 at 21:02 HHBones 4.1k●61●82●118

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