Is the GeForce GT 240 any good for PhysX?

[supa-fly]

I will be running ATI as my primary 3D gpu, and was thinking of getting a dedicated PPU. Im considering the GeForce GT 240, since its the most powerfull yet less power hungry card (Not requiring 6 pin power cable)

So anyone tried this out for a dedicated Physx PPU? What are your thoughts, experience, and suggestions?

Heres the specs...

GPU Clock 550 MHz
Shader Clock 1340 MHz
Stream Processors 96
Bus Type PCI-E 2.0
Memory Interface Bus (bit) 128
Memory Size 1024 MB
Memory Clock 1600 - 3400 MHz
Microsoft® DirectX® Support
Shader Model Support 4.1
Open GL Optimization and Support
Minimum Power Requirement 350W

http://www.xfxforce.com/en-gb/produc...s/240GT.aspx#2

[Envydia007]

Its more than enough for PhysX.

[Frag Maniac]

Here's some bench results to give you an idea: http://physxinfo.com/news/1278/gt-24...rd-benchmarks/

[supa-fly]

Here's some bench results to give you an idea: http://physxinfo.com/news/1278/gt-24...rd-benchmarks/

Cool, thanks for the link. Ordered the GT240 after I saw those benchies

[rouge]

I was going to go with a 9600GT to compliment my GTX-260 since it's cheaper, but looking at those results I'm wondering if the 240 would be the better PhsX card.

[bito]

The GT 240 would use less power too.

[NaMcO]

Wonder if it can run passive... Extremely interesting...

EDIT: Jesus!!

[MrDiaz]

Not many titles support PhysX anyway....

[Gaul]

5870 + 240 ( with bifrost cooler )

[supa-fly]

Not many titles support PhysX anyway....

Yeh but still... for some of the cool titles that do have PhysX, a GT240 for about 50 bucks (Euros) is a very cheap and easy addon.

5870 + 240 ( with bifrost cooler )

Looking good... nice scores Cant wait to get mine

[bito]

Gaul...do you have to use the 195.81 drivers or do the 196's work too with the mod ?
Thanks

[Tumizz]

what about the 8600gt for physx? is it enough?

[Salamndar]

what about the 8600gt for physx? is it enough?

No, you need at least a 8600GTS to run physX, and I do recomend a GTS240 or GTS 250 for that task.

[Dahmer]

Gaul...do you have to use the 195.81 drivers or do the 196's work too with the mod ?
Thanks

I'm using 196.21 drivers for my 8800GT, they work pretty well

[KoHaN69]

what about the 8600gt for physx? is it enough?

It's not the best option, but you can use it for PhysX, and it will be much faster than just software

[Gaul]

Looking good... nice scores Cant wait to get mine

Thanx m8

Gaul...do you have to use the 195.81 drivers or do the 196's work too with the mod ?
Thanks

i use 196.34


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[xman01]

lol more heatsink than card

btw does memory size (1gb/512mb) impact noticeably on physx

[ohms]

do you have to install the the actual nvidia graphics drivers or just the physx drivers?

[Gaul]

lol more heatsink than card

btw does memory size (1gb/512mb) impact noticeably on physx

well as long as I see BATMAN need 412 MB 4 PhysX

do you have to install the the actual nvidia graphics drivers or just the physx drivers?

yup, install nvidia driver first, not only physX

[[XC] Oj101]

After seeing this I'm thinking my idea of buying a GTX260 now and Fermi soon then demoting my GTX260 to PhysX should rather end up as:

Fermi: Graphics + crunching while idle
GTX260: Crunching 24/7
GT240: PhysX + crunching while idle

Is that a better idea?

[acicula]

Yeh but still... for some of the cool titles that do have PhysX, a GT240 for about 50 bucks (Euros) is a very cheap and easy addon.

Unfortunatly a 1GB GDDR version costs double that, 100 euros, which doesnt seem worth it

After seeing this I'm thinking my idea of buying a GTX260 now and Fermi soon then demoting my GTX260 to PhysX should rather end up as:

Fermi: Graphics + crunching while idle
GTX260: Crunching 24/7
GT240: PhysX + crunching while idle

Is that a better idea?

Well the 240 draws 50W or so tops? so you wont notice that probably, you'll notice a fermi or 260 crunching though, both chruching together takes 400W or so?

[[XC] Oj101]

So perhaps I should add one anyway, would you say their price/performance factor for crunching is quite good?

[insurgent]

Looks good, a question though, is it alright to put these "physx" cards on 4x slots? I hope performance isn't affected much, if at all. Also, ATI+Nv drivers only works in windows 7? Do we need cracks/patches for this?

[Musho]

What's a good GT240 card? I'm looking for a single slot one, so it doesn't take up too much space. But I would also like to be able to control the voltage, so I'll have a bigger OC headroom. Can anyone recommend me a good one? Or can you control the voltage on all GT240 models? Then I'll just go with whatever is cheapest, while still being single slot and GDDR5.

[Frag Maniac]

What's a good GT240 card? I'm looking for a single slot one, so it doesn't take up too much space. But I would also like to be able to control the voltage, so I'll have a bigger OC headroom. Can anyone recommend me a good one? Or can you control the voltage on all GT240 models? Then I'll just go with whatever is cheapest, while still being single slot and GDDR5.

There's a pretty good deal on this one right now. It's single slot and I'm pretty sure with EVGA's Precision app you can adjust voltage.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-530-_-Product

...or this one for $10 less:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130533