Nvidia GTX280/260 and 9800GTX/+ 177.39 Beta Driver with PhysX-Support

[bowman]

Adding a conspiracy theory to the mix...perhaps the G92 has some "magic" in the core which means the Physics support is better than the G80?!?! perhaps even less of a performance hit
John

No. The only special sauce here is the Nvidia new-drivers-for-new-cards-first-in-order-to-sell-2006-tech-as-new-tech-to-idiots BBQ sauce.

Really jumps my cables that they're shafting 8800 owners like this when we all know that the G92 is just a die-shrink (and a gimped one at that).

[Anemone]

I recall recently reading that the 260/280 have much increased registers in the chip, which gives me some speculation now, with the physx thing, that they may have been preparing for a chip meant to do both things at once and not lose "as much" fps.

I know it's too early to tell but I can sure see some games costing you fps just to go off and do your physx calcs. But the question will be how much, or on very high end chips, if at all? Still this thread is like kids in a candy shop and much fun to read.

[Luka_Aveiro]

no im not confused, your just too high... :P

what? O_O

think back when the 8xxx cards were released, they said back then they would eventually make the 8xxx cards support physX on die..

please dont tell me you forgot that already guys, that was one of the reasons i was happy to buy my GTX

I don't know man... R600 could also do Physx on-die, claimed by ATI...

Anyway, i hope physx on a single GPU won't cost much performance.

I am waiting UT3 excessive memory usage to get fixed, I am really looking forward to see physx on those maps decently

[xVeinx]

Any of the graphics cards from the last few generations can do physics on the card, it mostly has to do with efficiency and what API is made available for companies to develop with. The PhysX thing from nvidia right now is all marketing and release of a newer client. Whether or not nvidia will allow certain cards to support PhysX is up to them, but lets not kid ourselves here...

[dsaraolu]

8800GT, 177.26, PhysX, Vista Ultimate 64 work fine

[Kai Robinson]

dsaraolu - what did you install to get it working? Other than the drivers? Is there an x64 physx installer?

[dsaraolu]

Only Vista Ultimate 64 with SP1, 3DMark Vantage with v.101 hotfix, 177.26 driver, Nvidia PhysX 8 06 12 driver.

177.39 Vista 64 driver, this version is OK.

8800GT, 174.74 driver, Nvidia PhysX, Windows XP SP3 , need benchmark testing.

[giorgos th.]

is there any modded 177.39 inf for XP 32bit and GX2??
i`ve missed a lot of episodes i see...

[kemo]

Only Vista Ultimate 64 with SP1, 3DMark Vantage with v.101 hotfix, 177.26 driver, Nvidia PhysX 8 06 12 driver.

177.39 Vista 64 driver, this version is OK.

8800GT, 174.74 driver, Nvidia PhysX, Windows XP SP3 , need benchmark testing.

I was looking for the same thing , benchmark for XP but i dont thing that it will work because nvcuda.dll is not available with that driver , i have started to thing that 177.XX is a must .

[lowfat]

dsaraolu - what did you install to get it working? Other than the drivers? Is there an x64 physx installer?

read the first post in the thread, the PhysX's drivers are posted there. I have it enabled in Vista 64-bit without any issues.

[Kai Robinson]

I *have* read the first post - the drivers do nothing at all. Theres no control panel either.

[lowfat]

The control panel is completely separate from the display drivers. It is in the Start Menu, under NVIDIA Corporation, PhysX Control Panel. If it ain't there try reinstall the PhysX driver.

[Kai Robinson]

Aaaaah - it looks like it works now....

I shall attempt to play UT3 later on....once i have it

As for Vantage, well...erm...i'll go download it, but it'll take me a few hours to get it

[lowfat]

Aaaaah - it looks like it works now....

I shall attempt to play UT3 later on....once i have it

As for Vantage, well...erm...i'll go download it, but it'll take me a few hours to get it

awaiting results.

[Kunaak]

I tried this in Cellfactor today...

doesnt work.
which is kinda disappointing considering its about the only game I can think of meant exclusivly for physx.

[lowfat]

single 8800Gt stock and a stock E8400. Seems alright.

[Decami]

I tried this in Cellfactor today...

doesnt work.
which is kinda disappointing considering its about the only game I can think of meant exclusivly for physx.

omg are you serious, that is extremely disappointing being that its really the only game where you actually "use" and "have fun" with the actual physics in the game. Hope support comes sometime soon in the future.

[lowfat]

Pretty sure it was stated that the Nvidia PhysX only works with UT3 and Vantage right now.

[Kai Robinson]

Finally downloaded and voila:



Thats with the specs as shown in my sig.

[dsaraolu]

8800GT, 177.39 with mod .inf, PhysX, Vista Ultimate 64 work fine

[dsaraolu]

+ overclock 8800GT@700/2000 MHz

[dsaraolu]

+overclock 8800GT@700/2000 & E6750@3800 MHz

[spajdr]

Yeah, its pretty weird that just vantage and UT III are now supported, why not other UE3 games? if you look at what installed physX engines are installed, they are all previous, at least demos under demo tab works lol

[fireice2]

Has anyone tried multiple GPU's for this? Like running one card exclusive for PhysX and the other for display?

Anyone can help me run the 9800GTX for my main, and the 8800GT as my physx card? I cannot see that select GPU as physX tab under settings.

[Luka_Aveiro]

Yeah, its pretty weird that just vantage and UT III are now supported, why not other UE3 games? if you look at what installed physX engines are installed, they are all previous, at least demos under demo tab works lol

Myabe they need to create a Physx profile for each game? I don't know man, UT3 is supported but it has memory usage problems, and this is one the first Physx driver (afaik) for PhysX on GPU, so maybe later we'll get better support...