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Revs
01-14-09, 01:51 PM
.. on one mobo.. at the same time? Just wondering. If so can it be done on any mobo with two PCI-Ex slots?

I suspect having both sets of drivers installed might cause problems, amirite?
DeusGear
01-14-09, 02:06 PM
It may be possible under windows xp but not vista. Vista only allows one display driver model (I'm not sure if win 7 is the same as vista or xp in that regard).
Revs
01-15-09, 04:34 AM
It may be possible under windows xp but not vista. Vista only allows one display driver model (I'm not sure if win 7 is the same as vista or xp in that regard).

Cheers :)
LordJuanlo
01-15-09, 04:58 AM
Maybe nVidia could develop a special driver without graphics that only enabled PhysX on their cards, it would be a great addon for ATI cards. I would buy an old nVidia card if I could do this
Revs
01-16-09, 02:32 AM
Maybe nVidia could develop a special driver without graphics that only enabled PhysX on their cards, it would be a great addon for ATI cards. I would buy an old nVidia card if I could do this

Very good point, that would be a great idea :)
rage10
01-16-09, 07:33 AM
Maybe nVidia could develop a special driver without graphics that only enabled PhysX on their cards, it would be a great addon for ATI cards. I would buy an old nVidia card if I could do this

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_9.09.0010_whql.html
Is this it?
Tr1cK
01-16-09, 07:38 AM
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_9.09.0010_whql.html
Is this it?

I would like to know if this would work as well.

I had tried my 4850 and 8800 on my old SLI board with Vista and it was a no-go because of the driver model issue.
LordJuanlo
01-16-09, 09:19 AM
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_9.09.0010_whql.html
Is this it?

This is the standalone PhysX driver but I think it needs an nVidia graphics driver too if you want hardware acceleration. Otherwise it will work in software mode only