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ATOJAR
08-29-09, 11:06 AM
As i plan on always buying the best single GFX card i can afford because im not a huge sli fan i thought why not buy a physx card, What would be the best/cheapest card to buy i can use for a nvidia physx only card that i can use now but but i could also use as a physx card when the next gen-cards come out?

Is the price vs performance worth it?

Any suggestions?
Apheleon
08-29-09, 01:36 PM
first
Apheleon
08-29-09, 01:40 PM
it Does not seem to use another different card for a combination of the single physical card
bob saget
08-29-09, 01:47 PM
I'd recommend 8800GT and newer. I actually have a older 8800GTS 640 but I am not really keen on using it because of the extra heat it will create and the result will not be huge.
ATOJAR
08-29-09, 08:21 PM
Hmm, Im hearing good things about using a dedicated physx card in the new batman demo!
ATOJAR
09-01-09, 06:44 AM
So guys i have the option to buy a 8800GT 512MB for £30 from a mate, I was going to use it as a decicated physx card. What do you reckon? Is it worth doing?
newparad1gm
09-01-09, 11:32 AM
It'll be decent, but you have to be careful of your power supply. I'm not sure if your 580W PSU can handle another video card with all that other hardware its already powering. I got a 9600 GT low-power edition (doesn't require an extra power connector from the PSU for my PhysX needs).
bob saget
09-01-09, 01:02 PM
It'll be decent, but you have to be careful of your power supply. I'm not sure if your 580W PSU can handle another video card with all that other hardware its already powering. I got a 9600 GT low-power edition (doesn't require an extra power connector from the PSU for my PhysX needs).

^that :)
ATOJAR
09-01-09, 01:47 PM
It'll be decent, but you have to be careful of your power supply. I'm not sure if your 580W PSU can handle another video card with all that other hardware its already powering. I got a 9600 GT low-power edition (doesn't require an extra power connector from the PSU for my PhysX needs).

Yip im aware of that ... I can get a nearly new OCZ Stealth XStream 600W to do me over for close to nothing, Reckon that would be enough?
XDanger
09-01-09, 02:50 PM
I killed some of my drives using a gtx260 and 8800gt for physx with a Hiper 580w PSU even with a VGA PSU.
If the numbers for that 600w OCZ don't add up get a 750w instead.


Looks like theres only 2x 6pins on it anyway, Thats not a good sign...

get this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-PP&utm_source=froogle
ATOJAR
09-01-09, 04:40 PM
Dont really have the funds at the moment to splash out £90 for a new psu ... Especially now that i have just spend £490 on new memory, motherboard and cpu, The wife will go mental lol.

I did plan in a few months time on getting a good branded 1000w+ psu.

The 600w OCZ was gonna be free ... Well a straight swapp with my psu.
ATOJAR
09-01-09, 04:43 PM
Dont really have the funds at the moment to splash out £90 for a new psu ... Especially now that i have just spend £490 on new memory, motherboard and cpu, The wife will go mental lol.

I did plan in a few months time on getting a good branded 1000w+ psu.

The 600w OCZ was gonna be free ... Well a straight swapp with my psu.

EDIT: My plan was to get something like this >Click Me (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129283)< in a couple of months time.
XDanger
09-01-09, 06:42 PM
You only use 1 hdd so that OCZ is probably enough until you get that 1kw