Thread: Mrs.P's new graphics card

Quote: Originally Posted by kinnsy Anyone know if you get these issues if you have an original Ageia PhysX card with an ATI GPU? See the latest edition of PC Format (233), page 104 - that's where I got the patch download and setup info from ..... Quote: ... the same drivers also stopped dedicated PPU's from the likes of Aegia and BFG being able to run if there was an ATI card doing the graphical work. Fortunately, a group has found...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pastie Slight change in plans - had a wee accident with me glasses which meant I had to give the optician just under £150 this morning for a new pair ........... Mrs.P's now going to have one of the spare 1Gb HD 4870's in her new case, along with a 9600 GSO Eco 512Mb for PhysX/CUDA, and a new NVidia card for chrissymoose That sounds better then the first plan! She still gets the case.. gets a better GPU...

I think Nv have done their best to scuttle that too, you would need to use older Phsyx drivers maybe, also i think the Ageia cards might not be up to the job anyway from what i have been reading.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pastie New patch out for Windows Kinnsy - been running it for a couple of days with the latest NVidia and ATI drivers 32 bit 64 bit what kind of patch is this? what does it do if i am running a nvidia card ?

That can be overrided by some "special" drivers

Anyone know if you get these issues if you have an original Ageia PhysX card with an ATI GPU?

Quote: Originally Posted by kinnsy You may want to reconsider that. Nvidia Disables PhysX in Presence of ATI GPU - Tom's Hardware Yep. That and ATI+nVIDIA drivers can work only on XP and 7 as Vista supports only one video driver. BUT, you could try with a driver from a couple of months back and see if it ATI+PhysX was still allowed.