Will NVIDIA PhysX Benefit Performance...
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Hard to tell. You should have it on if you play PhysX maps. Frame rates will be smoother, maybe not higher, if you enable it on regular maps. I would use it to relieve the CPU but then again I might use an even better GPU.
Some site should really test this and review the new nVidia PhysX dirver on most current GeForce cards. Enabling PhysX is probably useful in several games.
Some site should really test this and review the new nVidia PhysX dirver on most current GeForce cards. Enabling PhysX is probably useful in several games.
I tried the 177 drivers just yesterday in UT3 on the PhysX maps.
I got a LOT better gameplay than when I tried those same maps using the Aegis software drivers.
I'm using (2) 8800gtx cards in SLI -- Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
HOWEVER, my UT2004 performance when to crap -- massive stuttering, to the point where it was almost impossible to play.
My CoD4 played better, actually, with a more consistent frame rate.
I got a LOT better gameplay than when I tried those same maps using the Aegis software drivers.
I'm using (2) 8800gtx cards in SLI -- Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
HOWEVER, my UT2004 performance when to crap -- massive stuttering, to the point where it was almost impossible to play.
My CoD4 played better, actually, with a more consistent frame rate.
http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=620375&highlight=hangs&page=3
I am not the only one have look at the link.
I am not the only one have look at the link.
Pretty much what happened to me when I got the new drivers: UT3 being the only game which crashed always.
No problems here. No noticable performance difference though I haven't been paying much attention, no drops to take note of. Gibbing seems different, but that's it.
That's great to hear, I pulled out my 8800 in favor of a 7950 in order to play ut2k4. I want to make absolutely sure it's going to work before I put it in again.
With the clutter in my case, its a total pain to work in there, especially with a card of that size. When I switched cards, the sata power to my HD got pulled out, and I couldn't get that flimsy connector back in, so I used one of the two molex that used to power the 8800. I'm not looking forward to jerking that sata around again. I really need a full tower :/
Closer to two years, and I'm still pretty steamed about it. I bought an 8800 GTX when it was new - I paid a premium price for it - for the express purpose of playing ut2k4 with the most graphically-intensive mods in the largest and most detailed of maps without having to worry about hitching or anything. I was so confused when I put it in my rig, and the game was running WORSE than the 7800 that I had in before it. I thought I had a defective card. Confusion quickly turned to anger when I was told it was a "driver issue" and it just went unsolved for months and months and months and months.
It's great that it's working now, but if I knew their XP drivers were borked up at the time, I could have just waited to buy the damn thing, and I would have spent a lot less money. I feel ripped off
UT3 would keep crashing, but after a fresh install on a new HDD (new os and all), it runs perfectly.
