ATI display with Nvidia Physics?

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was bored, ordred a xfx 5870 to use as my main display.

ATM i have a gtx285.

After i install the 5870 would i beable to keep the gtx285 as a physics card? or no?
 
Yes, on Windows 7 if you have the proper motherboard/power supply. It does require 2 monitor cables and you need older drivers.
 
yea im on windows 7 with a x58 board and a good enough PS. how would the two monitor cables work?
 
why not sell the 285 while the value is still high to offset your new purchase? if you still want physx, i would just get something cheap like a used 9800gt.
 
Using the latest drivers, if the system even sniffs that there is an ATI card plugged in, PhysX will not work.
 
TalonMan said:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=231624

Well for all those who have have used Nvidia cards for PhysX and ATI cards to render graphics in Windows 7...All that is about to change.

Since the release of 186 graphics drivers Nvidia has decided to disable PhysX anytime a Non-Nvidia GPU is even present in the same PC. Nvidia again has shot themselves in the foot here and showed they are not customer oriented. Since they are pushing Physx this will not win over any ATI fanboys with this latest decision.

Here is a copy of the email I received from Nvidia support confirming what they have done.

Quote:
"Hello JC,

Ill explain why this function was disabled.

Physx is an open software standard any company can freely develop hardware or software that supports it. Nvidia supports GPU accelerated Physx on NVIDIA GPUs while using NVIDIA GPUs for graphics. NVIDIA performs extensive Engineering, Development, and QA work that makes Physx a great experience for customers. For a variety of reasons - some development expense some quality assurance and some business reasons NVIDIA will not support GPU accelerated Physx with NVIDIA GPUs while GPU rendering is happening on non- NVIDIA GPUs. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused but I hope you can understand.

Best Regards,
Troy
NVIDIA Customer Care"
So this really confirms that PhysX will be doomed as an adopted API regardless how hard Nvidia pushes it as a result of action like this.


Using the latest drivers, if the system even sniffs that there is an ATI card plugged in, PhysX will not work.
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eg.. while they claim its open software.. they have by default turned it into a proprietary software.. good job nvidia.. cant wait to get rid of my 8800GT's..
 
TIWizard said:
You have to search around for instructions... I am googling now.

Try these threads:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265393-33-4830-graphics-nvidia-9500gt-physx

But see this note:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=302135

That is why you need to find older drivers for the NVidia card, but it works.
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I thought you had to have the newest drivers for Batman so what good does this do? also upcoming physx games are likely going to require newer drivers so why go through the hassle for this anyway?
 
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