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OK guys, here's the deal. I know I'm probably in for a bit of flaming since there are already a bajillion posts on which cards to use for physics processing, but with so many opinions and so many different tactics towards research, It's hard to find a mellow ground to go with.
I have two GTX465's in SLI, overclocked to 815/2100 (Stock cooling for now), and I am looking for a good card to go as a dedicated PhysX processor. Now, before anyone chimes in and says the twins are more than capable of handling the PhysX load, there's a couple reasons I want to do this. If I choose the right card, will I pick up a *few* FPS in PhysX titles? Sure. but above all, I'm doing this for the same reason 95% of the other users here would: Because we can. We like to overload our PC's with all sorts of equipment in the name of performance for that last ~5 FPS, and because we can. So, with that said, here is where the difficult part comes into play.
I COULD just grab a GTX260 and be done with it to make sure no corners were cut, but I'm running a foxconn destroyer board with an X-Meridian sandwiched in between the two 460's, so that only leaves me a single PCI-E x16 slot at the bottom of the board, and the case runs out of PCI openings after that. The card HAS to be a single slot card. I'm basically looking for the most powerful card I can cram into a single slot. After searching, it seems a 9800GT is my best bet, but I want to make sure I won't be doing more harm than good and slowing my 460's down instead of helping them if the 9800GT proves to be not up to the task. I would prefer a card that did not require any additional power connections as well, but this is not a must. I am also not closed to the idea of using an ATI card, hacked drivers permitting.
So guys, what all is out there at my disposal?
I have two GTX465's in SLI, overclocked to 815/2100 (Stock cooling for now), and I am looking for a good card to go as a dedicated PhysX processor. Now, before anyone chimes in and says the twins are more than capable of handling the PhysX load, there's a couple reasons I want to do this. If I choose the right card, will I pick up a *few* FPS in PhysX titles? Sure. but above all, I'm doing this for the same reason 95% of the other users here would: Because we can. We like to overload our PC's with all sorts of equipment in the name of performance for that last ~5 FPS, and because we can. So, with that said, here is where the difficult part comes into play.
I COULD just grab a GTX260 and be done with it to make sure no corners were cut, but I'm running a foxconn destroyer board with an X-Meridian sandwiched in between the two 460's, so that only leaves me a single PCI-E x16 slot at the bottom of the board, and the case runs out of PCI openings after that. The card HAS to be a single slot card. I'm basically looking for the most powerful card I can cram into a single slot. After searching, it seems a 9800GT is my best bet, but I want to make sure I won't be doing more harm than good and slowing my 460's down instead of helping them if the 9800GT proves to be not up to the task. I would prefer a card that did not require any additional power connections as well, but this is not a must. I am also not closed to the idea of using an ATI card, hacked drivers permitting.
So guys, what all is out there at my disposal?