960 more effective than 750ti

[DcUlreich]

Is a 960 more effective than a 750 Ti if it is used as a dedicated PhysX card?

 

[barto]

No not really. I read a thread about a year about discussing Physx cards and the better options were entry level GPUs that had higher frequencies and even overclocked. What is your primary GPU?

 

[photonboy]

1) Any card used as PhysX can actually SLOW DOWN the game if the main GPU is kept waiting for it to finish.

2) Games vary by how much PhysX processing is done so testing would have to be done on an individual game basis by testing with and without the PhysX card. And some games have multiple levels of PhysX (Low, HIGH..).

3) Testing on a few games suggested a bare minimum of HALF the processing of the main card for some games but that also created a bottleneck for others.

Let's be CLEAR, it's not about an "entry level card with higher frequency" but rather the raw processing power of the card for PhysX. A GTX750Ti is not going to be a better choice than a GTX960 in any scenario for PhysX though both may not work well depending on the main card.

4) An IDENTICAL card (not in SLI, but one as PhysX) in a few games only gained about 15%.

*Long story short, it's hard to justify a card for PhysX. The ONLY scenario I'd even suggest it would be for an SLI setup such as 2xGTX970 for games that don't run as smooth in SLI. Thus dedicate the 2nd card for PhysX; frame rate would be higher than a single card but lower than two in SLI however it would run as SMOOTH as one card.

 

[i7Baby]

If you have a good primary GPU and a good CPU there's no need for a separate graphics card at all.

 

[DcUlreich]

My main GPU is a 780 Ti

And thanks for not shouting ''don't buy a dedicated PhysX card!!''

 

[i7Baby]

PhysX loads both GPU and CPU. The load increase on a GTX780Ti will hardly be noticeable. But a GTX750Ti would be more than enough to take over the GPU part of the load.

 

[DcUlreich]

The reason I ask because I want to know if I should rather buy a 960 to handle the PhysX in Witcher 3 and Batman Arkham knight than a 750Ti since I assume the hair Physics in Withcer 3 gonna be quite intensive.

 

[DcUlreich]

PhysX loads both GPU and CPU. The load increase on a GTX780Ti will hardly be noticeable. But a GTX750Ti would be more than enough to take over the GPU part of the load.

According to those who have played the Witcher 3 (Gopher etc..) the PhysX simply ''kills'' the GPU.

 

[i7Baby]

Yes it can vary from game to game. Like AA. But a 750Ti should be more than enough.

 

[DcUlreich]

Yes it can vary from game to game. Like AA. But a 750Ti should be more than enough.

Ok, thanks

 

[LocutusEstBorg]

In Batman, the 960 increases the minimum framerate by 27 fps compared to 5 fps from the 750 Ti.