Can I use hybrid PhysX?

[1zacster]

I want to upgrade my gpu, and all I have on hand is a 560 ti. Can I buy say a 850w psu, pop the 560 ti in my secondary pcie (x16) slot, throw say a r9 280x in the primary, get drivers working, and then have physX with an amd card? I have read in the past about nvidia disabling physX in hybrid systems and needing hacked drivers, though can;t find anything about whether this is still true or not.

 

[Jake Wenta]

I want to upgrade my gpu, and all I have on hand is a 560 ti. Can I buy say a 850w psu, pop the 560 ti in my secondary pcie (x16) slot, throw say a r9 280x in the primary, get drivers working, and then have physX with an amd card? I have read in the past about nvidia disabling physX in hybrid systems and needing hacked drivers, though can;t find anything about whether this is still true or not.

No. You would need the same chip for it to work in SLI/crossfire.
If you want Advanced PhysX you'll need Nvidia BUT!!!
You can use nVidia's PhysX on AMD GPU's. You download it from nvidias site, the only difference is that now the CPU is handling it rather than the GPU.

 

[Mousemonkey]

I think the OP might want to read the forum linked to as it seems the Genl hack is still being updated after all.

http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/22136-how-to-fix-hybrid-physx-with-latest-physx-and-geforce-285-solved.html

 

[Jake Wenta]

I think the OP might want to read the forum linked to as it seems the Genl hack is still being updated after all.

http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/22136-how-to-fix-hybrid-physx-with-latest-physx-and-geforce-285-solved.html

I thought hacked drivers only worked for sli/crossfire of the same provider. nVidia with nVidia or AMD with AMD.
Didn't think they were able to run AMD with nVidia.

 

[Mousemonkey]

I think the OP might want to read the forum linked to as it seems the Genl hack is still being updated after all.

http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/22136-how-to-fix-hybrid-physx-with-latest-physx-and-geforce-285-solved.html

I thought hacked drivers only worked for sli/crossfire of the same provider. nVidia with nVidia or AMD with AMD.
Didn't think they were able to run AMD with nVidia.

That is the whole point and need for hacked drivers. If you only have an AMD card then PhysX will only run on the CPU, as far as I'm aware you still can't get PhysX to run on an AMD GPU.

 

[Jake Wenta]

I think the OP might want to read the forum linked to as it seems the Genl hack is still being updated after all.

http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/22136-how-to-fix-hybrid-physx-with-latest-physx-and-geforce-285-solved.html

I thought hacked drivers only worked for sli/crossfire of the same provider. nVidia with nVidia or AMD with AMD.
Didn't think they were able to run AMD with nVidia.

That is the whole point and need for hacked drivers. If you only have an AMD card then PhysX will only run on the CPU, as far as I'm aware you still can't get PhysX to run on an AMD GPU.

No, but you can have it run off the CPU. But I thought the point want to SLI different chips. ie.: 660ti with 780. I was just unsure of its full capabilities. Thanks for the insight though

 

[Mousemonkey]

Actually it's funny that you mention that...

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158907

 

[Jake Wenta]

Actually it's funny that you mention that...

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158907

Yup, that's what I've seen before Wonder if they'll update soon for the 331 drivers.