I have an old x86 Win XP Pro machine with a 256MB GeForce 8600GT and a 128MB Ageia PhysX PCI card. As you can imagine, I'm not getting very good results out of Batman: AA with that setup. I'm not even sure my PhysX card is even doing anything anymore, to be quite honest; it used to make a difference in games like City of Villains and the UT3 PhysX maps but I don't see a difference with it in Batman AA at all.
In any event, given that I have a very narrow upgrade path (single PCIE x16 slot), not a ton of money to spend, and primarily play UT3/BatmanAA, would I be better off just pulling the PhysX card completely & going with a 1GB GTS 250 or would there be a point to keeping the PhysX card and getting a lesser GPU? Ever since nVidia swallowed up Ageia I've been kind of lost & confused about the whole PhysX scenario. It was cool while it lasted? Anyone have any ideas?
In any event, given that I have a very narrow upgrade path (single PCIE x16 slot), not a ton of money to spend, and primarily play UT3/BatmanAA, would I be better off just pulling the PhysX card completely & going with a 1GB GTS 250 or would there be a point to keeping the PhysX card and getting a lesser GPU? Ever since nVidia swallowed up Ageia I've been kind of lost & confused about the whole PhysX scenario. It was cool while it lasted? Anyone have any ideas?