PhysX Processor Qu

flier123

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Nov 21, 2014
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Hi,

I'm currently running a 4690k and a GTX 980. However I have an old 650 ti laying around, could I simply throw that into my system and set it as the pyhsx processor? Or is an SLI bridge or something else required?

Also If this was the case would I need to manually make sure the Geforce experience downloads 980 drivers rather than 650ti drivers?
 
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Yes you can try it out and see what benefits it offers in GPU accelerated PhysX games. I have seen benchmarks suggesting a significant boost from that pairing (980 + 650 Ti).

You definitely should not use a SLI bridge. For drivers, you will be installing your primary graphics card drivers for the 980 only. Be sure to install the PhysX driver component from the driver package. After that, select Auto under PhysX settings in the Nvidia Control Panel. You can enable the PhysX Visual Indicator to confirm in game which processor is handling PhysX.
Yes you can try it out and see what benefits it offers in GPU accelerated PhysX games. I have seen benchmarks suggesting a significant boost from that pairing (980 + 650 Ti).

You definitely should not use a SLI bridge. For drivers, you will be installing your primary graphics card drivers for the 980 only. Be sure to install the PhysX driver component from the driver package. After that, select Auto under PhysX settings in the Nvidia Control Panel. You can enable the PhysX Visual Indicator to confirm in game which processor is handling PhysX.
 
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