Phyx or 2 gpus?

[endermanac]

Ok so if i hypothetically had a 1050ti and a 1060 6gb and I'm using them for gaming (Not sli) and so I use the 1060 for rendering graphics n everything and if I dedicate the 1050to for phyx will it give me more fps? Or will I be better off with just the 1060 6gb? (Honeslty idk what's physx)

 

[ThatVietGuy]

You'd be better off with the GTX 1060 by itself.

 

[JoeMomma]

Honeslty idk what's physx

Usually physics calculations are done by your CPU.
Have you ever seen a tank driving 60 MPH over bumps while the barrel is moving up and down?
That's physics calculations keeping it aimed at a moving target a mile away while it's moving itself.
PhysX lets your video card do some of the work.

They used to sell dedicated physics cards until Nvidia figured out how to use a video card to do the same thing.

 

[dontlistentome]

If hypothetically a person had a 1050 Ti then thought "I wish I could get a 1060" but couldn't justify spending the money on it because then it means the purchase of the 1050 Ti was a waste of money...until they thought "I know! I'll use the 1050 Ti as a PhysX card!" and now the purchase of the 1050 Ti wasn't a waste of money then that person would be wrong.