Aug 26, 2009 #1 R RookieCAF Limp Gawd Joined Feb 4, 2005 Messages 128 Ok I know its an AMD board, No SLI which is fine, but the second full size PCIE Slot if used drops em both to x8 bandwidth. If I wanted to use, say a 9600GT Low Power as a PhysX card would that negatively impact the performance of my GTX260?
Ok I know its an AMD board, No SLI which is fine, but the second full size PCIE Slot if used drops em both to x8 bandwidth. If I wanted to use, say a 9600GT Low Power as a PhysX card would that negatively impact the performance of my GTX260?
Aug 27, 2009 #3 S shadow_419 Gawd Joined Apr 10, 2006 Messages 602 It drops the first one down to x8 if you run crossfire. I don't think it'll drop down the first slot to x8 if your not running crossfire.
It drops the first one down to x8 if you run crossfire. I don't think it'll drop down the first slot to x8 if your not running crossfire.
Aug 27, 2009 #4 R RookieCAF Limp Gawd Joined Feb 4, 2005 Messages 128 OK, Cool. I'll give this PhysX thing a shot.
Aug 27, 2009 #5 S shadow_419 Gawd Joined Apr 10, 2006 Messages 602 Just try it and report back. If it drops down to x8 for your 260 and your fps suffer just ditch the stand alone physics idea.
Just try it and report back. If it drops down to x8 for your 260 and your fps suffer just ditch the stand alone physics idea.