I recently bought a new Radeon 6970 HD to replace my old Nvidia gtx 260 and since I haven't sold that yet, I wondered if I could just add it back in as a dedicated PhysX card. I found a tutorial how to do just that, but I ran into problems when plugging it back in. It has some trouble fitting in and I don't have enought power connectors for it. My PSU is OCZ Stealthxstream 600W and it has only 2 PCI-E connectors. However, I have 4 free molex-connectors and I discovered there are adapters to convert molex to PCI-E. Now I'd like to ask you guys if this is a viable option given that I can fit the thing in or will I run out of power. Also, if I do, should I get a new PSU or just forget it altogether.
Here are the rest of my specs:
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Edit:
Also an upgrade question:
Is there a viable option for a 775 socket processor better than a q6600? I'd get a new mobo if it wasn't for the fact I recently upgraded the old one and didn't realise to get one with a newer socket.
It is not worth it anyways. Running a weaker card as a dedicated PhysX card will just slow down your performance.
Ah ok then. Thanks.
...And I'm pretty sure you can't even use a nVidia card for PhysX when you're using an AMD card.
1) It does [B]not[/B] lower the performance of the other card.
2) You can run an Nvidia card as a PhysX card with hacked drivers.
Well then the question is back on the table.
[QUOTE=nikomo;31845197]1) It does [B]not[/B] lower the performance of the other card.
2) You can run an Nvidia card as a PhysX card with hacked drivers.[/QUOTE]
1) Sadly it can in some cases.
2) Yup, there should be some hacked drivers.
[editline]20th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=nikomo;31845197]1) It does [B]not[/B] lower the performance of the other card.
2) You can run an Nvidia card as a PhysX card with hacked drivers.[/QUOTE]
1) Sadly it can in some cases.
2) Yup, there should be some hacked drivers.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M[/media]
Unless the Nvidia card is as or almost as good as the AMD card you'll get a performance loss, in this
case you will get a performance loss as the GTX 260 is quite a lot worse than a 6970.
Oh, well thanks anyway!
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