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Does a PhysX card grant any benefit to gaming anymore? I'm planning on buying a 9800GTX+, but I keep hearing about the PhysX cards... I assume they're older tech and obsolete? After all, all the ones I see rely on an original PCI slot.



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Sorry, I was being a noob and didn't google it -.- And after seeing some of this footage from Youtube, I must say... HOT.... DAMN.

This will be one of my next purchases.
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Does a PhysX card grant any benefit to gaming anymore? I'm planning on buying a 9800GTX+, but I keep hearing about the PhysX cards... I assume they're older tech and obsolete? After all, all the ones I see rely on an original PCI slot.



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Nvidia bought Ageia a while ago and as a result they have enabled Physx to run on Nvidia graphics card. Due to this you wont need one as your 9800GTX will be able to do the physx that a PCI alternative could.

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Don't go buy one of those, nVidia bought Ageia, the company that makes those things a while ago and started implementing their tech in their graphics cards.

Easier said, if you buy an 9800GTX+ it's already included

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Fair enough. Future purchase canceled =)
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I did some tests with a physx card. The results are here:

http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/3726...eia-physx.html
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