I am running a 8800GT right now and I read that you can add another card for physx. I am wondering how to get it to work on my extra 8600GTS?
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yes that works just fine. You'll need to go into the control panel and select raedon physx and choose the 8600 as the card to handle the physx.
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What kind of performance increase do this give?
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where do you enable the physx. i want to play with it.
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in the benchmarks ive seen its about a 10% fps gain, but i could be wrong.
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I can't find where to change the settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel..
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Have you installed the physics software/drivers?
Mine is located in control panel of windows btw..
Mine is located in control panel of windows btw..
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try google, ive seen it done numerous times.
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Where in the control panel??
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Start / All Programs / nVIDIA
In there if you have the PhysX Driver and Software.
In there if you have the PhysX Driver and Software.
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