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June 6th, 2008 15:00

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ok i have a dell xps m1730 laptop here video card is 2 cards NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT in sli config , system also has a ageia phsyx accelerator card in it , but now nvidia bought them out but all these new video cards still support it with a software patch "NVIDIA PhysX System Software " so would i get the same results pulling the card out and loading that software so my video card does it all ?

 

software is here..  http://www.nvidia.com/object/ageia_8.04.25_whql.html

 

 

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    Posted June 6th, 2008 16:00

    if u scrool to  1:20 and watch this video is  kinda exsplains it all ,

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWVH-HW3fW4

     

    or am i missing somthign here ?

  • kirkd

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    Posted June 6th, 2008 16:00

    No. The Ageia card does a different job than the video card. It does it's calculations via the CPU, while the graphics cards have their own processors.

     

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    Posted June 7th, 2008 02:00

    You've got a hardware solution, thanks to your Ageia PhysX card, and a hardware solution is invariably better than a software solution.

    Why remove the hardware, just to replace it with software?

     

    That video is advising anyone who doesn't already have an Ageia PhysX card, not to buy one, due to Nvidia's future plans for the product.

    It doesn't apply to those of us who already own the card :smileywink: 

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    Posted June 7th, 2008 04:00

     would do the same thing no? , dont see point in having the card in there , more heat and power  if i can just load the software for the card and its all the same..

     

     

    is there any page that exsplains useing software vs the hardware ?

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    Posted June 7th, 2008 05:00

    You can not use the software without the card being installed.
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    Posted June 7th, 2008 14:00

    if you watch the video  at the timestamp i noted ,  he exsplains that all new video  cards now hadle what the physx card did if you install the system software for it , as nvidia bought out igea,