NGOHQ.com brings news that all talk about the Hybrid PhysX mod that enables users to run a dedicated NVIDIA PhysX card along with an ATI video card has been banned on the EVGA forums. EVGA Forum moderator nordicjedi responded to a recent thread that was talking about the Hybrid PhysX mod and closed the thread stating “Sorry guys, but this thread must be locked here. We’ve stated multiple times in the past that discussion of the PhysX mod is not permitted on these forums, as it is a violation of Nvidia’s Intellectual Property rights. This is non-negotiable, and as a partner of Nvidia, we must also respect its rights. Next thread discussing the Physx mod will earn a warning.”
As you may or may not know, Nvidia has robbed its customers by disabling the PhysX technology (GPU and PPU) anytime a Non-Nvidia GPU is present in the system (even IGPs) since the release of 186 GeForce drivers. As predicted, the community responded critically and eventually a user by name of GenL created a patch that removes the blockage and reclaims the feature. This patch is justifiable since we believe if a user bought a GeForce card, he unquestionably deserves access to all its features.
Now, it has come to our attention that EVGA is preventing users from discussing the PhysX mod on their forums. “Sorry guys, but this thread must be locked here. We’ve stated multiple times in the past that discussion of the PhysX mod is not permitted on these forums, as it is a violation of Nvidia’s Intellectual Property rights. This is non-negotiable, and as a partner of Nvidia, we must also respect its rights. Next thread discussing the PhysX mod will earn a warning.” said nordicjedi, a forum moderator on EVGA.
YouTube user Skunk2K20 has made a really nice video and uploaded it to YouTube showing his XFX 5870 running with an XFX Nvidia 8800GS running as a dedicated PhysX Card. Check it out below.
YouTube user KilerChese has made two videos showing off GenL’s Hybrid PhysX Mod running on his ATI HD4870 X2 and his EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX( Dedicated PhysX Card). The video shows the screen running GPU-Z to confirm that both an ATI video card as the main renderer is running along with the 8800GT for dedicated PhysX and then run PhysX fluimark and several other PhysX benchmarks to see the performance difference running with the dedicated NVIDIA PhysX card makes. Check out the videos below.
ATI Drivers – Catalyst 10.3
Nvidia Drivers – GeForce 197.45
PhysX Driver – 9.10.0.0222(Included with Metro 2033)
CPU – i7 920 @ 2.66GHz
GPU – VisionTek HD 4870 X2
PhysX GPU – EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX @ 650/1500/1000
GenL’s Hybrid PhysX Mod does not work on single vendor, aka computers with only ATI video cards. You need an Nvidia GPU to make use of Nvidia PhysX because it requires CUDA to run. PhysX cards do not need full 16x PCI-E slots to work at maximum, an open 4x or even 1x slot will work, as shown in this article. http://physxinfo.com/news/880/dedicat…
For help and additional information on GenL’s Hybrid PhysX Mod please go to NGOHQ.com. There you can talk with other users about their experiences with Hybrid PhysX and get the latest Hybrid PhysX update’s on the forums.
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