Hardwareforyou.it has posted a really nice and in-depth, 10 minute long video to YouTube with detailed steb-by-step instruction on how to setup a hybrid PhysX system if you are running an ATI card as your main graphics renderer and want to install a second NVIDIA video card and use it for PhysX. Check it out below.
Despite the blockade with the latest nVidia drivers that prevent the use of PhysX in the system are detected if non-nVidia cards on some forums there is a guide on how to patch the drivers to use PhysX with an ATI card. Our video will be a testimony that the block from nVidia did not do anything other than to damage the same company.
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ChrisRay over the the Nvidia forums has put together a great and very in-depth Nvidia multi GPU SLI/PhysX setup guide. Starting with the typical routine driver installation required on any new setup ChrisRay then goes in-depth on the different SLI/PhysX configurations you can run and how to setup them up. He then shows several performance examples using Batman Arkham Asylum to show how the different setups will benefit from having a dedicated PhysX card. If you have a multi-gpu/SLI or just two Nvidia video cards and need to figure out how to setup dedicated PhysX then you will definitely want to check out this guide.
Welcome: With the vast amount of SLI configurations and PhysX Setups available. It can be a little confusing on how to setup your system and peak it for optimal performance. This is a general guide to understanding how Nvidia Multi GPU and PhysX processing works. This guide will be divided into 3 Parts.
1) SLI Setup And Installation for 2way/3way/Quad SLI
2) SLI Profiling System And AFR explanations
3) PhysX Processing in Multi GPU Enviroment And Setup
Introduction: With the introduction of PhysX. A whole new way to use your GPUS beyond traditional SLI rendering has come about. Here we will go over turning PhysX on, Setting PhysX devices, and how individual SLI and multi GPU configurations will work as a PhysX rendering setup.
Enable GPU PhysX: In order to utilize GPU PhysX. The driver must be turned on to have it enabled. To do this simply enter the SLI and PhysX tab and select enable PhysX. This will turn your GPU into a PhysX device. If you do not have this enabled. All GPU PhysX games will fall back to CPU PhysX.
Ever since we saw the Glowball PhysX demo and the Floating Castle Physics Demo running on Tegra 3 powered tablets we have been pretty excited about physics on Tegra powered devices. Back in November NVIDIA announced the released of their new Quad-Core mobile Tegra 3 chip that uses “four CPU cores and its new GeForceRead More
I know that Batman Arkham City has been out for awhile now and this is old news but as I have been extremely busy with work and finishing up school I never got a chance to post these. These are some cool Batman Arkham City PhysX comparison on/off videos from both EVGA and YouTube userRead More
Krishna Kumar – YouTube user krishx007 who runs gfxguru.net has made a pretty cool physics/PhysX demo level with Unity 3D called Physics Wonderland. The level is basically a huge playground with PhysX objects that you can destroy and play around with to show off the different PhysX features in Unity 3D. Check it out belowRead More
The Game Developers Conference 2012 is going to have a session that really interests us. The “Physics for Games Programmers” session/tutorial is going to cover the “tools and techniques developers should know when implementing physics in their games.” According to the information on the GDC 2012 site, the session will take place on Tuesday, MarchRead More
With all of the excitement about rumored hardware being used in the next-generation consoles, some very disappointing news has come today. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sony has no plans to unveil the Sony Playstation 4 at this years E3 and is going to stick with the 10-year life cycle plan. If thisRead More
Here are some cool physics videos that have been uploaded to YouTube over the past week. Cryengine 3 Tornado Physics by club4ghz UDK – Destructible objects and Physics! by Shotbix07 Ice Engine Destruction Test by LordOfTheBytes
I came across a few cool Havok physics videos on YouTube. YouTube user kosteckip has made a pretty cool Castle Siege type demo using PhysX and Havok physics with physics based water, cloth, and destruction. Meanwhile, the official Havok Physics YouTube channel has uploaded a series of Havok Simulation videos and one interesting video showsRead More
Maximum PC has a nice article up about the top game engines being used to create today’s games. Along with the engines they also pointed out the top Middleware being used and PhysX and Havok were listed as the top physics Middleware. Check out the entire article here. From Gamers, Start Your Engines! 6 TopRead More
Phymec is making some cool physics tools for Bullet Physics and Blender to enable some awsome fracture and destruction effects. Two awesome videos showing this off have been uploaded to YouTube. The first shows off the creation of the fracture objects in Blender and the newer video is an awesome collection of fracture objects beingRead More
An interesting rumor has surfaced this past week that Microsoft is developing two next-gen Xbox 720 consoles. According to the rumor on TECHSPOT, Microsoft “is said to be developing an entry-level system as well as a true next-generation hardcore gaming console.” What is important to us for the future of physics is the reports thatRead More
I posted about this awesome level several months ago – Some Cool NVIDIA APEX Physics Tests Done with the UDK now mfsksa, who is the creator of this level, has given me the UDK files required to play the Apex PhysX test level he made. I made a cool video showing it off some moreRead More
Ever since we posted the Battlefield 3 Physics and Destruction Videos with the BF3 destruction video showing the Antenna in Caspian Border coming down we have been wondering how to do this or when it would be allowed through a patch. Today we have learned through an awesome YouTube Video that the main Antenna canRead More
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