Friday, May 28th 2010
NVIDIA Removes Restriction on ATI GPUs with NVIDIA GPUs Processing PhysX
NVIDIA has reportedly removed the driver-level code which restricts users from having an NVIDIA GeForce GPU process PhysX with an ATI Radeon GPU in the lead, processing graphics. Version 257.15 Beta of the GeForce drivers brought about this change. Possible commercial interests may have played NVIDIA's previous decision to prevent the use of GeForce GPUs to process PhysX with ATI Radeon GPUs, where users could buy an inexpensive GeForce GPU to go with a high-end DirectX 11 compliant Radeon GPU, thereby reducing NVIDIA's margins, though officially NVIDIA maintained that the restriction was in place to ensure Quality Assurance. The present move also seems to have commercial interests in mind, as NVIDIA could clear inventories of GeForce GPUs at least to users of ATI Radeon GPUs. NVIDIA replenished its high-end offering recently with the DirectX 11 compliant GeForce 400 series GPUs.
Update (28/05): A fresh report by Anandtech says that the ability to use GeForce for PhysX in systems with graphics led by Radeon GPUs with the 257.15 beta driver is just a bug and not a feature. It means that this ability is one-off for this particular version of the driver, and future drivers may not feature it.
Source:
NGOHQ.com
Update (28/05): A fresh report by Anandtech says that the ability to use GeForce for PhysX in systems with graphics led by Radeon GPUs with the 257.15 beta driver is just a bug and not a feature. It means that this ability is one-off for this particular version of the driver, and future drivers may not feature it.
276 Comments on NVIDIA Removes Restriction on ATI GPUs with NVIDIA GPUs Processing PhysX
Maybe I thought their management was smarter than they in fact are. I do give people too much credit sometimes. :laugh:
even before waiting on the next WHQL driver release, it's been updated that this is a bug.
too bad nv, I already downloaded those beta drivers with 'bug' :lol:
nv are really just making more people mad at them :nutkick:
also....That open physics initiative is as serious as the 3D one. They cant stop it with this. OPEN OPEN OPEN. Theres still too much (little) money in phyx and gaming all together for it to stop sorry.
edit. Nevermind I found them here. news.softpedia.com/news/Download-NVIDIA-GeForce-ION-257-15-Beta-Drivers-142852.shtml
Should still be the original version.
It's a rickroll, everybody. :rolleyes:
can someone host the original drivers for us? I think mine might be the newer ones too.
You do understand that even if a game uses Physx it doesn't necessarily use hardware Physx. Very few games do. Maybe 15? So yeah its pointless in practicality. Its just fun to play with in benches and such.
www.nzone.com/object/nzone_physxgames_home.html
It's just the irony :roll:
MAILMAN !!!!!!!!!!! you stole my birth day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seelink.
Works great for me. GT 240 as a dedicated Physx and 5870 main card.