*HowTo*: ATI + NVIDIA PhysX Guide

[andz]

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As an example: I am using ATI HD4870 1GB as primary and NVIDIA 8800GTS 512Mb for physx.


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1. Download the following:

- Latest ATI Drivers:

64-Bit: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...cc_wdm_enu.exe

32-Bit: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...cc_wdm_enu.exe

- Nvidia Display Driver 181.71:

32-Bit: GeForce Release 181
64-Bit: GeForce Release 181

- Latest Nvidia PhysX Pack:

NVIDIA DRIVERS 9.09.0408 WHQL

- Driver Sweeper 2.0

Driver Sweeper beta 2.0.0 download from Guru3D.com

EXTRA APPLICATIONS:

Fluidmark (to test if PhysX is enabled):

FluidMark: PhysX fluid simulation OpenGL benchmark | oZone3D.Net

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Make sure that the NVIDIA card is connected to a SEPARATE monitor with the DVI-to-VGA dongle and a SVGA cable

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Now here is how you actually do it:

1. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features, and remove the ATI, NVIDIA, and PhysX drivers

2. Unplug your Ethernet cord or disable your internet adapter, (this is so that Windows cannot install drivers automatically)

3. Restart and boot into Safe Mode

4. Run Driver Sweeper 2.0 and tick Nvidia Display + ATI Display + Physx Drivers, and click Analyze, once it shows all the remaining files tick all of them and click on Clean

5. Repeat this process while restarting when necessary until no files remain in the Analyze section

6. Boot Windows normally and install the ATI Drivers downloaded earlier, Restart upon completion

7. Install NVIDIA Display Drivers downloaded earlier, Restart upon completion

8. Install PhysX Driver Pack downloaded earlier, Restart upon completion

9. Once Windows is up and running you should have 2 Desktops, one ATI on the left and one NVIDIA on the right monitor, now right-click on desktop and go to Screen Resolution

10. Click on the second display and tick "Make this my main display"

11. Click on the ATI monitor and from the drop down menu select "Disconnect Display"

12. Now you should have one monitor with Nvidia as the adapter, now go to start panel and find and open the folder called "NVIDIA Corporation ..." and click on the "PhysX Properties" icon

13. Now it asks if you want the advanced or basic panel, select advanced and click ok

14. Now the NVIDIA Control Panel is open with the options of enabling or disabling PhysX, keep this panel open

15. Right click on the desktop and go to Screen Resolutions, click on the ATI monitor and from the same drop down menu as before, select "Extend my desktop .." and click apply. Now it should automatically set the ATI monitor as the main monitor but if it doesn't just tick the "Make this my main display .." and click apply.

16. Your set! Now to test if it works you can run Vantage and see if the CPU Score triples or you can run Fluidmark and see if it says Hardware Physx at the top.

Another great thing to try is Unreal Tournament 3, I find that the map Heat Ray PhysX, under Team Deathmatch, really shows that the PhysX is working wonderfully

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Source based: overclock.net by Damien & ModoeXtreme

[limes]

hala very nice ni sayang wa lang koy dual slots sa ako motherboard for pcie para ani. karemember ko atong 295 gtx gi guba sa owner tungod sa physics na dili mo on sa certain game. haha.

@TS compatible ni siya xp,vista ug win7 sa 32 and 64bit?

[Sempron Guy]

Was it recently na automatic daw ma disable ang physx once it detect a non-nvidia card in the system? ok na diay?

[andz]

hala very nice ni sayang wa lang koy dual slots sa ako motherboard for pcie para ani. karemember ko atong 295 gtx gi guba sa owner tungod sa physics na dili mo on sa certain game. haha.

@TS compatible ni siya xp,vista ug win7 sa 32 and 64bit?

Windows 7 32bit or 64bit ra guarantee mo work

Was it recently na automatic daw ma disable ang physx once it detect a non-nvidia card in the system? ok na diay?

their are ways, like the guide i posted, to avoid the "auto" disable

[Sempron Guy]

ok,...bro thermaltake mao na ni tubag sa imo pangutana hehe

[andz]

this is only worth doing, if you have an extra nvidia card lying around.. and using a faster ati card

[djlim888]

Great info sir Andz...

[Sasori]

hala very nice ni sayang wa lang koy dual slots sa ako motherboard for pcie para ani. karemember ko atong 295 gtx gi guba sa owner tungod sa physics na dili mo on sa certain game. haha.

OT:

ok na imung 4850 bai?

[Sempron Guy]

Pwede kaha himuon as dedicated physx card ang mga pci cards? Naa'y 9500GT pci ako nakita. Or hinay ra kaayo?

[andz]

8800gt or 9800gt and above for PhysX

9800gt is sorta-ish a rebrand of the 8800gt so pwede ra

anything lower like 9600gt sayang lang