Recommended PhysX card for 5xxx series? [Is vRAM relevant?]

[Viruzz]

Hey,
I hope to make a list of cards and answers here, not just for me but for future use, since this will be needed not just for 5XXX series but all future nvidia generations.

so im looking into buy some cheap, preferably no power connector gpu to use for when decide to play older Physx game.
Any opinion here?
Resolution is 4K/120

Will something like GTX1030 2Gb or 1050Ti 2Gb be enough, im sure it WILL be faster than CPU, but playable faster or 2fps be 10fps?

3050 is perfect but expensive for just be thrown in drawer for when its needed, also they all dual slot, its ok, but i can find 1050 single slot on aliexpress

Also i wonder if vRAM is important? there are 2Gb and 4gb versions of 1050Ti



I found this older video, but it tests vs Single Nvidia or nvidia + dedicated Physx
what we need is something like 5080/5090 + CPU Physx vs 5080/5090 + GPU PhysX [preferably on cheap, no power connector, up to dual slot cards]
Based on this video even 750Ti makes 1070 faster, but 1070 is not a trash level card [for the period] eitehr
BTW is 1050Ti faster than 750Ti?

 

[Solaris17]

Hey,
I hope to make a list of cards and answers here, not just for me but for future use, since this will be needed not just for 5XXX series but all future nvidia generations.

so im looking into buy some cheap, preferably no power connector gpu to use for when decide to play older Physx game.
Any opinion here?
Resolution is 4K/120

Will something like GTX1030 2Gb or 1050Ti 2Gb be enough, im sure it WILL be faster than CPU, but playable faster or 2fps be 10fps?

3050 is perfect but expensive for just be thrown in drawer for when its needed, also they all dual slot, its ok, but i can find 1050 single slot on aliexpress

Also i wonder if vRAM is important? there are 2Gb and 4gb versions of 1050Ti



I found this older video, but it tests vs Single Nvidia or nvidia + dedicated Physx
what we need is something like 5080/5090 + CPU Physx vs 5080/5090 + GPU PhysX [preferably on cheap, no power connector, up to dual slot cards]
Based on this video even 750Ti makes 1070 faster, but 1070 is not a trash level card [for the period] eitehr
BTW is 1050Ti faster than 750Ti?

your not from the ageia physx times are you? Those cards are vastly over powered. Which ones? All of them.

 

[freeagent]

6600GT would be fine

Just kidding.. I am too much of a snob to plug one into my system.

 

[R-T-B]

I think he means to use alongside his existing 5xxx series though, which AFAIK is not possible.

 

[kiddagoat]

You can add another NV card. In the control panel you select what to use for PhysX.

And you can use really anything for it, a 1030 GT would work. Doesn't need a lot.

I had a BFG Ageia with 128MB of memory.

 

[Ruru]

Something like 1060 maybe? I have a GT 640 as a PhysX card in my 3rd PC.

 

[R-T-B]

You can add another NV card. In the control panel you select what to use for PhysX.

And you can use really anything for it, a 1030 GT would work. Doesn't need a lot.

I had a BFG Ageia with 128MB of memory.

The issue is the driver. He can't have two versions installed at the same time, and 5xxx needs a newer driver that does not support 32-bit PhysX, if thats his goal here.

 

[Dr. Dro]

The issue is the driver. He can't have two versions installed at the same time, and 5xxx needs a newer driver that does not support 32-bit PhysX, if thats his goal here.

I was just about to type this as well. It's of particular interest that pre-RTX GPUs are all on the chopping block and driver support will be discontinued any time now (Maxwell through Volta, so remaining 700, 900, 10 series and Titan V). The future of the GTX 16 series is uncertain as well, despite Turing shaders, it's feature incomplete and markedly inferior hardware to the RTX 20 series counterparts. Once those cards are dropped this means you can no longer use those GPUs as 32-bit CUDA acceleration devices if you wish to continue receiving driver updates.

There's really 3 options:

1. RTX 3050 6 GB
2. Used RTX A1000
3. Used RTX A400

The RTX A2000 technically also fits the same criteria, but it's more powerful and also, more expensive. Not to mention it's a complete waste of this card to just leave it there to run PhysX.

 

[freeagent]

The issue is the driver.

Forgot about that..