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Best passive cooled physx card to use with a 5850

Soldato
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Thanks but is that the best passively cooled card for physx? ;)

Also my seach skills fail me as I can't find it. Who's the seller please?

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not sure how well a ddr2 9500GT would do with physx

Crap! just like my 8600GT lol

Its still slowing down Batman AA, Mirror's edge seems to run fine though. It score around 3000 in the FluidMark PhysX benchmark.

I'm grabbing an 8800GT off a mate soon, I'd go for nothing lower than an 9600GT, Batman recommends a dedicated 9800GTX for the maximum PhysX setting :eek:
 
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Max PhysX didn't run too well on my 8800GTS 320mb so you definitely need to be looking at something faster than that. Fabrics were ok but smoke was a bit too much.
 
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Thanks fornowagain. I doubt I will find one of them 2nd hand.

Therefore, bearing in mind 2nd hand, whats the fastest passively cooled nvidia card for physx with a stock passive cooler?
 
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Passive 9600GT might suffice. I just ran the benchmarks in BAA with a 9600GT and 5870CF 1920x1200. Enabling Physx takes a big hit overall, but overclocking the GT scales well enough, but didn't make any difference to the minimums.

5870CF 4AA16AF MAX settings, Physx off
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5870CF 4AA16AF MAX settings, Physx max 9600GT @ 600/900
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5870CF 4AA16AF MAX settings, Physx max 9600GT @ 675/1000
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Doesn't look like it! Check this:

Dude's PC specs (!):
cpu core i7 c0 @ 4.2ghz
evga ftw295 quad sli + 285 *** for physx
drivers 191.07 whql
windows 7 64bit
12 gb ram corsair @1600 8/8/8/24 settings
1250watt enermax revolution 85+
corsair h50 wtatercooling
coolermaster haf932 case
2 intel x25-e ssd's in raid 0
sb xfi titianium pci-x

Benchies:
resolution 1920x1200 , 16xq antialiasing all detail to very high , physx highest

min=61
average=120
max=180

That's just ****in' ridiculous - 2 x 295s + a 285 for PhysX and a 4.2Ghz OC for a max of 180fps and a min of 61 - that's shocking! There another guy with 2 x 285s and a 4Ghz OC who gets:

Min 54
Max 138
Avg 99

Terrible performance imho - for comparison's sake, my 3.2Ghz i7 with a single 5870 (and no PhysX) gets the following (at the same res, though only 8xAA - all settings on v. high):

Min: 64
Max: 126
Avg: 96

The PhysX impact seems huge..?
 
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