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audiem


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Hi Team

 

Was toying with the idea of upgrading my graphics card, i currantly have 2 x 9800 GT running in SLI, was looking at getting a GTX 580 and using one of the 9800 as a PhysX Card

the GTX 580 is GDDR5, now would this work on my computer providing i have a powerful enough PSU?

I know my RAM is DDR2 but not sure of the G-card has to be the same as that or not!



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Martijn


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Should work yes

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Menis


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Agreed, your 9800 GT should work fine as a dedicated PhysX card to your new GTX 580.



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audiem


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ok neat, but would i still have to use a SLI bridge?

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Menis


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No SLI bridge needed for a dedicated PhysX card.

You'd install the GTX 580 and its drivers 1st, then reboot and install the 9800 GT, etc.

Here's a link to a Nvidia post that should help you sort it out : http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=185527



-- Edited by Menis on Wednesday 5th of October 2011 10:09:54 AM

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audiem


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ok nice one all i need now is £400 :D

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