ive tried for 20mins to get it to work
The GTS 450 is probably going to be a bottleneck. You're probably better off just running the GTX 580 without a dedicated physX card.
OK.
i have a 2600k/gainward 580 3gb, and accidentally won a GTS-450 on the ebays.
so im going to be doing some testing of PhysX heavy games
titles include
Batman AA/AC(GOTY)
Metro 2033
Mafia etc
Im gonna benchmark (using the in-game benchmarks) a few games that have Physx with a GTX 580 and a dedicated GTS450 PhysX card.
method:
test with 450
test just on 580
test physx set to CPU.
done.
so TLDR:
making graphs to show if a physx card is worth it, with cards at stock clocks then at OC.
(results up as soon as card arrives)
[URL=http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/physx/pc-games]List of all PhysX games, let me know if you want any specific games tested. [/URL]
TESTING:
Metro 2033 tested,
EDIT
VIDEO UP
http://youtu.be/wvTtxBfZoe0
thats some gameplay out the way now for the bench that i forot about.
Test settings below
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228126/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
Using the 450 for PhysX result as follows;
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228134/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
average= 30FPS
MAX FPS = 62.06
Min = 9.14
results for PhysX on the GTX 580:
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228135/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
Average =28.8
MAX:=61.58
Min= 10.40
Results for CPU PhysX;
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228141/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
average= 28.67
max =70.21
min=8.72
RESULTS FOR MAFIA 2
benchmark maxed out, everything as high as it will go,
1st test GPU 580 PhysX on 450 = 64.3FPS
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228077/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
Test 2 PhysX on 580 (450 turned off) = 45.4FPS
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228078/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
Test 3 PhysX on cpu(via Nvidia control) = 20FPS
[IMGhttp://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228079/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
64.3 (+18FPS)
45.4 (+25.4FPS)
20.0
seems mafia is a more PhysX based game then metro so far,
now BATMAN AA
ok so for Batman Arkham asylum you need patch 1.1 or V1.1 for PhysX support,
the setting will be as follows, (i always turn motion blur off in any game!)
[IMGhttp://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228182/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
test 1: gts450 as PhysX gpu
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228195/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
min: 72
Max: 185
Average: 129
Test 2 GTX 580 as PhysX card
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228197/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
min:51
max: 135
average: 96
Test 3 CPU PhysX
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228198/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
Min:6
Max:82
Average:30
and now onto Batman Arkham City.
Tested maxed out again,
like so
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228341/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
Results
With 450
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228342/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
35 min
84 max
60 avg
just 580
[IMG]http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228349/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
23 min
55 max
45 AVG
just CPU
[IMGhttp://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1228346/width/500/height/1000[/IMG]
12 min
59 max
40 avg
You trolling? Because I can't see your posts...
Oh wow, that's pretty impressive. I wasn't sure if the GTS 450 would be up to snuff running alongside a GTX 580.
i was trying to copy the whole thread over, but its to much effort.