Nvidia disables PhysX when ATI card is present

evolucion8 · November 8th, 2009, 07:58 AM

I only played the game in the level where you slide down the building and the chopper shooting at you. I never get below 75fps with VSync On and SmoothFrameRate disabled in the config file no matter what appears on screen plus 8xFSAA and 16xAF at 1280x1024 (Native LCD res)

technogiant · November 8th, 2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by evolucion8

I'm on 64 Bit and it works like a champ, I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x64, are you using an AGEIA PPU? If yes, do the following;

1- Download the PhysX-mod-PPU-1.0-FOR-TESTING-ONLY.

2- Remove any PhysX drivers, PhysX Software and clean the registry and reboot.

3- Install the PhysX System Software version 8.09 which is the last version that comes with driver support for AGEIA PPU. Make sure the driver used for the AGEIA PPU is the 1.1.1.15 in the device manager.

4- Install the latest 9.04 PhysX Software System

5- Run the patch in Administrator mode and select "create a Backup option", if it ask you to browse for a file, the file is located in System32\SysWOW64 and its called PhysXDevice.dll. Patch it. (Windows 7 64-Bit vesion only)

6. Once you are done, check for a copy called PhysXDevice.bak, just to make sure that the file was patched, you can skip this one if you want it.

7- Open the PhysX Control Panel and enable AGEIA PPU acceleration and then run a game which uses hardware PhysX like Mirrors Edge, Cryostasis, Batman AA or Fluidmark.

Reply back to see if it worked.

Sorry for being noob but I've done all the above in win7 home premium 64 bit and when I try to run the fluidphysx benchmark it doesn't run but give an error message "side by side configuration incorrect"

heres a shot of the event viewer relating to the error

Am I using the correct version of the benchmark ? can someone direct me to a 64 bit version if necessary ?

ghost_zero5 · November 8th, 2009, 12:59 PM

You need to install Visual C++ Runtime 2005 Runtime with SP1 - I believe it was that one.
However, if I remember correctly you need to install the 32Bit Version of it (can also be done on 64Bit OS) and not the 64Bit Version - or maybe both - to get FluidMark to work.

Look here for 32Bit version:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

and here for 64Bit version:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

technogiant · November 8th, 2009, 01:04 PM

^ have just found that although I can't run fluidmark 1.1.1 I can run version 1.0.0. ...and getting Hardware physx on the PPU

Sorry ghost we cross posted...I'll try that now.

technogiant · November 8th, 2009, 01:10 PM

Thank you Ghost....that worked....now able to run both the versions of fluidmark with hardware physx on the ppu

ghost_zero5 · November 8th, 2009, 01:26 PM

No problem. I run into the same problem in the past.
They really should add this to the requirements in a .txt file or at least on their website.

Robin · November 8th, 2009, 02:18 PM

I will test my Ageia PPU PCI-express 1x soon if i have my new 5850 graphics card..

And testing if my pci-express card also slow down. If the problem is on the pci bus then i suspect no problems at all.

Xanthe_ · November 8th, 2009, 02:55 PM

I hope to future nVidia wont try stop these patches. Then it will get more angry customers.

evolucion8 · November 8th, 2009, 03:32 PM

That's the same card that I have, but in the PCI version. :-), the fan is a bit noisy and sounds a little like a blender hehe.

Robin · November 8th, 2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by evolucion8

That's the same card that I have, but in the PCI version. :-), the fan is a bit noisy and sounds a little like a blender hehe.

I have no problems with the sound of that card. (you can hear it a little bit, but is not noise to get angry about it.
I have also the BFG PPU PCi laying here, but that card is more noisier
You don`t want to use that card, thats more like an plane noise..

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Originally Posted by Xanthe_

I hope to future nVidia wont try stop these patches. Then it will get more angry customers.

We will see till then, but i think its better not to bring it in the news that both card are working again with physx. From the nvidia gpus i know that people know thats its working again with the patch what GenL have made possible.. Because it came in the news..
So if people being quiet then i see that the PPU card will life more longer..

Why i having an PPU? Because its the only solution if you want to have an power friendly consumption.. The card draws about 20 watts.. And gpus draws about 50 watt and more..