2 GTX 460's and 1 different card, in the same system

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So I currently have 2 gtx 460's in my system, but I had a thought, can I get a different more low end card and make it a physx dedicated card, so then my 2nd 460 doesn't have to worry about it? Oh and by the way, my 460's are 2 way sli only, so can it all still be done without an sli bridge?

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So I currently have 2 gtx 460's in my system, but I had a thought, can I get a different more low end card and make it a physx dedicated card, so then my 2nd 460 doesn't have to worry about it? Oh and by the way, my 460's are 2 way sli only, so can it all still be done without an sli bridge?

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Why wouldn't you run physX of the card you already have? Don't do it, gtx460 SLI are more than capable to run PhysX along with the few games that support it.
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you would need a fairly decent cards to dedicate to physx that can keep up with the gtx 460, you are better off just having your two current cards deal with it.
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I don't see why you would need to do that. My GTX 280s were enough to run PhysX fine. The second card defaulted as the one that handled all that. The GTX 280 are about on par with a GTX 460 768MB in terms of stock performance (the 460 is a bit better) - just to give you an idea of comparison.
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As long as your psu has the power and you have room for a third card you can add another Nvidia gpu as PhysX card. Though I wouldn't recommend buying a video card to just use it for PhysX. If you are having low performance with your 460's because of PhysX try disabling SLI and dedicate one of your 460's for PhysX in NCP. Mafia 2 is a prime example where it is better to disable SLI and dedicate one of your gpu's to PhysX. You won't have to do that for every game that uses PhysX but some you will need to for the best performance.
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As long as your psu has the power and you have room for a third card you can add another Nvidia gpu as PhysX card. Though I wouldn't recommend buying a video card to just use it for PhysX. If you are having low performance with your 460's because of PhysX try disabling SLI and dedicate one of your 460's for PhysX in NCP. Mafia 2 is a prime example where it is better to disable SLI and dedicate one of your gpu's to PhysX. You won't have to do that for every game that uses PhysX but some you will need to for the best performance.jtcraft
No he is not having trouble running phsX on his SLI gtx460, he just wants it because he do. I cannot reccomend buying another card for phsx when the ones he already got is ample, physX and maffia 2 on a single gtx460 is fully possible.
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[QUOTE="jtcraft"]As long as your psu has the power and you have room for a third card you can add another Nvidia gpu as PhysX card. Though I wouldn't recommend buying a video card to just use it for PhysX. If you are having low performance with your 460's because of PhysX try disabling SLI and dedicate one of your 460's for PhysX in NCP. Mafia 2 is a prime example where it is better to disable SLI and dedicate one of your gpu's to PhysX. You won't have to do that for every game that uses PhysX but some you will need to for the best performance.swehunt
No he is not having trouble running phsX on his SLI gtx460, he just wants it because he do. I cannot reccomend buying another card for phsx when the ones he already got is ample, physX and maffia 2 on a single gtx460 is fully possible.

Only at a low res. But I never said he was having problems nor did I recommend that he get another video card for PhysX. Just that he could if he wanted.
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[QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="jtcraft"]As long as your psu has the power and you have room for a third card you can add another Nvidia gpu as PhysX card. Though I wouldn't recommend buying a video card to just use it for PhysX. If you are having low performance with your 460's because of PhysX try disabling SLI and dedicate one of your 460's for PhysX in NCP. Mafia 2 is a prime example where it is better to disable SLI and dedicate one of your gpu's to PhysX. You won't have to do that for every game that uses PhysX but some you will need to for the best performance.jtcraft
No he is not having trouble running phsX on his SLI gtx460, he just wants it because he do. I cannot reccomend buying another card for phsx when the ones he already got is ample, physX and maffia 2 on a single gtx460 is fully possible.

Only at a low res. But I never said he was having problems nor did I recommend that he get another video card for PhysX. Just that he could if he wanted.

I was playing it just fine on my 1080p monitor. gtx460 that is.