Recent PhysX benchmarks overview
Recently, bunch of PhysX related articles have emerged on several chinese websites, like yesky.com or EXPreview.com. They all have similar structure and idea – benchmarks of Nvidia GPUs vs ATI GPUs in games with hardware accelerated PhysX content. Typical result is looking like this..
.. and can mislead inexperienced user – “How can it be, that low-end GT240 outperforms hi-end HD5850 ?! Is GT240 better thus ? I’ll buy it as Christmas present instead“. Answer is simple – in ATI’s case supplementary PhysX content is calculated on CPU, while accelerated on GPU in Nvidia case. Therefore, playing with extra GPU PhysX effects enabled on ATI GPU will result in low fps regardless what setup you have – old X1800XT or two HD5970 in crossfire.
Appropriate Nvidia GPU – it’s the only way currently to enjoy games with GPU PhysX support. Is it worth ? It’s up to you to decide. And don’t forget compromising solution - officially unsupported, but popular Hybrid PhysX systems.
Related articles: EXPreview.com | yesky.com | beareyes.com.cn | sanhaostreet.com | vga.zol.com.cn | mydrivers.com
Ridiculous Benchmark comparative. Go out…
D3lta (QUOTE)
D3lta
16 Dec 09 at 7:30 pm