Modded GeForce drivers: unlocked PhysX for Radeon ?
It seems that some enthusiasts are trying to bypass ATI (for Graphics) + Nvidia (for PhysX) hybrid configurations blockage using modified drivers.
We’ll try to keep an eye on all developments and update this post accordingly.
Probe #1: Modded 190.62 WinXP 32-bit drivers (useless)
Report: “Someone just took old files (from 185.68) and changed their resources and version info, to make it look similar to real 190.62. Needless to say, this doesn’t give you real 190.62 with all fixes and changes.”
GenL, NGOHQ forums.
Probe #2: PhysX Mod 1.01 x86 (working) and PhysX Mod 1.01 x64 (working) by GenL
(no support for 195.xx drivers currently)
NVIDIA GeForce driver 19x.xx PhysX mod [x86/x64] v1.01
* DESCRIPTION:
This mod will enable hardware PhysX support for NVIDIA GPU, when non-NVIDIA GPU
is used as a primary display device.
- intended only for WDDM 1.1 OS (Windows 7).
- only for multi-vendor multi-GPU configurations.
Mod discussion at NGOHQ forums.
Update: Video, showcasing this Mod in the work.
Update #2: Officical Nvidia position on hybrid ATI+NV PhysX configurations.
Update #3: How to set ATI+NV hybrid setup guide
Update #4: New 1.02 mod – now with 195.xx drivers and WinXP support
Please use comments if you want to report certain driver’s efficiency/uselessness
Second one from GenL works. Tried it on my win 7 64bit
atiplusphysx
2 Oct 09 at 7:13 am
PhysX Mod 1.04
http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/16223-nvidia-disables-physx-when-ati-card-is-present-30.html#post82837
Test
http://i022.radikal.ru/0910/39/63cb9db0497a.jpg
Alexandr82
2 Oct 09 at 12:27 pm
Hy I tried the patch to enable PhisX on a 8800 GTS with a ATI 4670 Primary card but it dosen’t work. When i install the driver the nvidia control pannel dose not get installed. My OS Windows 7 32Bit. I tried the 1.01 / 1.04 patch too. I tried these drivers : 182.50; 185.85; 190.38; 191.07;
Any Help?
Berci
7 Oct 09 at 5:31 pm
Berci, I can recommend you to ask at ngohq forums, main discussion is going there.
Zogrim
7 Oct 09 at 5:43 pm
its working. pretty nicely i can say.
GF220 is around 3x faster than Ageia PPU.
I tested it in Sacred 2 for egzample.
it was barely playable on ageia, expectially in mountains.
only problem is in batman, i was unable to force maximy level of acceleration, nor dynamic environment.
so game was deleted as waste of time
its
24 Nov 09 at 12:25 pm
doesnt work with new driver 195.xx..its say nothing to patched
9to9
26 Nov 09 at 8:43 pm
Tried the winxp patch with the newest nvidia drivers and no luck. (XP 64, sapphire 4870 + evga 8600gt)
It seems that it’s looking for the .dll in odd places in XP64. nvapi64.dll is in the wow64 folder (the patch tries to find it in a different folder. I tried to work around it by copying it to another folder, patching it, and replacing the old file, but I have no idea if that works since the program does not find nvapi.dll no matter what I do. It looks like the patch program looks for windowsnative or some folder like that.) Any chance you could just make the file a 7z/zip/rar and include the modded files with a readme for the folder tree?
agua
7 Dec 09 at 2:33 pm
Can you please reupload this you cant d/l it from rapidshare cuz the d/l limit is reached. Thankss!
1234123
24 Dec 09 at 6:13 pm
1234123 I can recommend to use 1.02 drivers (link above) instead of old 1.01, but – why not ? reuploaded.
Zogrim
24 Dec 09 at 6:55 pm
The modded PhysXDevice.dll (PhysX-mod-PPU-1.0.rar) works great on my machine:
Vista Home Premium x64 with PhysX 909.08.14
Two ATI Radeon HD 3850 Cards as Crossfire
Ageia PhysX (PPU)100 Series PCI Express Card
Batman Arkham Asylum v1.1 PhysX will fly like the wind.
http://www.ngohq.com/graphic-cards/16223-nvidia-disables-physx-when-ati-card-is-present-78.html#post86252
TertiusGaudens
5 Feb 10 at 12:11 am
Hello,
I have a similar problem as “aqua” 07 dec 2009!.
When I cake the patch (version 1.02) I get the remark that it can’t find the nvapi64.dll ???!.
The nvapi.dll is present in de system32-file! The nvapi64.dll is nowhere to be found!!
I use a WinXP 32-bits system with the combination of a Radeon 4870 and a Geforce 9600GT (as is used as example in PCGames Hardware 01/2010).
Who can help me to solve this problem??
William53
28 Feb 10 at 3:56 pm