New PhysX System Software v. 9.13.1220 was released with 334.67 Beta GPU Drivers.

Update:

This PSS release adds support for Maxwell based GPUs, such as GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti.

You can download PSS 9.13.1220 from official page or our server (39 mb)

New 9.13.0927 PhysX System Software release is now available alongside with 334.35 GPU Drivers.

Official Release Notes are unknown.

You can download PSS 9.13.0927 from our server (35 mb)

Thanks to Stefan for the link.

NVIDIA has presented new official 9.13.0725 Release of the PhysX System Software.

Release Notes

- Fixes a bug that caused the Metro: Last Light to not be GPU accelerated on some systems.

You can download PhysX System Software 9.13.0725 from here.

Please Note: to play old PhysX SDK based games (released prior to 2007) one may require to perform a one-time install of special PhysX Legacy Driver.

And yet another PhysX System Software release – 9.13.0604 – has arrived with leaked 320.39 GPU Drivers.

Update#2: Official download

Update: 9.13.0604 release contains a fix for a bug, that was able to cause a crash in Metro: Last Light built-in benchmark. In addition, it resolves various installion bugs, that caused the installation to fail on some systems.

You can download PSS 9.13.0604 from our server (27 mb)

Thanks to Stefan for the link.

ASUS 311.54 GPU Drivers have brought us a new release of PhysX System Software - PSS 9.13.0325

Official Release Notes are unknown.

Update: we have received an information that 9.13.0325 PSS is a release candidate for future GPU drivers, does not contain any enhancements for the DLLs and is not recommended to use currently.

You can download PSS 9.13.0325 from our server (25 mb)

Thanks to Stefan for the link.

New PhysX System Software version, PSS 9.12.1031, is now available as part of 310.54 Beta GPU Drivers.

Update: official download link

Release Notes

- This version fixes a bug that caused some applications including Unreal Tournament III, Trine, and Metro 2033 not to launch.

You can download PhysX System Software 9.12.1031 from our server (25 mb).

Please Note: to play old PhysX SDK based games (released prior to 2007) one may require to perform a one-time install of special PhysX Legacy Driver.

New PhysX System Software version, PSS 9.12.0904, was released as part of 310.33 Beta GPU Drivers.

Update: Release Notes

- fixes the majority of the Windows 8 application certification warnings that were present in the earlier versions.

You can download PhysX System Software 9.12.0904 from our server (25 mb).

Almost any user, who played games utilizing PhysX SDK physics engine (either with GPU acceleration support or software only), must be familiar with PhysX System Software (PSS, also known as PhysX Driver) – special package that includes core DLL libraries for physics engine to operate correctly and some firmware components, and is required for installation regardless of whether you have NVIDIA GPU or not.

This is how it works: PhysX Loader, located in game’s directory, loads corresponding core DLLs of PhysX engine from PSS installation folder. GPU acceleration DLLs (PhysX and CUDA Device Managers) are acquired from PSS distribution, if required. Supplementary libraries (like Character Controller DLL), in comparison, can be stored in local folder.

Note: one must have noticed that many older games store core engine libs locally, but still require a PSS installation.

For the most part, pre-2.8.4 PhysXCore.dll files in game directories are the result of special requirements of certain engines (like UE3) or installers that include unneeded DLLs.

PhysX System Software installation requirement was firstly introduced by Ageia in 2006, and obviously such approach has its own advantages and disadvantages.

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New release of PhysX System Software - PSS 9.12.0807 – has been spotted in MSI 306.38 Beta GPU drivers.

Official Release Notes are unknown.

However, we have discovered that .0807 release only contains libraries for PhysX SDK 2.7.x and above – probably, it was done to reduce size of the installer. At the same time, this makes new PSS incompatible with old (2005-2007) PhysX based games.

You can download PSS 9.12.0807 from our server (25 mb, direct links won’t work), Guru3D or mediafire.com

Thanks to Spets for the link.

Andrew “MohawkADE” Elliott, our fellow reader and big fan of original Ageia PhysX cards, has prepared a video version of his guide on how to restore PPU support with latest PhysX Drivers.

Ageia PPUs are not recognized by latest PhysX System Software releases, but with a bit of work you will be able to play every game with hardware PhysX acceleration (assuming you have NVIDIA GPU as well), without necessity to reinstall PhysX drivers for each title.

Please note that only certain games (based on PhysX SDK below 2.8.3) are featuring PPU support. Even following this guide, you can't force latest titles like Batman: Arkham City to utilize your PPU.

Related materials:

• How to put the Demos back in the PhysX Control Panel: Video Guide
• Ageia PhysX Cards: are they still worth it ?

Keep an eye on MohawkADE’s channel, as more interesting videos and reviews are coming soon !