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I've got an old 520 just sitting on my desk (don't ask) would it be worth making it a dedicated physx card?

 

This guy did it and he's got a similar build:

 

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I am going AMD xD

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If you have a 600/700 series card, there is no reason for having a dedicated PhysX card.

 

And if you plan on using a GT520 for dedicated PhysX and have it with a AMD card, that's not a good idea. You can only make it work with outdated hacked drivers that have no support. I would not recommend it.

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I am going AMD xD

Well if you don't play boat loads of Borderlands 2 I just wouldn't bother. TressFX and PhysX are going no where fast.

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Thanks :p guess it shall forever live on my window sill then

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Thanks :P guess it shall forever live on my window sill then

I have a dead z77 sabertooth board just for the looks.  :)

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I have a dead z77 sabertooth board just for the looks.  :)

 

I wish XD

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I wish XD

I don't I couldn't rma it. So what if I had 2 power surges within 2 minutes.  :)

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You can try it out if you want to i ve always used nvidia cards so i donr know how it is like to be with no pshyx and tresfx :p

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I hope physx for cpus becomes better soon especially as its being seen more in Bf4.

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