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So i watching videos on how to run ATI and Nvidia GPUs in the same PC. Before building my PC i was determined to buy the GTX 970. But then the 1070 arrived and i thought it'll be just better to wait and use a used GPU as it was the only component remaining in my build. So i opted for a used ATI 7870 which i got for $108.

 

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Since i use my PC for work and medium-light gaming, i wanted to know whether using ATI and Nvidia both in my PC will benefit anything. Just to be clear i mainly concerned about using software applications like AutoCAD, 3DS Max, Adobe Photoshop, Google SketchUp+Vray. I don't wanna bother myself about the advantages of Physx in Arkham City. So keeping that in mind, is there any benefit of using Nvidia and ATI together, ATI as i primary card and Nvidia as a physx card.
Are there any other benefits i can take from using them together for work purposes? Also i watched a few videos about Hybrid PhysX but they are basically concentrated towards gaming.
Note: If this set up still works i will opt for a used Nvidia card, again.
 
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Im not following. 

 

Are you wanting a physx card for things OTHER then gaming?

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1 minute ago, titaniumshield said:

Yes.

Ok I have no answer then ...frankly i dunno what the hell else would support it...

I only know of things using cuda rendering. 

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1 minute ago, Nexxus said:

Ok I have no answer then ...frankly i dunno what the hell else would support it...

I only know of things using cuda rendering. 

So if i use the Nvidia card, will i be able to make use of CUDA?

Keep it simple.

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1 minute ago, titaniumshield said:

So if i use the Nvidia card, will i be able to make use of CUDA?

Honestly I dont know. I'm not going to say you can or cannot do this or that because you are dealing with a very unorthodox situation that is almost NEVER the best way to go and little research is done on it...

I have heard nvidia drivers get REALLY pissy when you try to run an AMD card in tandem though. So something to keep note of but even that is kinda a weird situation right now with DX12.

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When an AMD card is present, Advanced PhysX doesn't work anymore, which occurs on the GPU. PhysX gets forced onto the CPU. 

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Not possible, you need nVIDIA GPU's in the same system, for example, GTX 680 dedicated and GTX 460 physX.

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2 hours ago, titaniumshield said:

So are you all saying that this 'Hybrid PhysX ' trickery is not possible now anymore like it used to be?

Correct. NVIDIA updated their software so any detection of an AMD video card will render Advanced PhysX unusable. 

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50 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Correct. NVIDIA updated their software so any detection of an AMD video card will render Advanced PhysX unusable. 

To add to this, I think it also disables all Nvidia exclusive features making this setup completely useless.

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8 hours ago, titaniumshield said:

So if i use the Nvidia card, will i be able to make use of CUDA?

yes

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1 hour ago, DragonTamer1 said:

To add to this, I think it also disables all Nvidia exclusive features making this setup completely useless.

What about the other way around if I have a primary nvidia gpu and a amd gpu for doing other things?

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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5 hours ago, titaniumshield said:

If there any advantage of using both of them together?

not really, usually people just pick one - either they want OpenCL - then they go AMD, or they want CUDA - then they go nVidia,

but both Google and AMD are working on OpenCC and CUDA translator so that might change in the future as nVidia does gut a lot of compute power out of their gaming cards

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