SLI bridge for dedicated PhysX?

[Spoonii]

Hi all,

 

New to forums.

 

Just got a new 1080ti ROG Strixx OC, planning on using my old 980ti for dedicated PhysX (not sure if it is still a thing, but it was all the rage a few years back).

Do I need an SLI bridge or does the card just do its own thing in the PCIe slot?

 

Thanks.

[OpRaficcino]

1 minute ago, Spoonii said:

Hi all,

 

New to forums.

 

Just got a new 1080ti ROG Strixx OC, planning on using my old 980ti for dedicated PhysX (not sure if it is still a thing, but it was all the rage a few years back).

Do I need an SLI bridge or does the card just do its own thing in the PCIe slot?

 

Thanks.

There is no need for a SLI Bridge, just check the NVIDIA control panel and set the 980 ti as phys x card. The PCIe slot controls the physx properties.

[Tabs]

My advice: Sell your 980Ti instead of trying to do this.

 

You explicitly don't use an SLI bridge to have a slave card working PhysX, if you want to see how few gains you'll get.

[OpRaficcino]

Just now, Tabs said:

My advice: Sell your 980Ti instead of trying to do this.

 

You explicitly don't use an SLI bridge to have a slave card working PhysX, if you want to see how few gains you'll get.

I agree, it's best to sell the 980 ti, as PhysX is irrelevant and doesn't much of a FPS boost than before. Just sell the card on ebay or craigslist. Here's proof if you don't believe me, 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

You don't need an SLI bridge for a PhysX card. 

 

All you'll be doing is drawing more power and producing more heat by running the 980Ti as a PhsyX card. Most of the time you'll gain nothing from it and in the few games that it does help in, it's a very small amount. 

 

You'd be better off putting it in another system, selling it, using it for productitivty applications, folding, boinc, mining. Basically using it for anything else is better than using it as a dedicated PhysX card. 

[Shimejii]

Sell the 980 ti. PhysX died years ago.

[Clyne]

You don't need a SLI bridge, but it's probably better to use it as a 2nd PC card or folding rather than PhysX.

I didn't see much gains from using GTX 680-780 as a PhysX card on my 980 Ti, I'd probably just get a cheap 680 if you truly want PhysX. 

PhysX is great an all, but it's hardly being used nowadays. 

To enable PhysX, just simply have the card in the 2nd slot and enable it in Nvidia Control Panel.

[Spoonii]

Sounds almost unanimous.

 

Selling it to my neighbour.

 

Thanks.