Multi gpu help
August 5th, 2013
these are my specifications:-
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor, ~3.4GHz
Memory: 4 GB G.Skill Ripjaws Series RAM
Hard Drive: 1 TB WD + 250 GB Hitachi Total
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Motherboard: MSI 790GX-G65 (Crossfire Ready)
Cooler Master 600w Extreme Power Plus SMPS
eXtreme PSU Calculator says:-
System Type: 1 physical CPU
Motherboard: High End - Desktop
CPU Socket: Socket AM3
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 C3 3400 MHz Deneb
CPU Utilization (TDP): 90% TDP
RAM: 2 Sticks DDR3 SDRAM
Video Card 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Video Card 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Video Type: SLI
Regular SATA: 2 HDDs
Green SATA: 1 HDD
DVD-RW/DVD+RW Drive: 1 Drive
System Load: 90 %
Capacitor Aging (+ W %): 10 %
Minimum PSU Wattage: 505 Watts
Recommended Wattage: 555 Watts
PSU I Have: 600 Watts
as i already have Nvidia GTS 250
i was thinking to buy another gpu
Nvidia 560 Ti to serve as my main gpu and use 250 as dedicated physx unit…..
Now i have 2 questions
1) Do i need to use Hybrid PhysX mod to run physx as i also have a disabled ATI inbuilt gpu (but physx is still working fine with 250)
2) Can they be SLI’d together as they both have 1GB V.Memory….
If yes i guess SLIpatch or hypersli would be needed as my MB is crossfire compatiable….
Dood, just get a 560Ti 448 core, and use it solo. If you feel you need a 560Ti and 250, get a 570…!
Only need for multiple GPU’s in your case would be more than 2x displays, and for that, you would need SLI.
buddy i already have 250 gt…
and does mirroring on a lcd tv count as 2 displays?
2) Can they be SLI'd together as they both have 1GB V.Memory.... Nope.
If yes i guess SLIpatch or hypersli would be needed as my MB is crossfire compatiable....Nope. It doesn’t work anymore.
jiteshrocks replied: buddy i already have 250 gt...?
I know, I can read English “buddy”.
My advice still stands word for word, you need to just upgrade with 1 video card to get the performance you want.
You can always sell your 250 if you don’t want to keep it around as a backup.
And what is a 250 gt? No such thing, its a GTS 250, I got one too.
250 gts (sorry my bad)
thanx -paroxysM^ for answering “2”
actually selling the card is out of the options….
so my only options are
use as dedicated physx
pack it and store it (even i won’t like that :p )
if the physx thing doesn’t work, then i’ll hav to think of sumthing else to do with the card…
Thanx for ur advice SmAsHeDr but i still didn’t got my answer “1”
will physx run on my config…