(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So from my understanding of things, there are several options on how to get a lot of performance out of my GPU for the money spent.

There's first option which is quite simply throwing money at getting a top of the line graphics card.
There's the option of getting two medium-low range cards and putting them in crossfire or sli
and there's one I hear less about but have found a little bit of interest in.
You get one medium range card and a second card from a low range that you use as a dedicated PhysX card.


Can someone explain the advantages of each and suggest the best route to choose?


Thanks
~Claptrap

Do not get a dedicated PhsyX card that is low range. It will harm performance more than help performance. I do not recommend getting two mid range cards in SLI either, as SLI/Crossfire is never better than one very good card. You are bound to run into a lot of scaling problems and some games will just refuse to use more than one card. The best option is ALWAYS to get ONE good card. If you're thinking of getting two 660ti's ($600 bucks) Just get ONE 680 4GB and call it quits. You are much better off with one card UNLESS you are using something like Bitcoin mining (a totally different topic all together)

Actually I was thinking of having the 660ti as my personal high end. Maybe adding in a el cheepo card to boost it a little. or go for the 2way sli. It's disappointing to me but I'm not made of money =P

I know that if I tried running the two different cards in sli that it would only be as good as the worst card but I remember some Overclocking forum saying that using the lesser card (say something like a GTX 260) as a physx lets the better card reach a high potential because it doesn't have to do any of the complex physics math.

I remember hearing that running cards in SLI caused stuttering at certain framerates so if there isn't any significant price or performance difference I will definitely be skipping over this.

Using a cheap card for PhysX is not a good idea. It will actually hinder performance. If you are getting a 660ti you'd need like a 550 as the PhysX card at least or else it's completely useless.

what did i tell u bout refrencing those things in the section m8.... and btw u r correct.

rather then start a new thread currently I have a 660-ti wanting to get a card dedicated to PhysX would a GeForce gtx 295 be enough to keep up with a 660-ti without bottle necking my system?

i honestly don't know i always use AMD cards. 3870, 5770, 6870 so i can't tell you but the gtx 295 is a power hog, big, heats up bigtime. you need a large power supply at least 750w and a big vented case.

That card doesn't even support DX11. I don't even think it would be worth it, however the card is a beast. It will probably be more than capable of doing what needs to be done. But don't bother buying it unless you already have it lying around, there's no point in a dedicated PhysX card unless you are playing games that really need PhysX.