Physic Cards

[Spec]

the quesiton is, how much stress DOES a physics card take off the GPU and CPU? Expecially on a build such as the following

Processor
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Kentsfield 3.0GHz LGA 775

Motherboard
ABIT IN9 32X-MAX LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI

Ram
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit

PSU
SILVERSTONE SST-ST75ZF ATX12V / EPS12V 750W Power Supply

Graphics Card
MSI NX8800Ultra-T2D768E-HD-OC GeForce 8800Ultra 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

HDD
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

Case
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

CD/RW/DVD+-RW/Drive
ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model DRW-2014L1T
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[computerbuyer01]

sooooo..... the point of this thread is???
A question??

 

[BrynF_UK]

sooooo..... the point of this thread is???
A question??

Look, i dont know who you are really, but stop posting such pointless replies.

the quesiton is, how much stress DOES a physics card take off the GPU and CPU?

If you would have bothered to read the post closely you would have seen that question.

 

[computerbuyer01]

Ok sorry

 

[Spec]

uh yeah..please read or stop posting thanks but im talking about games like crysis, i know crysis uses VPU and not PPU so a physics card wouldnt affect it..but what about unreal tournament 3? gears of war? Bioshock? etc.

 

[freestyler105]

A physics card is a waste of money in any build, period. Even more so in a high end build like that that has tons of power.

 

[Spec]

alright, well... my friend josh has a physics card in his computer but its a lower end build and its one of those BFG tech phsX accelerators and he gets about a 40/50 FPS boost in lower end games..such as half life two and such

 

[superman22x]

Go on youtube, and type in ghost recon aegia island or something like that. It shows what a physics card can do.

 

[freestyler105]

alright, well... my friend josh has a physics card in his computer but its a lower end build and its one of those BFG tech phsX accelerators and he gets about a 40/50 FPS boost in lower end games..such as half life two and such

He could also spend that $150 on upgrading his graphics card, CPU, or RAM and get a much larger performance boost. $150 can get you from a 7600GT to an 8800GTS, you can add 4 gigs of DDR2-800, or upgrade from say a 3 GHz P4 to an E6600.
(You'd actually be best off combining them, maybe getting an 8600GTS and a gig or 2 of RAM)

Physics cards are gonna become obsolete. High end graphics cards and CPUs have more than enough power to also do physics work.

 

[Spec]

i already know what a physic card does..