Physx Games

Re:Physx Games (boredgunner)

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:33:48 GMT

Yeah most lists seem to be outdated. BF3 doesn't use PhysX, and if it did then it would be shameful because its destruction is completely overdone and unrealistic, and it has virtually no fluid physics at all. The most impressive display of PhysX in a game comes from Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason. It excels with fluid physics, and the normal rigid body object interaction is impressive.

For Metro 2033, just turn off "Advanced DOF" and you should be fine with all other settings on max. At least that's how it is for me, with an i5 760 @ 4.2 GHz, GTX 480, and 1920 x 1080 monitor. That setting is horribly optimized and not impressive anyway - Crysis DX10 DOF is far more realistic and not nearly as demanding.

Re:Physx Games (_Nite_)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:35:47 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX

wiki has a good list of them

dukenuke88

boylerya

I will never play through a game on anything but max settings. Exceptions include anything higher than 8x AA and resolution higher than 1200p. Although I feel I am letting my 1600p feature of my U3011 go to waste to get higher fps in most of the games I have played on it.

good luck getting metro to play at 1600p all maxed.

I tried metro on my u3011 as well...it was pretty atrocious...I'm gonna say, even 3 way SLI 580's would prob not cut it out either...you probably need 3 way 680's in order to play metro 1600p all maxed

even my 570 couldn't handle Metro 2033 at 1080p with max settings, that game really is demanding.

Re:Physx Games (dukenuke88)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:16:25 GMT

Re:Physx Games (boylerya)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:13:08 GMT

dukenuke88

boylerya

I will never play through a game on anything but max settings. Exceptions include anything higher than 8x AA and resolution higher than 1200p. Although I feel I am letting my 1600p feature of my U3011 go to waste to get higher fps in most of the games I have played on it.

good luck getting metro to play at 1600p all maxed.

I tried metro on my u3011 as well...it was pretty atrocious...I'm gonna say, even 3 way SLI 580's would prob not cut it out either...you probably need 3 way 680's in order to play metro 1600p all maxed

Dedicated physx card will do it, FTW!!!!

Re:Physx Games (dukenuke88)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:07:31 GMT

boylerya

I will never play through a game on anything but max settings. Exceptions include anything higher than 8x AA and resolution higher than 1200p. Although I feel I am letting my 1600p feature of my U3011 go to waste to get higher fps in most of the games I have played on it.

good luck getting metro to play at 1600p all maxed.

I tried metro on my u3011 as well...it was pretty atrocious...I'm gonna say, even 3 way SLI 580's would prob not cut it out either...you probably need 3 way 680's in order to play metro 1600p all maxed

Re:Physx Games (boylerya)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:03:30 GMT

I will never play through a game on anything but max settings. Exceptions include anything higher than 8x AA and resolution higher than 1200p. Although I feel I am letting my 1600p feature of my U3011 go to waste to get higher fps in most of the games I have played on it.

Re:Physx Games (dukenuke88)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:50:31 GMT

boylerya

dukenuke88

dbe425

Not to crush your hopes and dreams but Metro 2033 needs SLI if you want max settings with decent FPS. I could be wrong but past threads I've read seemed to say Metro needs two top end GPUs to max.

+1

OP, I did one full play through of Metro 2033...two GTX 580's in SLI with a slight overclock....1200p resolution

Metro all maxed settings (including 4x MSAA) the game was pretty playable...but it wasn't buttery smooth like I expected....there were times when it dipped into the 30's, because the game is that taxing...or the game just runs like crap...haha who knows? but whatever the case maybe, I'm sure you won't be happy with a 480 + 275 for PHYSX at 1200p

Now just a friendly tip...you can always turn off a few settings in order to drastically improve frame rates...and barely take any loss in the eye candy department....the two main settings are DOF & 4X MSAA...if you turn DOF off and use AAA instead of 4X MSAA, it can be the difference between 25fps and 50fps

So you definitely think there are more performance taxing areas of the game than what was benched in the link I provided?

I'm not exactly sure where that is in the link...there are various parts of the game that is taxing...heck, the whole damn game is taxing!

If you run the in game benchmark, it actually gives you a pretty accurate result of how you're game will perform on "average"....I remember when I had my two 580's, the benchmark gave me a 46 or 47fps...and I would say that is pretty accurate, while playing in game, in real levels

Metro 2033, IMO, it's not a very good game to begin with....sure the graphics are amazing...sure its a great way to test our new hardware....but it doesn't have alot of replay value, and its not exactly fun....its more of a story driven FPS, with incredible graphics....you don't need high frames per second to enjoy the game really....and even with some of the lower graphic settings, the game still looks better than 90% of the other games out there

Re:Physx Games (dbe425)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:49:56 GMT

I bought the game around the holidays but have only played 10 minutes in at best. I have a 24 inch monitor with a GTX 580 3GB. I usually keep GPUs a long time but think I'm going to be very tempted when the highend Keplers come out. Nothing against SLI but I prefer a single mighty GPU.

Re:Physx Games (boylerya)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:38:09 GMT

dukenuke88

dbe425

Not to crush your hopes and dreams but Metro 2033 needs SLI if you want max settings with decent FPS. I could be wrong but past threads I've read seemed to say Metro needs two top end GPUs to max.

+1

OP, I did one full play through of Metro 2033...two GTX 580's in SLI with a slight overclock....1200p resolution

Metro all maxed settings (including 4x MSAA) the game was pretty playable...but it wasn't buttery smooth like I expected....there were times when it dipped into the 30's, because the game is that taxing...or the game just runs like crap...haha who knows? but whatever the case maybe, I'm sure you won't be happy with a 480 + 275 for PHYSX at 1200p

Now just a friendly tip...you can always turn off a few settings in order to drastically improve frame rates...and barely take any loss in the eye candy department....the two main settings are DOF & 4X MSAA...if you turn DOF off and use AAA instead of 4X MSAA, it can be the difference between 25fps and 50fps

So you definitely think there are more performance taxing areas of the game than what was benched in the link I provided?
Eh, my friend should have no problem playing it with a single GTX480. His LCD that he bought, no joke, about the time LCDs were first released for PCs; and only goes up to 1024 X 768 w/ 15" screen.

Re:Physx Games (dukenuke88)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:35:07 GMT

dbe425

Not to crush your hopes and dreams but Metro 2033 needs SLI if you want max settings with decent FPS. I could be wrong but past threads I've read seemed to say Metro needs two top end GPUs to max.

+1

OP, I did one full play through of Metro 2033...two GTX 580's in SLI with a slight overclock....1200p resolution

Metro all maxed settings (including 4x MSAA) the game was pretty playable...but it wasn't buttery smooth like I expected....there were times when it dipped into the 30's, because the game is that taxing...or the game just runs like crap...haha who knows? but whatever the case maybe, I'm sure you won't be happy with a 480 + 275 for PHYSX at 1200p

Now just a friendly tip...you can always turn off a few settings in order to drastically improve frame rates...and barely take any loss in the eye candy department....the two main settings are DOF & 4X MSAA...if you turn DOF off and use AAA instead of 4X MSAA, it can be the difference between 25fps and 50fps

Re:Physx Games (boylerya)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:28:22 GMT

dbe425

Not to crush your hopes and dreams but Metro 2033 needs SLI if you want max settings with decent FPS. I could be wrong but past threads I've read seemed to say Metro needs two top end GPUs to max.

I was just looking at these benches and came back to see your post. http://www.tomshardware.c...e-gtx-480,2585-12.html
I think that with the physx card at 1200p I should be able to average 40fps. That works for me, but I am worried about sections of the game that may be more demanding than the portion that was benched if those portions exist.

Re:Physx Games (dbe425)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:23:54 GMT

Not to crush your hopes and dreams but Metro 2033 needs SLI if you want max settings with decent FPS. I could be wrong but past threads I've read seemed to say Metro needs two top end GPUs to max.

Re:Physx Games (boylerya)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:17:44 GMT

I will have a GTX480 for at least two weeks before I use it in an Ivy Bridge build for a friend. Hopefully that and a GTX275 dedicated physx card will run Metro 2033 max settings at 1200p or 1600p. Been holding off playing that game until I have a system capable of max settings for a while.

Re:Physx Games (dukenuke88)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:11:18 GMT

Battlefield 3 doesn't have PHYSX...it does have some nice physics effects though (Frost Bite 2.0 engine)

Re:Physx Games (boylerya)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:08:50 GMT

Ya, I just wanted to see a list that is both complete and accurate. For a company that is pushing Physx as an improved feature on their Kepler chips, I would think they would have spent the little bit of time it would take to have that kind of list posted on their site.

Re:Physx Games (Im Hit!)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:05:41 GMT

Mafia 2
Batman AC
Metro 2033
Battlefield 3 (I believe)
Alice

(these are some of the best for real world Physx stress tests)

Physx Games (boylerya)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:01:47 GMT

Tried searching for a list of Physx games, found one on NVIDIA's site; but it does not seem updated and possibly incorrect. For example, it has Heavy Rain listed, and as far as I know that is a PS3 only title. Then there is also the fact both batman games and alice 2 are not up there.
http://developer.nvidia.com/physx