Adding an old GPU for dedicated physx?

[Patriote]

Hey guys!

So i have that old 8800GTX and was wondering if it would add a little extra if i was to hook it into my new rig and use it as a dedicated physx card. Well, first, is it still possible to do that? I remember seeing that this could be done a few years ago but it is still possible and would it be a good thing?

Would i see any difference in game such as BF3, MW3, Crysis 2 etc...?

New rig specs :

Asus p8z68-v rpo
2500k @ 4.5Ghz for now
Asus 580GTX DirectCUII
Ultra X3 1000W PSU
Xonar DX 7.1
etc..

Thanks!

[ern88]

wouldn't be worth it really in my opinion. I said with a 200 series nvidia card would be what you want. The 8800 is just too old.

[Arinoth]

Unless you're playing games that have physx, which aren't a lot nor really most the games you listed, you won't see a performance difference/increase at all with that older gpu.

[dandelioneater]

Originally Posted by ern88

wouldn't be worth it really in my opinion. I said with a 200 series nvidia card would be what you want. The 8800 is just too old.

Yeah, I compared a GTX470/8500GT with just a GTX 470 in Mafia II and the 8500GT was just too slow. I was better off with just the 470 by itself.

[Soultribunal]

Not worth it in this case.
Too much Power consumption, too much heat for what it does. And too old to give any type of boost.

ST

[Patriote]

Allright! Thanks guys for the quick reply! :)

[Stormscape]

What about something like this? Or does PCI not have enough bandwidth? A PCI-e card isn't an option for me because I'm using both PCI-e slots on my board for crossfire.

[supaflyx3]

for a 580, you'll probably want a 550ti or faster for physx