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    For all you new xps owners?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by xxbadboys93, Apr 28, 2011.

  1. xxbadboys93

    xxbadboys93 Notebook Deity

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    In the nvidia control panel, under the tab "set physix Configuration" what do you have selected?
    1. Auto Select
    2. CPU
    3. Nvidia Card.

    What is the best one to pick for better performance. Im confussed.

    What i think is that should we leave it on CPU because the gpu is the bottleneck and putting physix on gpu will be more demanding.

    Guys please clarify this for me.

    thank you
     
    xxbadboys93, Apr 28, 2011
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  2. DakkonA

    DakkonA Notebook Evangelist

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    You should be able to test it out. Nvidia has PhysX demos available--check out the particle fluid one, and run it with both modes. It runs much faster using the GPU.

    Now, I don't know what happens when you have both many textures/AA/etc. and physics. But I figure the driver can probably do a good enough job deciding--and if I set it to auto, and it uses the GPU for the demo's physics at least.
     
    DakkonA, Apr 28, 2011
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    conscriptvirus Notebook Evangelist

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    If you are unsure, leave it at auto. The XPS video cards aren't that powerful (420m to 540m) and it's probably best to just leave Physx off in the first place. it just adds in some new effects that can be pretty straining on those video cards.

    also, these are the games that support physx
    PhysX Games | NVIDIA Developer Zone tho I'm not sure if that list is complete as it's missing Mirror's Edge. anyways, none of the games that I play don't support physx so the option doesnt really concern me.
     
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    I think its time for you to overclock the 540m, use MSI afterburner, benchmark the before and after :)
     
    TheJoker7030, Nov 27, 2011
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