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    PhysX acceleration coming to G92 gpus

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by royk50, Jun 21, 2008.

  1. royk50

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    what about 8800m??
     
    Nirvana, Jun 21, 2008
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    too late for me right now but I will test it out first thing in the morning tomorrow. ;)
     
    Nirvana, Jun 21, 2008
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    I remember Nvidia saying that PhysX was going to be available to all 8 Series cards, not just the new ones. Don't let us down Nvidia :(
     
    XPS1330, Jun 21, 2008
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    omg, if this works with 8800M GTS I gonna scream :eek:
     
    DRevan, Jun 21, 2008
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    Dude, this is just the initial driver bringing PhysX support for those GPUs first. Read what's said in GURU 3D... they mention that nVidia will bring PhysX to 8 and 9 series GPUs in the coming weeks.
     
    Prasad, Jun 21, 2008
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    yes, i was testing that driver out last night...major slow downs for us, but it keeps gpu on low temps. constantly downclocking. and my 3dmarks we're mediocre at best. was using a a blank raid setup so no game testing... will check that out here today. now if the enable the physx...then watch out!
     
    Johnksss, Jun 21, 2008
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    so, any1 know yet if Physx works with 8800M GTS or not?
     
    DRevan, Jun 21, 2008
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    im testing that right now...i had to edit up an inf file...will let you know in about 30 minutes or so.

    edit: nope, physX is not enabled on card
    http://www.guru3d.com/news/nvidia-physx-quick-test/
    they say it will cause a framerate drop using this option while playing games.
     
    Johnksss, Jun 21, 2008
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    You mean it is not enabled because of the software is not good yet or you mean because the G92M -despite of the G92- is physically not able to run it ?
     
    DRevan, Jun 21, 2008
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    meaning i went in an edited an inf file to support the card and it did not enable the geforce or ageia physx hardware device selection/geforce enabled engines
     
    Johnksss, Jun 21, 2008
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    Ok I've just tried 177.35 display drivers (with lv2go modified inf) along with PhysX 8.06.12 drivers and both options are greyed out in the PhysX control panel.

    On a side note if anyone wants to know how to install the latest drivers with the modified inf files on laptopvideo2go if you force driver installation through device manager and select 8800M GTX instead of GTS it installs perfectly. All the recent drivers had been giving me a "this is not a compatible version of Vista" error if I used the modified inf.
     
    iaTa, Jun 21, 2008
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    the above inf (32)doesn't have entry for 8800m

    the 64 has it
     
    royk50, Jun 21, 2008
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    Oh really - I only checked 64-bit inf and it did have 8800M. Odd.
     
    iaTa, Jun 21, 2008
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    look at the files sizes

    the 32 is either not modded or ....
     
    royk50, Jun 21, 2008
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    PhysX still not enabled using 64-bit inf anyway.
     
    iaTa, Jun 21, 2008
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    it cant be enabled through modding an inf file...we we're all hoping it could, but as of yet...seems that we are waiting for nvidia to release the actual files that will enable it.
     
    Johnksss, Jun 21, 2008
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    hey anyone tried it with 32bit XP? :D
     
    Nirvana, Jun 21, 2008
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    good call...maybe ill dual boot over and give it a shot...i noticed that the other drivers did clock well with xp, while desktop xp based systems still rank high in the over clock marks.
     
    Johnksss, Jun 21, 2008
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    Well, the 92M should for sure have no problem running it, as it is CUDA enabled:
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html
     
    Divine_Madcat, Jun 21, 2008
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    are those real benchmark of Unreal Tournament 3?
     
    Nirvana, Jun 21, 2008
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    ok, the driver works great. after reworking some of the settings in the inf. was getting about p3500 and now getting close to 4k now
     
    Johnksss, Jun 22, 2008
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  26. royk50

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    well how about sharing the inf with the rest of us ?
     
    royk50, Jun 22, 2008
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    I tried the new 177.39 drivers on my 6860FX and was getting corrupted textures in Age Of Conan. 177.26 work fine. 177.39 are broken at least for AoC. Had to go back to 177.26


    However on my desktop machine that has a 8800GTX the 177.39 drivers work fine.


    Oh and the PhysX was greyed out for me on both 6860fx and desktopl.
     
    rafaelsmith, Jun 22, 2008
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    question.... did you use a modded inf or just add all the info for your card into the original inf?

    reason being...i tried the modded inf and my system kept crashing as well
     
    Johnksss, Jun 22, 2008
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    I used the modded inf that I posted and I haven't had any issues in UT3, CSS, TrackMania.
     
    iaTa, Jun 22, 2008
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    aight, cool
     
    Johnksss, Jun 22, 2008
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    John...could you post your files for us "lesser" folks? I would like to try it on my 6860
     
    Buellride, Jun 22, 2008
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    So, let me ask...

    Will the PhysX work with the 177.39 drivers? or any drivers for our GPU (M8800GTS)?

    Or are we waiting on Nvidia to release code to activate it?

    Thanks for clearing up my Q's.
     
    hehehemann, Jun 22, 2008
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    we are waiting on nivida to release code to activate it or someone to snag the files that will activate it. so to speak. and call it a pre realease or beta "stolen software" "cough" lol
     
    Johnksss, Jun 22, 2008
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    jhon from looking at the inf you posted its x86, right ?

    more over it doesn't look to include all the usual info that the laptop2go drivers include, so basically you just added 2 lines to support our 8800m gts (0609.1)?
     
    royk50, Jun 23, 2008
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    yep, exactly...i added the nv_3x stuff the first time, but found that i didn't need it. so took it out.

    so yep, just two lines to support our card and that's it.
     
    Johnksss, Jun 23, 2008
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    John: Will that inf work for XP 32-bit? Everytime I try to install it tells me the drivers I am trying to install are for vista even though I have the XP ones. I renamed the INF you posted to nv4_disp.inf and overwrote the one that came with the driver, is this the correct method?

    Thanks man.
     
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    that is the 32 bit vista version and shouldn't work for xp....
     
    Johnksss, Jun 23, 2008
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    According to the German Website it will take several weeks before Nvidia will come up with drivers that will support the 8 and 9 series cards. As long as they do come out with them I will be happy :)
     
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    John:

    Any chance you can mod an inf for XP 32-bit? :D
     
    rancid, Jun 23, 2008
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    This is accoring to the German Website. This guy basically says that these drivers and inf files work flawlessly for his 8800GTS:

    EDIT.. Let's try those links again:



    Downloads:

    GF 177.39:

    Vista x64: http://www.vaguetech.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=236

    Vista x86: http://www.vaguetech.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=233

    XP 64: http://www.vaguetech.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=232

    XP 32: http://www.vaguetech.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=231

    This is the modded inf file: http://www.vaguetech.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=235

    NVIDIA PhysX v8.06.12: http://www.vaguetech.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=234

    The links should work now,
     
    Tom1222, Jun 23, 2008
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    yeah, none of them links work.
     
    Johnksss, Jun 23, 2008
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    They do now ;)
     
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    FYI This is where I got my drivers and modded INF.

    And as I mentioned in prior post...the textures in Age of Conan were messed up and the PhysX option was greyed out on my 6860FX.

    I would advice not using these drivers.

    The 177.26 from Laptopvideo2go work fine on my 6860FX.
     
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    please note that the above inf is for the 177.35
    laptop2go didn't release an inf for the 177.39
     
    royk50, Jun 24, 2008
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    hey roy, did you get your inf file?
     
    Johnksss, Jun 24, 2008
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    i got yours but didn't get to play with it yet
    bit lazy with it as the only(???) benefit is the vantage score which i don't have installed.
     
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    nope, that's a big 10-4 negative! you should notice something right off the bat just running 3dmark06. dont do the whole test..just do the first 2 graphics and check the frames against your other driver test....what? you think i run the whole program every time? lol. nope not untill i see that they might improve with a few tweaks then i start running full test.
     
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    i use the 177.35 and its good beside that silly down clock on batteries (which i dont care about as i dont game on batteries).

    but if you say the 177.39 is a real advantage i will do the effort :)
     
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    i like it alot roy...seems to be pretty stable. down clocks when it's suppose to, speeds up when it's suppose to. gpu can get as low as 41c just idling. plays right on battery power.... all the things we are looking for. and when physx is enabled...we should be sitting right with the 8800m gts gaming world. :)
     
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