On Q706, using sli 9800m GTS and the 9400m GT for physx?

I saw this:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=86456

"Yes. With SLI enabled you can still run PhysX. If you have two cards in SLI and a 3rd dissimilar card, you can run PhysX totally on the 3rd card. Or, you can disable PhysX and run it on one card and user the other for graphics. Likely, the best performing option is going to be leaving SLI enabled and running PhysX."


http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/441528-help-hybrid-sli-physx.html

yes I have 2 260 gtx in sli and i have my 8800gt for physx
new physx driver are out to http://www.overclock.net/software-ne...ml#post5317753


EDIT: Is there any point as well? Can the 94 even give reasonable physx support?

 

Nobody?

I was hoping someone with a 706/708 would try to run SLI and then physx on the 9400GT.

 

how would someone go about doing it? I don't think physx is enabled with stock drivers.

 

he is right you have to go to nvidias website and download the lastest drivers which include PhysX.

 

If you go to Nvidias site and look at the tab products supported for 179 drivers the q706 and 708 are not supported in this release. Hybrid sli notebooks are currently not supported by Nvidia. I have experimented with various Laptopvideo2go drivers that enable physx but still don't know how to dedicate the motherboard gpu for physx.

 

wow thats pretty stupid i wonder what the reasoning for not putting it in the hybrid sli form?

 

The following notebooks are not supported in this release:
Hybrid SLI notebooks (these notebooks will be supported in an upcoming release):

Acer Aspire 7530
BenQ Joybook S42
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Xi 3650
MSI EX630
Qosmio X305-Q706
Qosmio X305-Q708

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winvista64_179.28_beta.html

 

i hav a slightly related question the x305/x300 with the nvidia 9700 gts : the gpu supports hybridpower,according to nvidia, does this include the qosmio x305x300 aswell, does this mean that there is an intergrated graphics chip (9100m) onboard ? or is there only one gpu onboard (9700m) ?

 

Nvidia is really screwing the pooch by forcing their chipsets on consumer to run SLI. The P45 express chipset allows full crossfire support, so why not SLI? because Nvidia is trying to corner the market, but they are forcing an alliance between two powerful rivals, ATi and Intel. I dont know what AMD has to do with this, but I do know that intel chipsets support crossfire, while SLI is disabled through software with the exception of the Desktop Intel X58 chipset.

 

Sooo the new nVidia drivers released. And I have no idea how to run PhysX on 9400m.
nVidia announced PhysX support on cards that support CUDA but there is no 9400m in this list http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html
But on the other hand we know that 9400m supports CUDA from different commercial. I think we need to w8 a little bit more for support?

Let's bump it up: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=89462

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winvista64_179.48_beta.html

179.48, looks like its supported now.

 

Hey hey Dude55
And still they are not :< i think it is a not the drivers that we w8ed for it is just emergency drivers for new series of video cards.

 

lol i was wrong twice in 2 threads!

 

What was yor crash ? I can't make my Q706 work ! allways when i start 3dmark or a game it runs 10 - 20 sc than it crashes ! blue screen, reboot, and others types ! I installes all imaginary drivers ( DOX, all versions nvidia, laptopvideo2go, PhysX ) and dont work ! no way ! on windows when it uses just 9400M it works better on sli 9800M, on games it work for just some sexonds !!! anyone had this problem !! Help please !! ( i formatted ! installed everything again on Vista x64, Win 7X64 !!!!!

Thansk !

 

The 9400m g cannot be used for physx because it is integrated chipset graphics--it borrows from system memory, 258mb. 256 for 9400m and 2mb for turbocache. Installing drivers other than Toshibas can be tricky because they should be installed in power saver mode then restart, switch to high performance so the 9800m gts's can be installed. When you are in high performance mode, what do you see under display adapters in the device manager? I suspect that your drivers are not properly installed.