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    Vaio-Z5 Nvidia Problem

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by sirhC6, Feb 19, 2010.

  1. sirhC6

    sirhC6 Notebook Enthusiast

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    After a long Google-Trip without any findings, I decided to look for help from you guys.
    I try to play Batman Arkham Asylum, which uses Nvidia PhysX. During the Installation Process the Installer told me that I don't have the right hardware to use PhysX.
    On the Nvidia homepage, it says that the 9300m gs, which is used by the Z, supports Cuda and PhysX. After a quick look in the Nvidia-Settings I saw that PhysX is installed (Systeminformation in Nvidia-Settingsmanager) Version: 909.08.14.
    Running the Tool GPU-Z showed me that PhysX is not activated.
    What can I do to get PhysX running????

    Nvidia Driver: Original W7 64bit from Sony homepage (11.8735)

    Any ideas?
     
  2. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Physix requires at least 16 shader cores, which the 9300m GS only has 8. And even if you had 16 cores, Physix would not even remotely result in a playable game. It would be like a powerpoint presentation.
     
  3. sirhC6

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    So why does the Nvidia homepage say it does support PhysX?????
     
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