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Physx support for T61p?
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:53 am
by Pocket Aces
I'm not sure how this PhysX thing works. I currently have the 177.79 drivers from laptopvideo2go. Is PhysX supposed to be included in the driver package, or do I have to download that seperately? Also, is the FX570M even supported?
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:11 am
by Wiz
PhysX is not included with the drivers from Lenovo. You can download the latest version here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_8.06.12_whql.html
You can also see what hardware is supported, but the FX570M is not one of them. PhysX will still work with the T61p, but everything will be processed by the software and not by the hardware since you don't have any supported hardware installed.
Since nVIDEA recently bought PhysX i'm sure more hardware from nVIDIA will be supported in the future. I have no idea if that will included laptops.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:14 pm
by Pascal_TTH
NVIDIA tells GPU family 8 and 9 will handle PhysX. So Quadro FX 570m should handle it. Perhaps lenovo will never release such driver and we have to use hacked ones.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:03 pm
by Wiz
Pascal_TTH wrote:NVIDIA tells GPU family 8 and 9 will handle PhysX. So Quadro FX 570m should handle it. Perhaps lenovo will never release such driver and we have to use hacked ones.
According to their website the supported product is the following:
GeForce GTX 280 GPUs
GeForce GTX 260 GPUs
GeForce 9800 GTX GPUs
AGEIA PhysX Processor (All)
As far as i understand that doesn't include the Quadro FX 570m.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:31 pm
by Pocket Aces
The new driver widens the cards supported:
GeForce Power Pack System Requirements
In order to enable GPU PhysX or CUDA acceleration, a GeForce 8-series or later GPU is required. Also required is a graphics driver which supports both PhysX and CUDA. GeForce v177.83 graphics driver supports PhysX and CUDA on the following desktop GPUs:
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9500 GS
GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 9300 GS
GeForce 9300 GE
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8600 GS
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 SE
GeForce 8400 GS
GeForce 8400
GeForce 8300 GS
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a
GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a