now i got 177.35 installed.and its being detected in gpu-z. but the new problem is, how do i noe whether my physX is working? i'm using 08.06.12 nvidia physX drivers tht u put in the first page.in the info tab,its written 'no ageia physX processor is installed'. but in settings tab , inside hardware device selection, GeForce PhysX option is being selected by default. means???

i think the physx 08.06.12 is not compatible with older cards....latest for our range of card is version 08.04.02

UPDATE: dl-ed 177.35 and tried to install....installation was ok but after booting up gpz-z still show is 175.70...sigh

did u replaced the modded inf from the same website tht demonic wrath gave? i did it. and it installed successfully for me.
cant be like dat i guess.it says G92 shud work and i'm using a 8800GT

Yea, the PhysX is working. You can try running Vantage's CPU test and see the increase in OP/s.

i did replaced the file....ahhh....nvm la...i'll juz wait a while longer for the official la.....this is killing me =(...btw i'm using 9600GT

How bout UT3 or GRAW? Any improvement?

It depends. On UT3, only PhysX maps show improvement. Besides that, nothing much.

Also, it seems that 177.35 fixed the DX10 performance for a few games - I've tested Crysis and UT3 only, and they seem to run just like how it ran in XP.

thanks alot. i dun play crysis actually. now i downloading 3dmark vantage. slow dl speed.
the only dx10 game i play now is lost planet:extreme condition.the UT series also. i only have the first version of unreal tournament back in P3 days using direct x 7

177.40 BETA : http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=293590

i got quite low score for 3dmark vantage actually.
3dmark score: P6419
GPU score: 5091
CPU score 29571 <-ppl say dis is freaking high?

using 177.35 driver+ physX 8.06.12

This post has been edited by k!nex: Jun 26 2008, 07:45 PM

For mine,

SLI 9600GT
Overall - P7310
GPU - 7883
CPU - 6003

9600GT doesn't work with PhysX yet..

Mine 3DMark Vantage score:

..........................177.35+PhysX........175.19

Total score................P11731..............P9920

GPU score...................9710................9695

CPU score...................31250..............10662

This post has been edited by low98944: Jun 27 2008, 08:28 AM

huge difference bro... Too bad no 8 series driver yet...

I don't understand what is the issue here, since nvidia have already embed the physic engine chip in their GPU's of course it'll be driven by the GPU right?

I think nVidia's CUDA forum got 177.35 driver for GC other than 200 series.

Lol they're just tak puas at NVIDIA.

GPU physics is of course the way to go since:-
1) It progress a lot faster than CPU (number of processors for GPU can be doubled in a short time(See HD3870 (320spu) -> HD4850 (800spu) transition))
2) It performs faster than CPU (at least 5 times faster in Physics according to 3DMark Vantage Physics Test)
3) Dual GPU is common, but Dual CPU is rare and expensive (Current solution is that 1 GPU for Physics and 1 GPU for rendering)
4) GPU is much cheaper than CPU (a 9600GSO can perform faster than Q9450 at a cheaper price) - how many cores do you think CPU need to achieve the same performance?
5) If the game does not support GPU physics, the other GPU can be used for rendering too (CF/SLI).


Yea, currently the PhysX driver support G92 and GTX 200 chips only. They'll bring support for other cards next month.

This post has been edited by Demonic Wrath: Jun 27 2008, 09:57 AM

already installed 177.40 for Vista 64 yesterday, can enable physx working great, havnt try wif vantage yet......

According to some forums, Forceware 177.35 performs better in performance..

u means better than 177.40,how?

It's not tak puas.. Just saying that it's supposed to be CPU test but kena taken over by GPU already And CPU test is meant to test the CPU. Anyhow it's good thing that this is happening PC without processor next time? All we need is GPU mobo and RAM.