WYP
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Redditor multiplies game performance by pairing Nvidia's RTX 5090 with an RTX 3050.
Read more about Nvidia's RTX 5090 being paired with an RTX 3050 for classic PhysX.
RTX 5090 users multiplies performance in classic games with an RTX 3050 PhysX card
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Read more about Nvidia's RTX 5090 being paired with an RTX 3050 for classic PhysX.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Excellent Nvidia strategy. Gimp the card and force users to buy older stock before releasing more current gen cards to consumers.
I mean it's BS but can't blame Jensen for his ingenuity on raking in every dollar.
I mean it's BS but can't blame Jensen for his ingenuity on raking in every dollar.
AlienALX
Well-known member
I thought I was being paranoid but it's awfully fishy isn't it? how to shift the crappiest most unsold card.....
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Maybe games that use 32 bit can be updated to use 64 bit but in all likelihood these games will have been completely abandoned by their devs.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Makes you wonder what other features, maybe even some current RT ones, will become unusable on the latest technology in the future.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Planned obsolescence, If Nvidia could they'd cut capabilities of all older cards so you need to buy newer cards, They only don't as they'd face such a class action lawsuit it would put a dent into gremlin Jensen's wallet.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
It's kinda the other way around now. Nvidia have stopped supporting older technologies on newer hardware that they once insisted upon and are an integral part of older games like Borderlands 2. It's like divorcing your wife because she isn't as pretty any more. You just don't do it.
ImprovizoR
Active member
Why a 3050? Shouldn't something old and cheap like a GT 730 work just as well? You're just offloading PhysX to it.
ImprovizoR
Active member
This seems newsworthy: https://github.com/NVIDIA-Omniverse/PhysX/discussions/384
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
While that's pretty neat it's been open sourced, annoyingly this puts the onus on modders to fix older games rather than devs going back and fixing 32bit physx implementations.
ImprovizoR
Active member
Sure, but we may be able to add it to other games now, too. Think PhysX in the original DOOM and, of course, Skyrim.
