Patch Re-Enables PhysX When ATI Card is Present
Found on NGOHQ on Saturday, 03 October 2009
As you may or may not know, Windows 7 allows two display drivers to be used at once - like in Windows XP. Therefore, it is possible to use an Nvidia card for PhysX and ATI card for graphics rendering. Sadly, since the release of 186 graphics drivers, Nvidia has decided to block this feature anytime a Non-Nvidia GPU is present in the system.
As expected, this move by Nvidia generated a lot of criticism from both consumers and even Nvidia's competitors. Luckily, a forum member by the name of GenL has released an experimental beta patch which intercepts disable-PhysX-if-Radeon-is-present-code.
That's such an obvious attempt to force customer to replace an ATI card with one from Nvidia that they could have flat out said so. It's good to know though, for this will certainly affect my future choice of hardware: buying Nvidia is the last preferred option.