Nvidia: Hybrid PhysX Is Technically Impossible

Posted on Thursday, May 06 2010 @ 0:10 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

NGOHQ spotted that NVIDIA claims that Hybrid SLI is technically impossible, even though unofficial mods are available that show that it is possible.

Nvidia Corporation has published the following on its PhysX FAQ: Can I use an NVIDIA GPU as a PhysX processor and a non-NVIDIA GPU for regular display graphics? No. There are multiple technical connections between PhysX processing and graphics that require tight collaboration between the two technologies.

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