Nvidia’s RTX 50-Series Cards Fail to Preserve Our Favorite Games From 10 Years Ago
Nvidia dropping 32-bit PhysX from the RTX 50-series' CUDA infrastructure is another sign that game preservation can't depend on those making gaming hardware.
Nvidia’s 50-series cards drop support for PhysX, impacting older games
Technically, a 64-bit game could still support PhysX on Nvidia's newest GPUs, but the heyday of PhysX, as a stand-alone technology switched on in game settings, tended to coincide with the 32-bit computing era.
RTX 50 series no longer supports one of Nvidia’s oldest GPU technologies
The once popular PhysX graphics technology by Nvidia is now out of support, leaving fans of the legacy games it powers saddened.
Some Games Run Better On Older GPUs Than On Nvidia's New 50-Series Cards
Nvidia's new 50-series graphics cards just aren't as good at running certain older games as previous hardware generations were, some PC gamers have discovered. With its latest generation of GPUs, Nvidia has quietly removed support for PhysX, a physics simulation technology that was used in a number of popular titles in the early 2010s.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series gaming GPUs just lost PhysX support in many games
With removal of hardware support for 32-bit PhysX, the likes of the RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 no longer accelerate this fancy physics feature.
NVIDIA Confirms GeForce RTX 50 GPUs Don't Support 32-Bit CUDA And PhysX
The change makes some classic PC games run poorly even on modern hardware due to a lack of GPU-accelerated physics.
NVIDIA's RTX 50 series slows down classic games after dropping PhysX support
NVIDIA's RTX 50 series drops 32-bit PhysX support, forcing older games like Borderlands 2 to run physics on the CPU, causing slowdowns.
Nvidia confirms rare GeForce RTX 50-series GPU issue
Nvidia released its latest GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs in January, and they're almost impossible to buy at retail. The powerful graphics card not only pushes the boundaries of how PC games can look, but they also make use of AI to make the hardware work more efficiently.
I wish Nvidia had waited with the RTX 50-series
The launch of Nvidia's RTX 50-series hasn't gone well so far, and it seems that things aren't about to improve anytime soon.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
GeForce RTX 5070s are also suffering from manufacturing faults, but Nvidia has some good news
Nvidia confirms rare hardware flaws in RTX 5070 and RTX 5090 GPUs. The issue affects less than 0.5% of GPUs and impacts graphical performance by 4%. Affected consumers can contact the board manufacturer for replacement,
NVIDIA Launches RTX 5070 Ti & Brings Avowed To GeForce NOW
It was quite an exciting week for many gamers, as NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, alongside support for Avowed and many other goodies on GeForce NOW.
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A Redditor has a solution for the lack of PhysX support with the RTX 50 series: running two GPUs
Nvidia's RTX 50 series lacks 32-bit PhysX support, impacting performance in older games. Pairing a 3050 GPU with a 5090 can ...
PhysX feature unlocked for RTX 5090 with RTX 3050 'helper' to enable full performance
As Nvidia has dropped support for PhysX in legacy games on its RTX 50 GPUs, a Redditor has bought a separate RTX 3050 as a ...
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This reddit user bought a RTX 3050 to pair with a RTX 5090 and uncripple 32-bit PhysX games
With the release of the RTX 50 series GPUs, Nvidia officially ended support for 32-bit PhysX. The real-time physics simulation engine acquired and developed by the company was used by some iconic ...
Hope you weren’t planning to play PhysX games on Nvidia’s new 50-series GPUs
That’s because Nvidia has quietly removed support for PhysX in its latest graphics chips, the company confirmed this week, ...
PhysX quietly retired on RTX 50 series GPUs: Nvidia ends 32-bit CUDA app support
With the retirement of 32-bit CUDA application support on RTX 50 series GPUs, PhysX is now end-of-life starting with ...
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