Here's how to do it! This will essentially hook your NVidia PhysX capable card up with your CrossFire system. and plugged it in.
Updated: Some new numbers, new info.
Updated: Batman: Arkham Asylum works, though there are no patchable dll's. It just works! GPU-Z confirmed about 22% GPU load in the beginning of the game.
You will need:
Windows 7 (Preferably 64bit)
Alice 2: Madness Returns installed
PhysX capable card, I took an old PNY GeForce 8800GT 512MB. Do not attach any monitor cabble.
PhysX_9.11.0621_SystemSoftware.msi
FluidMark (to confirm your setup)
Old GeForce drivers: 285.79-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit-international-beta.exe
NVIDIA GeForce driver 256 Hybrid PhysX mod [x86/x64] v1.05ff by Liandri / THETA
- Install GeForce drivers. Do custom installation, and uncheck PhysX. We are using a the latest version that actually work wich is 9.11.0621.
- Install PhysX 9.11.0621
- Install FluidMark (I was using 1.4.0)
- Run Hybrid-PhysX-mod-1.05ff.exe
- Run nvsvc-set-Manual.cmd (as Administrator)
- Run PhysX-HwSelection-set-GPU.cmd (as Administrator)
- Take (now patched) C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common\PhysXDevice.dll and copy to Fluidmark folder
- Run FluidMark and observe the checkbox for GPU PhysX has been unlocked. Check it, and run standard 1080 test and snicker. FluidMark will not utilize CrossFire, but Alice 2 will!
- Copy the same file to replace (remember to backup!) C:\Program Files (x86)\EA Games\Alice Madness Returns\Alice2\Binaries\Win32 . Unfortunately, Alice 2 is not 64bit.
- Run game!
And I have two 6770 GDDR5's in CrossFire as well; Also I have unlocked 60 fps rate, and it seems to be stable around 60!
CPU-Z logs about
53% 96 load on card 1 and
35% 76% load on card two.
I am running Phenom X4 @ 3000 w/default TurboCore 3400, 4GB 1066 RAM
Warning: Something is occasionaly causing this setup to bluescreen the nVidia driver; I don't know if it's the Hybrid patch; the fact that I am using a beta driver or if it's AMD's fault. When the system goes back online I seem to have lost CrossFire capability and I have to disable the nVidia screen (if any) and unplug it; restart, then reinstall Catalyst. Confirm that the AMD display is #1 and primary display. Re-enable CrossFire, run Hybrid patch and scripts; good to go again. At this stage it is OK to plug in and use the nVidia display. (Nice to put CPU/GPU and other system monitors here and see that everything runs smoothly; this is pulling a good 400 watts on the PSU as well as stressing your entire rig..)
Game played in full HD with everything maxed. Also everything on card half maxed quality-wise. This will add a little more spice to the graphics! Especially fluids, clothing and particles.
GPU-Z confirms it: (thats a PNY GeForce 8800GT 512MB)
GPU Load [%] Memory Controller Load [%] (Dedicated) [MB] (Dynamic) [MB]
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 32 13
0 0 32 13
0 0 32 13
0 0 32 13
This goes on for a while, then:
0 0 96 77
0 0 96 77
0 0 96 77
0 0 96 77
4 0 96 77
4 0 96 77
2 0 96 77
6 0 96 77
6 0 96 77
6 0 96 77
6 0 96 77
6 0 96 77
6 0 96 77
6 0 108 77
16 1 108 77
17 0 108 77
14 0 108 77
15 0 108 77
23 2 108 77
24 2 108 77
23 2 108 77
24 2 108 77
22 2 108 77
18 1 108 77
18 1 108 77
19 1 108 77
19 1 108 77
And it goes on like this, up to 63 if I remember correctly, may have been more! I was enthusiastic about running Crysis 1 or 2 with this hack, but Crytek seems to use the PhysX software in CPU mode! I tried, but GPU-Z delivars no numbers.
Next project is hacking Batman: Arkhan City!
