Nvidia, RTX and PhysX

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.
Hope you weren’t planning to play PhysX games on Nvidia’s new 50-series GPUs
Nvidia’s new video cards drop support for 32-bit CUDA applications, including PhysX.
Nvidia’s new RTX 50-series cards have issues playing older PhysX games
Some graphically intense PC games from 2005 to 2013 have issues showing off their prowess on cards like the RTX 5090.
Nvidia has quietly ended support for 32-bit PhysX on its new RTX 50-series, so games like Batman: Arkham City might look and run better on older GPUs
PhysX, Nvidia's physics engine, will finally lose support in RTX 50 series cards, in a move to remove 32-bit CUDA application support on its latest graphics cards. Removing PhysX support means that some games from the 2000s and early 2010s will lose part of the way they implement particle and clothing effects.
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.
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.
Nvidia's 'Priority Access' is Finally Here For Those Who Want to Buy RTX 5080, 5090 FE GPUs
Nvidia's RTX 5090 & 5080 launch is a mess—low inventory, tech issues, and scalpers galore. A new priority access program aims to help, but will it work?
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 RTX 50 Series Drops Support for 32-bit PhysX, Affecting Performance in Older Games
NVIDIA is officially ending support for 32-bit software in its latest GeForce RTX 50 Series of GPUs. This includes the 32-bit PhysX engine, which was once a key part of many games’ physics systems.
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.
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.
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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ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Graphics Card Catches Fire, Blown Capacitor Suspected to Be the Source of Ignition
It's never a dull moment for some owners of NVIDIA's flagship GPU, especially for one with an ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 which ...
Nvidia’s Big Plan to Beat Back RTX 5090 Scalpers Is the Same as Everybody Else’s
Nvidia’s ‘priority access’ raffle may help you get a Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 or 5080 FE at the base price.