Enabling Hardware Physics Acceleration on the New (and Old) MacBook Pro

[Immanueldk]

Here is the the link how to do it.

http://tomkarpik.com/articles/enabling-hardware-physics-acceleration-on-the-new-and-old-macbook-pro/

this is the guide for the 9600GT, but should be almost the same for 8600GT, pls write in here, if you had good luck and for those who did with a 8600GT, pls write what did you change in the driver.

Could be nice with a guide for the 8600gt.

 

[Tex-Twil]

Nice.

The thing is that only few of the current games support the PhysX engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX

 

[Immanueldk]

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Nice.

The thing is that only few of the current games support the PhysX engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX

its noot only about to get the Physx to work, but you are able to download the newest drivers from Nvidia and install them. Thats what is so cool.

 

[Tex-Twil]

its noot only about to get the Physx to work, but you are able to download the newest drivers from Nvidia and install them. Thats what is so cool.

yes sure this can be useful.

btw, do you know if the drivers from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers can be used on a MBP ?

Tex

 

[Immanueldk]

yes sure this can be useful.

btw, do you know if the drivers from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers can be used on a MBP ?

Tex

i cant remember if i tried this drivers, but if I had so no succes. Just say that my hardware dosent support. But try the guide on the link ill send it should work.

ill try when im back from work later. Then I can write a solution.

 

[Immanueldk]

yes sure this can be useful.

btw, do you know if the drivers from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers can be used on a MBP ?

Tex

hey I got this answer on the website

David
October 27th, 2008

U can use this site also, easier and faster and does the same thing.

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/




Try this driver, if you are using XP32 bit like me.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/xp/180.43

 

[Tex-Twil]

Try this driver, if you are using XP32 bit like me.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/xp/180.43

ok great. I dont have a MBP yet It should arrive tomorrow

 

[PeaceOut]

What's the point of this upgrade?
I mean does it fix something or make the graphics better?

Just curious before I spend the energy to do it.

 

[Tex-Twil]

What's the point of this upgrade?
I mean does it fix something or make the graphics better?

Just curious before I spend the energy to do it.

Well for the PhysX engine itself you might want to read the wiki. But in any case it allows you to have a newer version of the drivers which might be more stable, more performant ...

 

[Immanueldk]

What's the point of this upgrade?
I mean does it fix something or make the graphics better?

Just curious before I spend the energy to do it.

okay, ask you self Why do nvidia update the drivers all the time? answer for better performance of cause

I have tried the driver http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/xp/180.43 but I cant make it work. dont know why..

I made some 3dmark, on my computer, 2.4 GHz mbp 8600GT 256mb 4gb ram.

01 29081
03 13609
05 7768
06 4143

It could be so niiiice, if somebody tried the 3dmark, with the new MBP

ill try to figure out, why I cant install the new drivers, wanna compare with my standard drivers in 3Dmark

 

[Tex-Twil]

It could be so niiiice, if somebody tried the 3dmark, with the new MBP

I'll do it when I have my (first) new MBP ... hopefully tomorrow. I'll put XP 64bits though but I think the difference between 64 and 32 bits is quite small.

 

[kousuke18]

okay, ask you self Why do nvidia update the drivers all the time? answer for better performance of cause

I have tried the driver http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/xp/180.43 but I cant make it work. dont know why..

I made some 3dmark, on my computer, 2.4 GHz mbp 8600GT 256mb 4gb ram.

01 29081
03 13609
05 7768
06 4143

It could be so niiiice, if somebody tried the 3dmark, with the new MBP

ill try to figure out, why I cant install the new drivers, wanna compare with my standard drivers in 3Dmark

what resolution did you use to run the 3dmark06 bench test?

 

[winninganthem]

Thanks for the link, much appreciated

 

[TXBDan]

Yes, the laptopvideo2go drivers work. You have to d/l the INF file as well and replace the one in the drivers. This allows you to install on the laptop.

the new 180 drivers are very fast. i got about a 500point 3DMark improvement with them. Very big.

 

[eleven2brett]

Thanks for the link. I wonder how the latest drivers will run.

 

[Immanueldk]

what resolution did you use to run the 3dmark06 bench test?

i did in standard resolution 1280x1024, I know my screen can only xxxx x 900, but it ran

ill try with the inf file

 

[Chrysaor]

i did in standard resolution 1280x1024, I know my screen can only xxxx x 900, but it ran

ill try with the inf file

It runs but in a lower resolution so cheats in a way, results can't be compared to default 1280x1024 resolution scores.
You need to use an external monitor with 1280x1024 resolution to get a valid comparable score.

 

[Immanueldk]

It runs but in a lower resolution so cheats in a way, results can't be compared to default 1280x1024 resolution scores.
You need to use an external monitor with 1280x1024 resolution to get a valid comparable score.

hmm, i think it ran 1280x1024, because i could NOT see the FPS, and how many frames, like in 05 03 01...

But I can try it in 1280x 800 then ill get more I KNOW THAT

 

[akm3]

Is it going to technically be possible for new drivers to implement the hybrid SLI under windows/boot camp, or is that disabled on the firmware level?

 

[Chrysaor]

hmm, i think it ran 1280x1024, because i could NOT see the FPS, and how many frames, like in 05 03 01...

But I can try it in 1280x 800 then ill get more I KNOW THAT

It runs in 1280x854 if you are using 1440x900 screen.
You can run it in 320x240 if you want (and have registered version) and get a really high score but that doesn't mean anything.

 

[Immanueldk]

It runs in 1280x854 if you are using 1440x900 screen.
You can run it in 320x240 if you want (and have registered version) and get a really high score but that doesn't mean anything.

you have a nice laptop Cant you make the test for 01, 03, 05 and 06? then we can try in 1024x768 in 06, then there is no cheat

 

[Immanueldk]

Yes, the laptopvideo2go drivers work. You have to d/l the INF file as well and replace the one in the drivers. This allows you to install on the laptop.

the new 180 drivers are very fast. i got about a 500point 3DMark improvement with them. Very big.

well ive tried the driver changed the hacked ini...

after restart, I get an error that the new driver is not possible to have the nvida control panel, and ive gone -300 Marks in 01...

ill just reinstall my old driver i think.

 

[winninganthem]

Just wanted to post to let you guys know that this method does work on the old version Penryn MBPs with the GeForce 8600GT. Shame Nvidia doesn't update the drivers for notebook users and we need to do this (which is pretty dumb of Nvidia), but this work-around works.

 

[Tex-Twil]

It runs but in a lower resolution so cheats in a way, results can't be compared to default 1280x1024 resolution scores.
You need to use an external monitor with 1280x1024 resolution to get a valid comparable score.

If the test is in 1280x1024 then it is ok. The fact that it does not fit on the screen it doesn't matter. The graphic card does produce the images in the correct resolution.

 

[Immanueldk]

Just wanted to post to let you guys know that this method does work on the old version Penryn MBPs with the GeForce 8600GT. Shame Nvidia doesn't update the drivers for notebook users and we need to do this (which is pretty dumb of Nvidia), but this work-around works.

You did´t get an error with the Nvidia Control Panel after installing driver?
Did you update the driver from device manager, or the Nvidia setup from the folder with the hacked inf?