PhysX quietly retired on RTX 50 series GPUs: Nvidia ends 32-bit CUDA app support

[Kaz]

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Nvidia has quietly retired 32-bit PhysX support on RTX 50 series GPUs — a game-specific graphics technology that was advertised heavily during the 2000s and early 2010s. Nvidia confirmed the technology's end-of-life status (at least the 32-bit version) on the Nvidia forums as a result of 32-bit CUDA applications support deprecation starting with the RTX 50 series.

As far as we know, there are no 64-bit games with integrated PhysX technology, thus terminating the tech entirely on RTX 50 series GPUs and newer. RTX 40 series and older will still be able to run 32-bit CUDA applications and thus PhysX, but regardless, the technology is now officially retired, starting with Blackwell.

PhysX quietly retired on RTX 50 series GPUs: Nvidia ends 32-bit CUDA app support | Tom's Hardware

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With no 64-bit games using PhysX (that we are aware of), the technology is now end-of-life.

 

Yet another reason not to jump on the 50 series bandwagon.

 

List of games that support Nvidia PhysX - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game

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Pretty big list, with some of the titles dropping in 2024.

Edited February 19 by Kaz
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[Slaughtahouse]

16 hours ago, Kaz said:

PhysX quietly retired on RTX 50 series GPUs: Nvidia ends 32-bit CUDA app support | Tom's Hardware

WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM

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With no 64-bit games using PhysX (that we are aware of), the technology is now end-of-life.

 

Yet another reason not to jump on the 50 series bandwagon.

 

List of games that support Nvidia PhysX - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game

WWW.PCGAMINGWIKI.COM

 

Pretty big list, with some of the titles dropping in 2024.

 

There aren't a ton of unique games that I play that use PhsyX, and it effectively has been phased out in modern game development. I see a lot of titles there that support PhsyX but I don't think they actually use it. At least, there aren't any toggles within those games. Like Alan Wake II or Black Myth: Wukong.

 

However, I do love a couple games that do use PhsyX well. Borderlands 2 is one of them. Another one is Killing Floor 2. It has the gibs system where you see organs and goop covered over the environment. Im not sure if Killing Floor 3 (due next month) will use it.

 

Either way, a really crappy situation considering the support is disappearing. Hope this spurs some excitement to maintain it.

[Kaz]

I suspect it's hard to generate fake frames for it.

[schuck6566]

I just looked up some games using it.Along with Warframe,here's a list of some other games. It was also saying that some of the games might use the CPU to process the physics sims.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (2020)

Metro Exodus (2020)

Borderlands 2

Mirror's Edge

The Witcher 3

Batman: Arkham City

Batman: Arkham Knight

Fallout 4