{"id":877732,"date":"2025-12-16T22:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/nvidias-new-rtx-50-series-gpu-driver-restores-physx-support-for-popular-games\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:15:17","slug":"nvidias-new-rtx-50-series-gpu-driver-restores-physx-support-for-popular-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/nvidias-new-rtx-50-series-gpu-driver-restores-physx-support-for-popular-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia\u2019s new RTX 50-series GPU driver restores PhysX support for popular games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nvidia launched its first RTX 50-series graphics cards earlier this year without support for PhysX<\/a>, the GPU-accelerated technology that let games realistically simulate shattering glass, moving liquids, smoke, fog, and more. Now, Nvidia is bringing back PhysX support for the RTX 50-series GPUs for top-played games like Borderlands 2<\/em>, Mirror\u2019s Edge<\/em>, and Batman: Arkham City<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard the feedback from the community, and with the launch of our new driver today, we are adding custom support for GeForce gamers\u2019 most played PhysX-accelerated games, enabling full performance on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, in line with our existing PhysX support on prior-generation GPUs,\u201d says Nvidia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PhysX was a big part of games like Borderlands 2<\/em> and Mirror\u2019s Edge<\/em>, and it originally didn\u2019t ship with Nvidia\u2019s latest GPUs because the RTX 50-series dropped support for 32-bit CUDA support. That prevented these older games using PhysX from being GPU-accelerated on the latest Nvidia GPUs. Some titles like Borderlands 2<\/em> dropped below 60fps, because the games were relying on a CPU to deliver PhysX effects.<\/p>\n

Nvidia has now created \u201ccustom support\u201d for top-played PhysX-accelerated games, but not all games are supported yet. Here\u2019s the current list:<\/p>\n

Alice: Madness Returns
Assassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham Origins
Borderlands 2
Mafia II
Metro 2033
Metro: Last Light
Mirror\u2019s Edge<\/em><\/p>\n

Nvidia says it\u2019s also planning to support Batman: Arkham Asylum<\/em> \u201cin the first part of 2026,\u201d but there\u2019s no word on any additional games. PhysX was always limited to a handful of titles anyway, but Resetera forum<\/a> members have been tracking more than 40 games that have been affected by the removal of PhysX support on RTX 50-series GPUs. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that Nvidia will fully support all of these older PhysX games.<\/p>\n

You can download Nvidia\u2019s new Game Ready driver (591.44) over at Nvidia\u2019s website<\/a> or through the Nvidia app.<\/p>\n

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