NVIDIA
PhysX Control
Panel

Use the
NVIDIA PhysX Control Panel application to access NVIDIA PhysX driver and
hardware information, installed demos, system settings and diagnostics, and
documentation features.

1.       Select Start > Control Panel
> NVIDIA PhysX.

or

Select
Start > Settings > Control Panel,
and then select NVIDIA PhysX. [Using
“Classic Start menu” setting without “Expand Control
Panel” set.]

or

Select
Start > Settings > Control Panel
> NVIDIA PhysX. [Using “Classic Start menu” setting with
“Expand Control Panel” set.]

1.
Select
the following tabs:

Info

Demo

Settings

Help

Info

The Info
tab displays the AGEIA PhysX Processor driver and hardware information.  Your AGEIA PhysX Processor driver
consists of OS Driver and Runtime NVIDIA PhysX Engine components.  See Figure
1.
GeForce PhysX Acceleration control is
located in the Settings tab.

Figure
1: NVIDIA PhysX Control Panel –
Info

Demo

In the Demo
tab, click an icon to launch its installed demo. See Figure 2.

Figure
2: NVIDIA PhysX Control Panel –
Demo

Settings

The Settings
tab contains the following options (see Figure
3):

Hardware
Device Selection box:

No Acceleration: This option
disables any acceleration of NVIDIA PhysX on GeForce or AGEIA PhysX Processors.
All PhysX operations will be executed on the host CPU.

Please
note that some applications may offer the means to override this setting.

GeForce PhysX: This option allows the
GeForce enabled PhysX engine to use your GeForce GPU.

AGEIA PhysX:  This option allows the PhysX engine to
use your AGEIA PhysX processor.

If
you have multiple GeForce GPUs that the PhysX engine can use, the “Select
GPU for GeForce PhysX” button will appear.  Click it to display the “GeForce
PhysX Device Selection” dialog (see
Figure 4).  This
dialog shows you which GeForce GPU the PhysX engine will use and allows you to modify
that selection.

If
you are having problems with multiple GeForce GPUs in Windows VistaTM you must
extend a desktop onto the GeForce GPU if you want the PhysX engine to use it in
Windows VistaTM.

If
your GeForce GPUs are in an SLI configuration they will appear to the PhysX
engine and the PhysX Control Panel Settings as a single GPU.

The PhysX
engine will use an AGEIA PhysX Processor or an 8, 9, or GTX 200 series GeForce
GPU with at least 256MB of memory.

AGEIA
PhysX Diagnostics box:

Reset
AGEIA PhysX Card:
Click this button for a soft reset of the AGEIA PhysX processor.

Start
Extended Diagnostics:
Click this button to run extended diagnostics on the AGEIA PhysX processor and
display the information in the tab. Click Save Report to File to save the information to a file for
technical support. This is a very useful tool if the AGEIA PhysX processor does
not seem to be working properly and you need to communicate with support staff.

Figure
3: NVIDIA PhysX Control Panel –
Settings

Figure 4:
NVIDIA PhysX Control Panel – GeForce PhysX Device Selection

Help

The Help
tab provides links to technical support and documentation. See Figure 5.  If you are having problems with your
NVIDIA PhysX Card, you should first review troubleshooting and help
documentation.  If you still have
problems and you purchased a retail card, please first contact the card
manufacturer.  If you received a
development board directly from NVIDIA, please contact your account manager or
FAE.

Figure
5: NVIDIA PhysX Control Panel –
Help