Drop from 584 to 7 FPS: PhysX tests on RTX 5080 in Mirror's Edge and Borderlands 2
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
The modern GeForce RTX 50 graphics card lineup brought an unpleasant surprise to fans of older games.
Recently, PC gamers were surprised to discover that NVIDIA quietly dropped support for 32-bit PhysX on RTX 50 graphics cards. This led to a massive performance drop in older games.
The creator of the VerbalSilence YouTube channel decided to clearly demonstrate how the gaming experience deteriorates when PhysX comes into play. He played on a PC equipped with a GeForce RTX 5080.
For example, in Mirror's Edge, one could get 250–600 FPS, but as soon as glass is shattered — the frame rate drops to 7–30 FPS.
In Borderlands 2, shooting at water can cut the frame rate in half, from ~120+ FPS down to 50–60.
Video: https://youtu.be/_dUjUNrbHis
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