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Should I remove NVIDIA PhysX?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
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United States Rank #12,504
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Versions

VersionDistribution
8.10.13 100.00%

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NVIDIA PhysX v8.10.13

What is NVIDIA PhysX?

PhysX is a proprietary realtime physics engine middleware SDK. Video games supporting hardware acceleration by PhysX can be accelerated by either a PhysX PPU or a CUDA-enabled GeForce GPU offloading physics calculations from the CPU, allowing it to perform other tasks instead. This typically results in a smoother gaming experience and additional visual effects.

About  (from NVIDIA)

NVIDIA PhysX is a powerful physics engine enabling real-time physics in leading edge PC games. PhysX software is widely adopted by over 150 games and is used by more than 10,000 developers. PhysX is optimized for hardware acceleration by massively parallel processors. GeForce GPUs with PhysX provide an exponential incr...  Read more

Overview

The primary executable is named jre-7u15-windows-i586-iftw.exe. The setup package is about 119.35 KB (122,219 bytes) when donwloaded.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/physx
Help link: www.NVIDIA.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Temp\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{AC54E544-3E42-443C-A91D-A00A6974C592}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 119.35 KB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by NVIDIA PhysX v8.10.13

Program executable:jre-7u15-windows-i586-iftw.exe
Path:C:\DOCUME~1\user\LocalS~1\Temp\jre-7u15-windows-i586-iftw.exe
MD5:5cc163324a11091c975b686ef4c52c73

How do I remove NVIDIA PhysX?

You can uninstall NVIDIA PhysX from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program NVIDIA PhysX v8.10.13, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove NVIDIA PhysX.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 33%
Win Vista 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#13,891

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 35.15%
Windows XP 30.17%
Windows Vista 23.52%
Windows 10 11.16%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Microsoft Windows XP 30.24%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.71%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 20.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.57%
Windows 7 Professional 4.29%
Windows 8.1 3.81%

Distribution by countryGeography

46.85% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 46.85%
  Germany 15.87%
  United Kingdom 3.44%
  France 2.87%
  MA 2.29%
  Iran 2.29%
  Belgium 1.91%
  Australia 1.91%
  Canada 1.72%
  Poland 1.53%
  Korea 1.15%
  Italy 1.15%
  Russia 0.96%
  India 0.96%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 19.51%
Medion 16.67%
GIGABYTE 14.63%
Dell 14.23%
Acer 11.79%
ASUS 6.50%
Intel 3.66%
American Megatrends 2.85%
Gateway 2.44%
Samsung 2.44%
Toshiba 2.44%
Lenovo 1.63%
Common models
MEDIONPC MS-7502 23.43%
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L 3.43%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.43%
Gateway P-7805u 2.86%
Gigabyte P43-ES3G 2.86%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.86%

About NVIDIA

Nvidia is known for its graphics processing units and dominates the high performance GPU market.
Publisher URL: www.nvidia.com

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