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Should I remove NVIDIA PhysX?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,143
United States Rank #16,683
Reach 0.0306%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 53.45 days
685.29 days >
Average installed length: 360.07 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
8.04.25 100.00%

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NVIDIA PhysX v8.04.25

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 main program executable is _is96B3.exe. The setup package is about 107.17 KB (109,739 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{74224F8D-4A17-4816-9EDB-7BB854DE532C}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 107.17 KB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by NVIDIA PhysX v8.04.25

Program executable:_is96B3.exe
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Temp\_is96B3.exe
MD5:fbab280d0cac5e21c72f0a1a7b5b9608

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 v8.04.25, 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) 56%
Win Vista 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#11,143

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.94%
Windows 10 23.51%
Windows XP 9.27%
Windows Vista 8.28%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 35.22%
Windows 7 Ultimate 13.95%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.30%
Windows 7 Professional 7.14%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.81%
Windows 10 Home 6.48%

Distribution by countryGeography

28.77% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
  Germany 28.77%
  United States 22.46%
  United Kingdom 6.00%
  Italy 4.00%
  Netherlands 3.69%
  Poland 3.08%
  France 2.62%
  Turkey 2.46%
  Brazil 1.85%
  Austria 1.69%
  Russia 1.54%
  Spain 1.54%
  Australia 1.08%
  MA 0.92%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.51%
Acer 17.56%
Dell 16.96%
ASUS 11.90%
Toshiba 6.85%
Medion 6.55%
GIGABYTE 5.36%
Samsung 3.27%
American Megatrends 2.38%
Intel 1.79%
Lenovo 1.79%
Sahara 1.19%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.69%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.69%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.17%
ASUS All Series 2.08%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.08%
ASUSTeK K52F 1.56%

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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