Retro laptop crash on PhysX-enabled games

[vorob]

Guys, i'm collecting and using retro laptops. Recently i bought ASUS ROG G60VX with geforce 260m. 3dmark06 runs fine, hour in battlefield 3 also went fluently. But when i tried several physx-enabled games i started catching driver crash or bugs.

I've tried alice madness returns, fluidmark and cryostasis. When i see fluid on screen it ends up ether in driver crash or fluid disappears.

Take a look:

Water just disappeared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCDwMnElAc
Driver crash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBwWhL_3eU

I've tried different drivers and physx versions, all from 2010, 2011, 2013 or 2016. No luck. I even tried clean windows install, with only videodriver and directx, no luck.

The most bothering thing here is that i've got similar laptop, a year younger, alienware m11x from 2010 powered by geforce 335m, and there i didn't see any graphical issues in physx titles i mentioned.

Can gpu be partly dead? The part which is used for physx? Can i test it somehow?

[vorob]

Actually it's my thread I'm attackin tech forums everywhere, but no luck so far...

I even wrote an email to fluidmark author (jegx@ozone3d.net), it was a week ago. But no answer so far.

[vorob]

Found some Video BIOS'es, another ASUS and CLEVO. Both from 260m. No luck after flashing them, still crashes wen PhysX on maximum.

I need some technical info now, how does PhysX works? Does it use some part of GPU that is idling when PhysX is disabled? Is there any way to check this part other then running PhysX games?

Maybe there is a chance to speak with FluidMark author?