Nvidia Revives PhysX Support in Latest RTX 50-Series GPUs for Popular Gaming Titles

Restoration of PhysX Support for Gaming

Nvidia has launched its first RTX 50-series graphics cards earlier this year without support for PhysX, the GPU-accelerated technology that let games realistically simulate shattering glass, moving liquids, smoke, fog, and more. Now, Nvidia is bringing back PhysX support for the RTX 50-series GPUs for top-played games like Borderlands 2, Mirror's Edge, and Batman: Arkham City.

“We heard the feedback from the community, and with the launch of our new driver today, we are adding custom support for GeForce gamers’ most played PhysX-accelerated games, enabling full performance on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, in line with our existing PhysX support on prior-generation GPUs,” says Nvidia.

Popular Games with Revived PhysX Support

Some titles previously dropped below 60fps because PhysX effects relied on a CPU to perform. Nvidia's custom support targets:

• Alice: Madness Returns
• Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
• Batman: Arkham City
• Batman: Arkham Origins
• Borderlands 2
• Mafia II
• Metro 2033
• Metro: Last Light
• Mirror’s Edge

Nvidia has plans to support Batman: Arkham Asylum in the first part of 2026, but there is currently no information on additional games. The Resetera forum members have tracked over 40 games affected by the removal of PhysX support on RTX 50-series GPUs, although full support for these older titles appears unlikely.

You can download Nvidia’s new Game Ready driver (591.44) through Nvidia's website or the Nvidia app.