You do know that even futuremark encourages turning physx off for vantage don't you?
Futuremark was pressured into that by ATI
Burn said:Futuremark designed it to test the CPU not GPU
Futuremark designed the benchmark to test the Total Gaming Ability of any system running the benchmark. When you start the benchmark and the loading screen is visible what do you see at the bottom left corner. It says PhysX.
When Ageia came out with the PhysX Processor ATI was all over it, they claimed there gpu's could do Physics and they even started building a PC to show their stuff off.
ATI Takes on Physics - ATI Takes on Physics | [H]ard|OCP
They even said "Physics acceleration is the next big leap in gaming; it's the next step in evolving the immersive game experience beyond what gamers know today"
ATI - Effects Physics & Gameplay Physics Explored | [H]ard|OCP
But when Nvidia bought Ageia they made the Big Flip-Flop and suddenly Physics is just a Gimmick or as they now like to say a "Marketing Ploy".
They had time long before 3DMark Vantage was ever released to further develop Physic Processing on their GPU's. But did they? No they didn't, it was more profitable to cancel development and start their own Anti-Physics Campaign.
ATI users need to quit demanding that Nvidia users disable features. They should be demanding ATI to quit ignoring the development of Physics Processing. It shouldn't be up to Nvidia to develop it for them and it shouldn't be up to Intel either.