Nvidia miffed some gamers when it decided to block a feature on its cards to allow its card to be used for PhysX functions while a rival ATI card is present for graphics rendering.
With the release of a new batch of drivers, Nvidia stopped any non-Nvidia GPU present in the system from working.
Its latest version of PhysX System Software also prevents physics processing unit (PPU) cards from working if a Non-Nvidia GPU is present.
The Green Goblin insists that it is not going against the open software philosophy of Physx with its antics.
It says that any company can freely develop hardware or software that supports it. It is just that it is not going to be caught dead encouraging people to install a chip that is not blessed by Nvidia in their machines.
That appears to be what a hacker who goes by the handle of GenL has done.
He has written an experimental beta patch that intercepts Nvidia's disable-PhysX-if-Radeon-is-present code.
It can be found here and we reckon it will sail up the nasal passages of Nvidia.
According to the forum the patch works jolly well even if it only works for PhysX GPU rendering and not PPU rendering.
GenL said it is still a work in progress.