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Like taking an RTX 2080 and SLIing it with an RTX 2080 Ti?
What about the various models of TI?it can't be done.. for SLI both cards have to be the same Model.. RTX 2080Ti with RTX 280ti and RTX 2080 with RTX 2080 and so on..
What about the various models of TI?
Like a TI FTW3 with a TI FTW3 Ultra?
Thx!yup that can be done without issues.. in the past was recommended to link and sync memory clocks and core clocks of both cards but that's not an issue anymore.
yup that can be done without issues.. in the past was recommended to link and sync memory clocks and core clocks of both cards but that's not an issue anymore.
As an owner of 2080 Ti SLI, I'd say avoid it like the plague (well, if you follow the modern day trend, you'll just end up getting it haha). But seriously, I have two cards, and the games that you don't need SLI you can run perfectly fine with one card, and the games that SLI would help hit that sweet 120FPS 4K spot don't support it. Just get one faster card (I plan on doing that for the 3080 Ti+).
Just by the simple fact that you're asking that question means you really have no business fooling with SLI at all. You clearly have not even done any basic research at all on SLI so just go ahead and get that idea out of your head unless you want tons of aggravation. There really is no point in even discussing all the problems and potential issues here as this has been already discussed to death.Like taking an RTX 2080 and SLIing it with an RTX 2080 Ti?
I have run SLI in games several times with different cards for 10+ years. Even with games that do not support SLI, Nvidia has a “force SLI” option in their control panel which has never let me down. I have never been dissatisfied with SLI, but I have never mismatched cards before. I always got the exact same model number as mine. But this time I ended up getting a Kingpin addition 980 Ti a while back, and their model numbers are somewhat rare. So I figured well would a 2nd 980 Ti of any variant work. I gave up after about 30 minutes of googling and not finding an answer of if different sub variants of a card would work with each other. My greatest apologies for aggravating your special specialness.Just by the simple fact that you're asking that question means you really have no business fooling with SLI at all. You clearly have not even done any basic research at all on SLI so just go ahead and get that idea out of your head unless you want tons of aggravation. There really is no point in even discussing all the problems and potential issues here as this has been already discussed to death.
I have run SLI in games several times with different cards for 10+ years. Even with games that do not support SLI, Nvidia has a “force SLI” option in their control panel which has never let me down. I have never been dissatisfied with SLI, but I have never mismatched cards before. I always got the exact same model number as mine. But this time I ended up getting a Kingpin addition 980 Ti a while back, and their model numbers are somewhat rare. So I figured well would a 2nd 980 Ti of any variant work. I gave up after about 30 minutes of googling and not finding an answer of if different sub variants of a card would work with each other. My greatest apologies for aggravating your special specialness.
Problem is I need an analog output which new cards do not have. My cheapest and fastest option at the moment is another card of mine (980 Ti). I only originally mentioned a 2080 for an example. Anything under the Nvidia 2000 series is not worth the bump in performance from 1 980 Ti - based on different benchmarks I have seen. So replacing the 980 ti with a 1080 ti may not be worth it. Or a 1670. Only path that may be worth it is either SLI 980 Ti or a 2070/80series. But the 2000 series + the digital to analog adapter I need puts me in a price range I didn't want to spend on right now. A 2nd 980 ti should bump me up a decent amount for only a few hundred bucks which is a LOT cheaper than a 2070 or 2080 + cost of digital to analog adapter.
I mean it always has for me when I have tried it. Maybe dual 980 Ti won't work for me this time so that I can come back and tell you that you were right so that you can feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It's not like I am claiming I have gotten double the performance in the past. It never has, but a used 2nd card is cheaper than buying a new single card that gave me the "same" performance as 2 sli cards. Hey you are more than welcome to add $ if I started a fund me event for a 2080.This post was brought to you from fantasyland where SLI always works and never lets you down. Keep living the dream my friend.
Yeah this guy is so far past delusional that it's not even worth engaging with him.This post was brought to you from fantasyland where SLI always works and never lets you down. Keep living the dream my friend.
I'm not dude. Did you not read my last reply lolz.Yeah this guy is so far past delusional that it's not even worth engaging with him.
I'm not dude. Did you not read my last reply lolz.
I wonder on the 3090 or 3080Ti if Nvidia will allow doubling up the ram when using NVLink for two cards?NVLink is basically SLI rebranded. It has some bandwidth improvements (maybe good for AI research or other compute tasks) but is no different for gaming over SLI.
I wonder on the 3090 or 3080Ti if Nvidia will allow doubling up the ram when using NVLink for two cards?
I was thinking more inline with Cuda/Compute oriented programs as in rendering. Will the gaming cards support that feature in the future? Now as for SLI or more exact mGPU, while I don't see that happening too much but twould be nice for some games to exploit that kind of potential.They already do if the game supports DX12. I had a pair of 2080's in NVLink/SLI and Rise of Tomb Raider showed the pooled memory using DX12, SLI, DXR and DLSS before I sold them and went to a single 2080ti. DX11 has to be specially coded for pooled memory for example: Grand Theft Auto V. Otherwise, the second card's memory is not utilized, just the second GPU.
Also, NVLink (while basically SLI) is way more advanced and is really utilized in professional settings 3D rendering, Some Adobe products, Maya, et cetera...it offers massive amounts of bandwidth where AMD Crossfire uses the PCIe Bus and can constrain the bus.
NVLink/SLI/Crossfire while cool (and a feature I would use if more games supported it) just is not being coded for by the developers even though the support is already baked into the major game engines and DX12 Ultimate that most of the games use on their backend.
I was thinking more inline with Cuda/Compute oriented programs as in rendering. Will the gaming cards support that feature in the future? Now as for SLI or more exact mGPU, while I don't see that happening too much but twould be nice for some games to exploit that kind of potential.
I was thinking more inline with Cuda/Compute oriented programs as in rendering. Will the gaming cards support that feature in the future? Now as for SLI or more exact mGPU, while I don't see that happening too much but twould be nice for some games to exploit that kind of potential.
This.
I have had a 4870x2 (2 cores in 1 card for you youngins), 2 x 7970s in Crossfire, and 2 x 780s in SLI. Support in games was always shit, even AAA titles. I believe AMD and Nvidia have both said on record that they aren't really doing any development on them anymore. Just put your money together and get the best card you can buy, or just 1 2080ti, and send the other $1300 to JMCB and me to split for saving you a headache.
Same. For me it all started with a DFI LANPARTY NF4 SLI board and a pair of 6800s in the mid 2000s. And since I had my FW900 since the mid 2000s as well, I wanted the extra power to be able to play at 2304x1440.I don't know... I had an SLI and or Crossfire (or tri-SLI/Crossfire) setup every generation both nV and ATI/AMD since a set of 6800 GTs, both desktop and mobile. From the 7000 series to 295x2 support was relatively good, and worthwhile if you were playing at high resolution/IQ (albeit microstutter was always an issue). It used to be really the only way to get decent frames at 1440p and above. However, Since Vega and Pascal support has been miserable, and it's basically a non-entity now since current mGPU must be done software-level i.e. rarely.
I have run SLI in games several times with different cards for 10+ years. Even with games that do not support SLI, Nvidia has a “force SLI” option in their control panel which has never let me down. I have never been dissatisfied with SLI, but I have never mismatched cards before. I always got the exact same model number as mine. But this time I ended up getting a Kingpin addition 980 Ti a while back, and their model numbers are somewhat rare. So I figured well would a 2nd 980 Ti of any variant work. I gave up after about 30 minutes of googling and not finding an answer of if different sub variants of a card would work with each other. My greatest apologies for aggravating your special specialness.