GTX 1080 TI sli setup. Asking those still running sli.

[Hockster]

I had a 1080 SLi setup from the day those cards were launched. I moved to a single 2080 Ti purely because so few titles supported SLi. I don't feel multiple cards are worth it anymore, very little support and often have to jump through hoops to get things to work correctly.

 

[Tomgang]

I had a 1080 SLi setup from the day those cards were launched. I moved to a single 2080 Ti purely because so few titles supported SLi. I don't feel multiple cards are worth it anymore, very little support and often have to jump through hoops to get things to work correctly.

That saddens me to here hornestly.

It really seems for some people sli works great, while for others it seems to be a pain in the ass.

I my self had great exsperience with sli over all. It seems it's hit or mis these days. So i will try out sli then after i have got my ryzen 3000 setup, hoppe fully before the end of this years.

 

[newtekie1]

I have two 1080Ti's, I don't run them in SLI. Read into that what you want.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

This thread is basically an echo chamber telling you what you want to hear while dismissing/ignoring the other comments that say otherwise.

Want to talk about dual GPu setups? Sure.

Ive had 4870s, 5850s, 6970s, GTX680s, GTX970s - then went back to running single cards because they werent worth the hassle anymore. Sure it looks cool. It IS cool. but the amount of problems big and small ive had with getting some games to work smoothly let alone properly and putting in the extra effort to tweak SLi profiles - Id rather not deal with that anymore - Any game i buy now i know i'll have running smooth as butter.

Less heat, Less power consumption, less noise and less headaches.

but go ahead, stay in your echochamber and listening to things only you want to hear from yes men.

 

[Tomgang]

This thread is basically an echo chamber telling you what you want to hear while dismissing/ignoring the other comments that say otherwise.

And why is that so?

Some say sli run good and other not so good. If all have said sli whas a bad thing, then i would not have gone further with it. But some seems to still run sli with out problems and that made me deside to try it out again.

I think this thread can be closed now. I got the info i asked for.

 

[64K]

Aside from the issues normally associated with SLI at times there is the issue of support. There are a few modern games that still support SLI but most Developers don't bother with support because almost no one uses SLI anymore. From a gaming site that I visit and benchmarks there most games run the same FPS on one card as they do on 2 cards (no Developer support for SLI).

 

[Xx__Just_The_Tip_UwU__xX]

Yeah, real problem is that some games will negatively scale with 2 or more GPUs.

 

[Tomgang]

Just returning after doing some google and yes sli is faster in games that properly support sli, but even then after loking at the low fps at 1 % and 0.1 % sli only perform 5-10 fps above a rtx 2080 ti with twice the power consumtion and as other said it can even negative effect performance and less new games get sli support.

Its a sad stage sli has come to after enjoy sli since 2009. But i have concluded sli is no more an option worh using time and money on. So i have to deside to keep my 1080 ti and wait for rtx 3000 cards or get one of the cheaper 2080 ti cards maybe even try find a used card. But sli is a dead thing of the past

 

[EarthDog]

Didnt read past the first post...

Go one card, period. It isnt worth the hassle, power use, noise, and heat mitigation efforts.

 

[Tomgang]

Didnt read past the first post...

Go one card, period. It isnt worth the hassle, power use, noise, and heat mitigation efforts.

Yeah that's what i concluded in post #33

 

[EarthDog]

..and den... get off x58. I'll bet even at 4k, you're leaving frames on the table with that cpu.

 

[Tomgang]

..and den... get off x58. I'll bet even at 4k, you're leaving frames on the table with that cpu.

Nooooooo not X58, in fact X58 is way to fast for me. I will downgrade to an old pentium 4 or something like that and cramp a rtx titan in there somehow

More serious as i have al ready told you. I will go ryzen some time after ryzen 9 3950X lauch. Properly in october/november.

 

[ToxicTaZ]

SLI is officially dead! The Nvidia 10 series was the last yes. Nvidia 20 series is now using NVlink to replace SLI and its backwards compatible yes. NVlink has zero Gaming support for now.

NVlink is superior technology if supported! All your favorite CGI movies and gaming cut scenes are made by NVlink technology.

I wish I had RTX 2080Ti but here in Canada 2018 around 8 months ago was $2000.00 for one card so I found a deal for two 2080 for $1800.00 saved $200.00 so now I'm running 2080 NVlink setup. Yes it's not plug N Play by no means. 80% of all my PC games SLI works fine after I tweak it.

As far as I'm concerned one 2080 by its self is way too slow my opinion. If you're apart of the 144Hz club which is all about FPS need to be running minimum TU102 GPUs or TU104 NVlink setups to get 120+FPS in Ultra mode everything.

People have a cheaper NVlink setup option now that the new RTX 2070 Super has support for NVlink. (2070 did not!)

I laugh at all these guys talking about great 4K HDR Ultra mode gaming at what 30fps? Especially having only one card.

- G-SYNC HDR Ultimate
- Freesync 2

Both go hand and hand with SLI/NVlink and Crossfire technology.

Anyone who plays 1440p Ultra mode games @100+fps never look back. The hole point of Crossfire & SLI/NVlink setups is for FPS people that enjoy playing buttery smooth 100+fps where everyone else is making excuses why not to have.

I wouldn't trade in my 2080 NVlink setup for just a single 2080 ever! I don't care what piss pour excuse people have or there opinions.

2080 NVlink is awesome!
Long live NVlink

 

[Lorec]

now using NVlink

NVlink is superior technology

made by NVlink technology

I'm running 2080 NVlink setup

TU102 GPUs or TU104 NVlink setups

cheaper NVlink setup option now

hand and hand with SLI/NVlink

NVlink setups is for FPS people

I wouldn't trade in my 2080 NVlink setup for just a single 2080 ever

2080 NVlink is awesome

Long live NVlink

Gee wizz! I think that lad mildly enjoys Nvlink

 

[Deleted member 178884]

Gee wizz! I think that lad mildly enjoys Nvlink

Can't be sure, does he like nvlink? I couldn't tell.

 

[ToxicTaZ]

Gee wizz! I think that lad mildly enjoys Nvlink

I'm Mr ROG NVlink too you!

 

[dgianstefani]

Single 2080ti

 

[phill]

Question that I think might have not been asked, but I'll ask it anyways... Do the games you play or wish to play, do they support SLI?

I do currently use 1080 Ti SLI but sadly very few games I get to play these days so it just gets used for Crunching on really.. Still that would be my first thought....

 

[advanced3]

SLI was so depressing that I removed a GPU and just built another PC, seemed like a much better use of it.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

 

[Vario]

This seems relevant

NVIDIA SLI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 with NVLink Review

In our Turing NVLink review, we test RTX 2080 Ti SLI against RTX 2080 SLI in 23 games and also include Pascal's GTX 1080 Ti SLI numbers. Our results confirm that NVLink does give higher performance than previous generations' SLI, even though game support could be better.

www.techpowerup.com

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: RTX 2080 Ti NVLink vs. GTX 1080 Ti SLI

We use the new AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and run NVLink and SLI test of the RTX 2080 Ti and GTX 1080 Ti in a GPU showdown.

www.tweaktown.com

 

[Tomgang]

Oh no now also tech yes city with crossfire. Multi-gpu is official dead now. Well he's not as hard againts it as jaytwocent, but he is not reccoment it for most people any more and it's bound to get worse from now on.

Sli and crossfire is dead more or less.

 

[HenrySomeone]

I am in the middle of an pc upgrade and right now i looking in to what i shut do about gpu.

As of now i have a gtx 1080 ti in my system and i am tipping back and forth for what ever to get a second used gtx 1080 ti and run sli, sell gtx 1080 ti and get a rtx 2080 ti or just keep my gtx 1080 ti for now. Main reason to upgrade is i cut use some more gpu power in 4K in some game.

I'm not a rokie when it come to sli as i have had severel sli setups before. I am mainly seeking other personal exsperience with sli in 2019. Has sli become a shadow of it's former glory or has it still games supporting sli to this day?

As many others have said, sli is even more niche as it used to be and honestly I can only see any real use of it for the ultra-enthusiasts with dual 2080Tis or even Titans. Also are you still on the 980x in your sig? Because as venerable as it is, you are already at its limit with a single 1080Ti, anything more will be wasted, even on 4k...

 

[lexluthermiester]

You beat me too it.

The weird thing is, NVidia is supporting SLI with the RTX cards that have it, but the software/game devs haven't taken advantage yet. Sadly they don't seem to want too.

 

[Tomgang]

As many others have said, sli is even more niche as it used to be and honestly I can only see any real use of it for the ultra-enthusiasts with dual 2080Tis or even Titans. Also are you still on the 980x in your sig? Because as venerable as it is, you are already at its limit with a single 1080Ti, anything more will be wasted, even on 4k...

Sli is not even a niche i would say. Sli/crossfire is dead and will only be mpre and more dead as it goes now.

Yes i'm still on i7 980X, but if you have read comment you would have seen i am waiting for ryzen 3000 more specific ryzen 9 3950X for a needed cpu upgrade as you say 980X is on it's limit now.