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Pretty much what the title says. No reviewers have compared side by side, but thanks to inconsistency in SLI performance it seems like the 2080ti edges out the 1080ti x2 in most cases Coming from a 980ti, what would you guys say is the better upgrade path going for consistent 4k 60fps+ Edit: also given as things sit 2x 1080tis will still cost at least 100 more than a 2080ti
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
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I'm curious about NV Link. I read that NV Link is not the same as SLI; in particular have 2 RTX 2080ti's won't give you SLI performance. Is this true? Is multi-GPU gaming over with the RTX?
So currently I have 2 GTX Titan Xp's in SLI. Will a single 2080 Ti beat my current setup?
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 17:47:11
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When running DX12, is SLI even necessary if multi-gpu is supported?
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 17:55:57
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When running DX12, is SLI even necessary if multi-gpu is supported?
Do you mean it's innate ability to use 2 cards?
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 18:05:58
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When running DX12, is SLI even necessary if multi-gpu is supported?
https://developer.nvidia.com/explicit-multi-gpu-programming-directx-12 Depends on what DX12 mGPU mode. As to 1080 Ti SLI to 2080 Ti single card? Single 2080 Ti is slower, by far, than SLI 1080 Tis in games that support SLI and at high enough resolutions to not be CPU bottlenecked (4K or higher). $1200 to be on average 30% faster at 4K than a single 1080 Ti, now add a second 1080 Ti. Do the games you play work with SLI, or do most not? If most do then the 1080 Ti SLI wins out. Until DLSS and Raytracing matures, that is (likely with the 30XX series).
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 18:09:02
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Pretty much what the title says. No reviewers have compared side by side, but thanks to inconsistency in SLI performance it seems like the 2080ti edges out the 1080ti x2 in most cases
Coming from a 980ti, what would you guys say is the better upgrade path going for consistent 4k 60fps+
Edit: also given as things sit 2x 1080tis will still cost at least 100 more than a 2080ti
It is a great upgrade whether you go 1080ti or even 2080ti, but if you have the funds to spend more than 1k for a single GPU, by all means go for it and buy an 2080ti. In my honest opinion, If i were you, i would wait for the next series of the RTX 200s and by then, 70% games will be supported with Ray Tracing. 1080ti will drop in price. I see some people selling their 1080ti FTW3 and SC2 Hybrid cards for $550 or less. I would rather get me an 1080ti Hybrid card for $450 and wait for the new RT tech to be polished.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 18:09:20
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I'm curious about NV Link. I read that NV Link is not the same as SLI; in particular have 2 RTX 2080ti's won't give you SLI performance. Is this true? Is multi-GPU gaming over with the RTX?
So currently I have 2 GTX Titan Xp's in SLI. Will a single 2080 Ti beat my current setup?
I doubt it... maybe if a game has no SLI support. a 2080ti only has a 20-30% improvement over a 1080ti.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 18:52:34
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When running DX12, is SLI even necessary if multi-gpu is supported?
https://developer.nvidia.com/explicit-multi-gpu-programming-directx-12
Depends on what DX12 mGPU mode.
As to 1080 Ti SLI to 2080 Ti single card? Single 2080 Ti is slower, by far, then SLI 1080 Tis in games that support SLI and at high enough resolutions to not be CPU bottlenecked (4K or higher).
$1200 to be on average 30% faster at 4K than a single 1080 Ti, now add a second 1080 Ti. Do the games you play work with SLI, or do most not? If most do then the 1080 Ti SLI wins out. Until DLSS and Raytracing matures, that is (likely with the 30XX series).
See from the vids I watched it seems most games don't support it 5-6fps gain in most scenarios vs single 1080ti, only game it really shined in was getting almost direct double in shadow of the tomb raider, however in many games the title card somehow beat sli So I'm just uncomfortable spending the money on two cards when the performance is so inconsistent. At least with a 2080ti I know the gains will be a flat curve. When averaged out with games that don't have such great sli support and only one or two that did well, it seems like a single 2080ti outperforms the sli setup. So is just a confusing upgrade path for me, I'd be real angry to lose frames in certain games with having twice the cards all I know is my 980 ti flat does not cut it in 4k
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 18:56:27
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I really can't wait till an independent reviewer tests 1080ti sli vs 2080ti, especially since they're pretty recommending equivalent in price
If sli consistently does better I'll be doing that for sure.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:00:32
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https://youtu.be/8wDMHCHGwR8 Vids like this gave me spooked. Sli doesn't seem to provide as much gain as I'd like in comparison
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:02:12
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In the past 14 months there were only a few new titles that supported SLI. As such it's an investment risk. This comes from a long-time crossifre and SLI supporter. I am still on a fence of getting a 2080ti sli setup. And by a long-time I mean: 2x 4850 2x 4870x2 2x 5970 2x 480 3x 580 2x 290 4x 290x 3x Titan X 2x 980ti 2x 1080ti
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:06:11
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When running DX12, is SLI even necessary if multi-gpu is supported?
https://developer.nvidia.com/explicit-multi-gpu-programming-directx-12
Depends on what DX12 mGPU mode.
As to 1080 Ti SLI to 2080 Ti single card? Single 2080 Ti is slower, by far, then SLI 1080 Tis in games that support SLI and at high enough resolutions to not be CPU bottlenecked (4K or higher).
$1200 to be on average 30% faster at 4K than a single 1080 Ti, now add a second 1080 Ti. Do the games you play work with SLI, or do most not? If most do then the 1080 Ti SLI wins out. Until DLSS and Raytracing matures, that is (likely with the 30XX series).
See from the vids I watched it seems most games don't support it
5-6fps gain in most scenarios vs single 1080ti, only game it really shined in was getting almost direct double in shadow of the tomb raider, however in many games the title card somehow beat sli
So I'm just uncomfortable spending the money on two cards when the performance is so inconsistent. At least with a 2080ti I know the gains will be a flat curve. When averaged out with games that don't have such great sli support and only one or two that did well, it seems like a single 2080ti outperforms the sli setup.
So is just a confusing upgrade path for me, I'd be real angry to lose frames in certain games with having twice the cards all I know is my 980 ti flat does not cut it in 4k
I'd say if you were going to upgrade from a 980 Ti, I'd go with the 2080 Ti over two 1080 Ti. I have two 1080 Ti and most games do not support SLI to fullest extent and if nVidia is moving to NVLink then I would think SLI is going to die out. After seeing benchmarks, I am going to wait for next series of cards.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:08:43
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When running DX12, is SLI even necessary if multi-gpu is supported?
https://developer.nvidia.com/explicit-multi-gpu-programming-directx-12
Depends on what DX12 mGPU mode.
As to 1080 Ti SLI to 2080 Ti single card? Single 2080 Ti is slower, by far, then SLI 1080 Tis in games that support SLI and at high enough resolutions to not be CPU bottlenecked (4K or higher).
$1200 to be on average 30% faster at 4K than a single 1080 Ti, now add a second 1080 Ti. Do the games you play work with SLI, or do most not? If most do then the 1080 Ti SLI wins out. Until DLSS and Raytracing matures, that is (likely with the 30XX series).
See from the vids I watched it seems most games don't support it
5-6fps gain in most scenarios vs single 1080ti, only game it really shined in was getting almost direct double in shadow of the tomb raider, however in many games the title card somehow beat sli
So I'm just uncomfortable spending the money on two cards when the performance is so inconsistent. At least with a 2080ti I know the gains will be a flat curve. When averaged out with games that don't have such great sli support and only one or two that did well, it seems like a single 2080ti outperforms the sli setup.
So is just a confusing upgrade path for me, I'd be real angry to lose frames in certain games with having twice the cards all I know is my 980 ti flat does not cut it in 4k
I'd say if you were going to upgrade from a 980 Ti, I'd go with the 2080 Ti over two 1080 Ti. I have two 1080 Ti and most games do not support SLI to fullest extent and if nVidia is moving to NVLink then I would think SLI is going to die out. After seeing benchmarks, I am going to wait for next series of cards.
Thank you, was hoping someone with the setup I was eye balling would share an opinion And yea, if I had sli 1080tis, or likely even one already I'd be sitting out this gen for sure But yea the 980ti, nvidia should be sued for false advertising for pushing these as 4k cards lol
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:31:08
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https://youtu.be/8wDMHCHGwR8
Vids like this gave me spooked. Sli doesn't seem to provide as much gain as I'd like in comparison
xblackvalorx
And like this
https://youtu.be/G1cwMTAPtio
Factor in heat and power draw and suddenly it way doesn't seem like a good move
If you are planning on using a 2080 Ti or 1080 Ti SLI for 1080P then you are nuts. Absolutely nuts. My old 980 Ti SLI setup was severely CPU bottlenecked at 1080P! Even 1440P shows the 2080 Ti being held back a lot because of CPU bottlenecking in quite a few games when compared to a single 1080 Ti, let alone two 1080 Tis (each one 70% faster on average than a 980 Ti)!
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:33:21
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https://youtu.be/8wDMHCHGwR8
Vids like this gave me spooked. Sli doesn't seem to provide as much gain as I'd like in comparison
If you are planning on using a 2080 Ti or 1080 Ti SLI for 1080P then you are nuts. Absolutely nuts.
My old 980 Ti SLI setup was severely CPU bottlenecked at 1080P! Even 1440P shows the 2080 Ti being held back a lot because of CPU bottlenecking in quite a few games when compared to a single 1080 Ti, let alone two!
On what system configuration though. For me personally, I would like to know if a 5930K is going to bottleneck on a 2080 Ti at 1440p 120hz/144hz with all the eye candy possible.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:34:13
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https://youtu.be/8wDMHCHGwR8
Vids like this gave me spooked. Sli doesn't seem to provide as much gain as I'd like in comparison
If you are planning on using a 2080 Ti or 1080 Ti SLI for 1080P then you are nuts. Absolutely nuts.
My old 980 Ti SLI setup was severely CPU bottlenecked at 1080P! Even 1440P shows the 2080 Ti being held back a lot because of CPU bottlenecking in quite a few games when compared to a single 1080 Ti, let alone two!
On what system configuration though.
For me personally, I would like to know if a 5930K is going to bottleneck on a 2080 Ti at 1440p 120hz/144hz with all the eye candy possible.
https://youtu.be/cp9KApvrNVw It's aggregate data, but it'll show you overall when you compare the 4K to 1440P difference. It really depends on the game - as he states, DX11 titles are hit the hardest.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:39:07
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xblackvalorx
https://youtu.be/8wDMHCHGwR8
Vids like this gave me spooked. Sli doesn't seem to provide as much gain as I'd like in comparison
xblackvalorx
And like this
https://youtu.be/G1cwMTAPtio
Factor in heat and power draw and suddenly it way doesn't seem like a good move
If you are planning on using a 2080 Ti or 1080 Ti SLI for 1080P then you are nuts. Absolutely nuts.
My old 980 Ti SLI setup was severely CPU bottlenecked at 1080P! Even 1440P shows the 2080 Ti being held back a lot because of CPU bottlenecking in quite a few games when compared to a single 1080 Ti, let alone two 1080 Tis (each one 70% faster on average than a 980 Ti)!
Nah, 4k
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2018/09/20 19:42:36
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/09/20 19:49:42
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https://youtu.be/8wDMHCHGwR8
Vids like this gave me spooked. Sli doesn't seem to provide as much gain as I'd like in comparison
xblackvalorx
And like this
https://youtu.be/G1cwMTAPtio
Factor in heat and power draw and suddenly it way doesn't seem like a good move
If you are planning on using a 2080 Ti or 1080 Ti SLI for 1080P then you are nuts. Absolutely nuts.
My old 980 Ti SLI setup was severely CPU bottlenecked at 1080P! Even 1440P shows the 2080 Ti being held back a lot because of CPU bottlenecking in quite a few games when compared to a single 1080 Ti, let alone two 1080 Tis (each one 70% faster on average than a 980 Ti)!
Nah, 4k
Then look at 4K results, not 1080P like the videos you linked.
https://www.google.com/search?q=1080+ti+sli+4k+benchmarks&oq=1080+Ti+sli+4K+benchmarks&aqs=chrome.0.0l4.6905j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Here's a great 35 game review at 1440P and 4K showcasing the 2080 Ti, 2080, and 1080 Ti (no SLI): https://youtu.be/jyRnPgZO09k
See even with those, it's only a handful of games that see any real benefit, and in most it's slower than the 2080ti
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/10/05 06:42:43
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Other person above: Here's a great 35 game review at 1440P and 4K showcasing the 2080 Ti, 2080, and 1080 Ti (no SLI):
See even with those, it's only a handful of games that see any real benefit, and in most it's slower than the 2080ti
Sorry but this is complete BS. Yes I'm someone who has bought SLI for years and unless NVLink improves buying 2 cards over one, I'd to like to go back to buying one card. With that said I see a lot of excuse making to not justify SLI or claims that 2 1080TI's vs a Single 2080TI barely beat it or sometimes lose. I went through a serious benchmarking session comparing what I could get with my 1080ti's in SLI to the avg scores of 1080TI at both 1440P and 4K. Sorry but the truth is that in more than 80% of the games I played not only did the 1080TI's beat the single 2080TI, they trashed it. The games that didn't support it so well, still beat a 2080TI. The games that don't support SLI at all? Could only find a couple in my Library of games and they were all games that didn't need SLI to hit over 120FPS on a Single 1080TI anyway.
You find a lot of remorse from people buying SLI setups because they end up playing crap like League of Legends and other games that don't need SLI, then complain there's no advantage. That's just one game. Fire up Shadow of the Tomb Raider or any other good game that's coded by good developers, they almost always support SLI. If you need proof, just try Shadow of The Tomb Raider on 2 1080Ti's vs 1 2080ti, the 2080ti gets **** on and you can get 2 1080ti's for almost 300 bucks cheaper.
I'm all for RT and DLSS but it's not ready for real world use with this new gen of cards, for the first time in a long while, I'm skipping a gen.
Short answer: Would I like a price to performance ratio that allowed me to get the same power from 1 card needed so I don't have to buy 2 for SLI? Yes, but we're not there. Yes, 2 1080Ti's are without ANY question at all a better value for both price and performance if you play a lot of GPU demanding games at 1440P or 4K. If you don't or play at 1080P, you don't need any of these cards, go get a used 1070 for 250 bux and it'll kick your 1080P monitor around.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/10/05 06:54:27
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Personally I would go with a single 2080 TI if you just wanna play your games without any bother.
If you like tinkering, watercooling and bench marking then by all means try SLI.
I have had SLI 4 times and I will never go back. On air SLI can easily bake the top card that's one reason why you see so many SLI setups on water.
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2018/10/05 08:21:53
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Personally I would go with a single 2080 TI if you just wanna play your games without any bother.
If you like tinkering, watercooling and bench marking then by all means try SLI.
I have had SLI 4 times and I will never go back. On air SLI can easily bake the top card that's one reason why you see so many SLI setups on water.
Def had SLI 4 or more times in my life as well. Would I choose a single card if I could get the same power and price to performance ratio? Yes, but that's not reality. You also mentioned the bottom card will bake the top, it's common sense to buy 2x 3rd party GPU's with good blower cooling designs for SLI, if you're doing the standard over air setup of course the top card is going to bake. You should only buy over air style coolers if you're going to stick with 1 card and that still doesn't mean they're the best. I currently own 4 MSI Aero 1080TI's in blower style, 2x in 2 different computers and 2 Gigabyte Auorus Extreme cards that are used as singles in 2 other computers. The Aurous Extreme is without a doubt one of the best 1080ti's manufactured and I've enjoyed mine but it can not hang with 2x MSI Aero's in SLI by a LONG shot. So since everyone is asking about 2x 1080TI vs 1x 2080TI, here's my real world breakdown that I actually tested after reading comments on reddit and these forums. 1080TI = 450 USD Avg ebay. 2= 900 USD 2080TI = 1200 USD + Tax Note: If you want a 2080TI it's OVER 300$ more after taxes. If you look at the majority of benchmarks for Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 4K Ultra, 16x and SMAA (don't need more then that at 4K) 2080TI = 57-64FPS Avg My 2x1080TI SLI Setup = 79-84 FPS Performance is similar for most other games that support SLI that I tested, the ones that don't use SLI or Scale badly are usually Indie games or games like League of Legends and other random stuff that a 1060 6GB could handle and there would in most cases not even be talks about building an SLI setup for those games. Short Answer = 2x 1080Ti's using Blower Cooling costs over 300$ less then 1 2080TI and yields on Average 20+ (sometimes more) FPS. If you want video of the benchmark and pictures I'll upload them here and Youtube. I'm not being Bias, I upgrade almost every generation but I returned my 2080 (non TI) after seeing the performance, price:performance ratio and the fact if I wanted my usual 20% increase in FPS it now is no longer the same or near same price as previous generation but rather a ridiculous over 50% price hike. Buy and use what you want but when you have the equipment on hand you'll find out real fast, 1080TI's in SLI with the proper cooling setup will beat 2080TI's everday and for much cheaper, it's just facts otherwise I would have bought a 2080TI as money is not the issue but rather common sense/logic in my case.
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Love that post DJCetra! Thanks for that.. exactly what I needed to hear.
Now I'll just snag my sons (unused) evga 1080ti ftw3 hybrid and pair it with my ek blocked evga 1080ti ftw3 elite and game on! Hehe
Plan on snagging up the new tomb raider today to play on my alienware 34" 1440 ultra wide 120hz gsync monitor. I know I'll need both cards for that game.. I used both to play threw the last one. ;)
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I've moved from triple surround 1440P to triple monitor with a main focused ultrawide 1440P for gaming. I want to reduce my room heater output and maintain eye candy on the ultrawide. Considering (1) 2080ti Hybrid over my (2) EVGA 1080ti FE SLI Hybrid. I'm not concerned about old games maintaining 60fps on UW 1440P, but newer titles maintaining minimum 60fps dips.
I hope the 2080ti hybrids come out before any major cost increases. If so, I'll have 1080ti hybrids in the classified hopefully soon.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/12/04 06:52:45
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Just got the 2080 ti and they are getting almost as big as a motherboard. 2.75 slots? Is it even possible to fit 2 of these cards on a 2011 v3 motherboard?
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/12/04 07:21:15
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There is so much misinformation and misunderstanding around SLI setups / NVLINK it makes me laugh. I've been running SLI setups for as long as it's been a thing and the 2080Ti's in SLI (NVLINK) is amazing.
Yes it is true that in DX12 microsoft / nvidia have not yet enabled mGPU. This only impacts a few games or use cases where you may want to use the extra horsepower, such as BFV w/ Ray Tracing. Maybe that will be enabled in the future.
Otherwise, NVLINK functions exactly the same (if not better) than traditional SLI. Both cards see fantastic scaling in games that support SLI, and in the case of BFV you can use nvidia inspector to change the compatibility bits to enable it until nvidia and dice release an official profile.
Most of the games I play use SLI and on my Asus PG27UQ at 4k + HDR in DX11 mode the games look and play AMAZING.
In games that do not support SLI like AC: Odyssey my single 2080Ti XC Ultra just rips it and it plays great!
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/12/04 10:11:50
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I agree much with what SprayingMango says, as a long time SLI user myself. Most AAA title games have great scaling & support, and games that don't many times do not warrant it. SLI has had some rough patches over it's history, but overall it's still good! as long as game developers keep pushing graphics & technology. For answering the question, 2x 1080 Ti's will outperform a single 2080 Ti(assuming you have a CPU fast enough to even push 2x 1080 Ti's), however, at this point though, investing that much money into prior generation tech, is just not a good idea, UNLESS you're picking up those 1080 Ti's cheap. A single RTX 2080 Ti is one hell of a card! Seriously that thing is blazing fast and will chew through anything, even at 4K. We're at a day and age now, where CPU's and game engines(and devs) are holding up the show.
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/12/04 14:21:09
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SprayingMango
There is so much misinformation and misunderstanding around SLI setups / NVLINK it makes me laugh. I've been running SLI setups for as long as it's been a thing and the 2080Ti's in SLI (NVLINK) is amazing.
Yes it is true that in DX12 microsoft / nvidia have not yet enabled mGPU. This only impacts a few games or use cases where you may want to use the extra horsepower, such as BFV w/ Ray Tracing. Maybe that will be enabled in the future.
, NVLINK functions exactly the same (if not better) than traditional SLI. Both cards see fantastic scaling in games that support SLI, and in the case of BFV you can use nvidia inspector to change the compatibility bits to enable it until nvidia and dice release an official profile.
Most of the games I play use SLI and on my Asus PG27UQ at 4k + HDR in DX11 mode the games look and play AMAZING.
In games that do not support SLI like AC: Odyssey my single 2080Ti XC Ultra just rips it and it plays great!
I love your first two paragraphs, outlining that there is misinformation out there and then immediately putting misinformation out there in the very next paragraph. DX12 multigpu is NOT enabled by Microsoft OR Nvidia (other than by having Windows 10 and a compatible Nvidia driver installed). It is 100% on game developers to enable it. Some have, but many just don't put any work into it at all and release their game without DX12 mgpu support (explicit mode, implicit mode, whatever).
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Re: 1080ti sli vs 2080ti
2018/12/04 14:32:06
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arestavo
SprayingMango
There is so much misinformation and misunderstanding around SLI setups / NVLINK it makes me laugh. I've been running SLI setups for as long as it's been a thing and the 2080Ti's in SLI (NVLINK) is amazing.
Yes it is true that in DX12 microsoft / nvidia have not yet enabled mGPU. This only impacts a few games or use cases where you may want to use the extra horsepower, such as BFV w/ Ray Tracing. Maybe that will be enabled in the future.
, NVLINK functions exactly the same (if not better) than traditional SLI. Both cards see fantastic scaling in games that support SLI, and in the case of BFV you can use nvidia inspector to change the compatibility bits to enable it until nvidia and dice release an official profile.
Most of the games I play use SLI and on my Asus PG27UQ at 4k + HDR in DX11 mode the games look and play AMAZING.
In games that do not support SLI like AC: Odyssey my single 2080Ti XC Ultra just rips it and it plays great!
I love your first two paragraphs, outlining that there is misinformation out there and then immediately putting misinformation out there in the very next paragraph.
DX12 multigpu is NOT enabled by Microsoft OR Nvidia (other than by having Windows 10 and a compatible Nvidia driver installed). It is 100% on game developers to enable it. Some have, but many just don't put any work into it at all and release their game without DX12 mgpu support (explicit mode, implicit mode, whatever).
Nothing I said was incorrect. Enabling mGPU for DX12 still needs work from MS, Nvidia, AND developers. Yes, I should have also specified that developers need support in their engines but there is still work to be done from others. Ray Tracing is not currently supported in ANY mGPU setup, thus Nvidia needs to work on that. MS still has certain aspects of DX12 mGPU support locked down and they could do a better job of making it easier to implement FOR developers. https://developer.nvidia....programming-directx-12
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