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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 01:34:37 (permalink)
who uses SLI anyway? Never used it and it pretty much depends on the game itself and drivers for the game.. not many got benefits for SLI in gaming
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 02:41:44 (permalink)
Because SLI is pointless for gaming now days. SLI has to be supported by the engine itself to work and the most popular new engines don't support SLI, so Nvidia ditched SLI actually, and since a couple of months NVIDIA stated that they are not going to release any more SLI profiles for games.
 
If you want SLI so badly you must buy two or more 3090s and a NVLINK bridge. I don't see anything wrong with the 3080 Ti not supporting SLI, to me is like complaining about the 3080 Ti not supporting Windows 95.

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 04:00:52 (permalink)
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Linus did a video about SLI with 3090s. There is like one game that has real benefit from it (Strange Brigade or something). Everything else had marginal results. SLI for gaming is dead.
Maybe for workstation applications (ARE there workstation uses that benefit from SLI?), sure, but that's what the 3090 is for.




I don't give a damn if Linus can't run SLI.  The dummies saying "SLI ded lel" can't run SLI.  
 
GIT GUD
 
WHY NO SLI?????


 
Gamernexus also did it and managed to get SLI working with two different models of cards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fb_R5Ogw0
They confirm what Linus said. Handful of games support it and even those only really benefit at 4k. A quick check with others who managed to rig up an SLI setup also echo this conclusion.
 
As for why SLI is dead for gaming, it is because supporting SLI is a complicated thing that requires deep engine support and since its a niche feature, most devs do not bother wasting their time on it. Loud memes are not going to change that.
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 05:25:11 (permalink)
why would ya , unless you're only trying to run some score up the Port Royal flag pole and even then some one will do it better than you 

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 05:41:20 (permalink)
SLI has been dead for a long time. I have had 2x 780 and 2x 980ti but SLI never worked good for me and never got great scaling for the price. To top it off I dont even qualify for the elite membership even after spending over 3000$ on EVGA videocards
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 05:47:13 (permalink)
I'd say this thread has run its course...But I'm no mod.
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 05:51:15 (permalink)
I SLI 2 BFG 7800 OC's a long time ago and did not notice the benefit for rendering or gaming. Ended up giving one of the cards to my brother. I was kind of curious with the improved PCI-E speeds that it had improved but from this post it does not look like it.

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 06:27:03 (permalink)
Sli is garbage.
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 06:53:08 (permalink)
SLI is dead a long time ago. So no surprise they didn't include it. SLI is good for high VRAM applications and for that, there is 3090
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 07:19:46 (permalink)
I used to run 4K in 2D surround when SLI worked early 1080 TI days. But since Nvidia stripped support for actually adding SLI profiles to any game period, SLI is now worthless. I have only played maybe 3 games now use DX11 that used to have SLI that support from Nvidia where SLI still works because the developer of the game supports SLI.  Anything DX12 I have played, its completely gone now.  

I had to step down to 1440P 2D surround.  The 3090 isnt able to run 4K 2d Surround (especially if you want to enable RT) with 60+ FPS, so it is a drag there isnt SLI support for that application.

 
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 07:29:38 (permalink)
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I'm going to run 2070S SLI just to make people mad.


Wow. People are gonna be so mad...
 
So far I think the only person here who is mad is you.
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 07:36:32 (permalink)
The benefit is just not there in terms of performance.
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/06/04 07:37:40 (permalink)
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/07/21 23:59:54 (permalink)
All the above is bullcrap, I play games that support SLI, GTA, RDRonline, DCS,.... and many more, I maxed out gta on my 3080TI FTW3 and was getting between 35-60fps at 4k, GTA grass is gpu killer but I couldn't load the GTA online cause it seems it is not allowed on max graphic setting, when I say max I mean max everything, not leaving couple of sliders at medium!
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/07/22 00:59:53 (permalink)
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I'm going to run 2070S SLI just to make people mad.


You frequently express this odd desire to "make people mad."
 
The things you suggest would never make anyone mad. Yet you typically accomplish your goal far more simply by... acting like yourself. 
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/07/22 04:52:52 (permalink)
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All the above is bullcrap, I play games that support SLI, GTA, RDRonline, DCS,.... and many more, I maxed out gta on my 3080TI FTW3 and was getting between 35-60fps at 4k, GTA grass is gpu killer but I couldn't load the GTA online cause it seems it is not allowed on max graphic setting, when I say max I mean max everything, not leaving couple of sliders at medium!




My friend you're playing games from like 10 years ago. Buying a second graphics card for only a couple of games from way long ago, makes no sense to. I can guarantee to you that the next GTA won't support SLI. I loved SLI I had a SLI GTX 280, SLI 980, SLI 1080. And for the SLI 1080 my second GPU was most likely never used because game developers decided not to use SLI anymore. sad but true. Now Nvidia ditched SLI too, so SLI is dead now.
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/07/22 05:09:09 (permalink)
One thing I noticed about the 3080ti, that I have felt compelled to mention numerous times but kept my mouth shut until now.

The 3080ti is NOT a downgraded 3090. It is a very slightly upgrade 3080. The founders edition uses the 3080 pcb, and populates the remaining memory slots on the front of the card that were left blank on the 3080, and the 3080/3090 core were always based off of the same die. So, 3080 didn’t have SLI, so the 3080ti based off of the 3080 PCB couldn’t possibly have sli.

If the 3080ti had used the 3090 PCB, then SLI would have been possible.

Even the AIB’s used the 3080 PCB’s for the 3080ti, or the SLI fingers would have been on the 3080ti aftermarket cards, but they aren’t.

Maybe I missed the discussion in the past, but anyone saying the 3080ti is a cut down 3090 is pretty much not considering any of those facts. The only thing that could relate to the 3090 is the die itself, and that isn’t enough to make it a 3090 cut down.


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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/07/22 12:19:22 (permalink)
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All the above is bullcrap, I play games that support SLI, GTA, RDRonline, DCS,.... and many more, I maxed out gta on my 3080TI FTW3 and was getting between 35-60fps at 4k, GTA grass is gpu killer but I couldn't load the GTA online cause it seems it is not allowed on max graphic setting, when I say max I mean max everything, not leaving couple of sliders at medium!




Yep, still terribly disappointed there's no SLI on the 3070 Ti, 3080 or 3080 Ti.  Could certainly use it.
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/07/24 17:13:36 (permalink)
I ran 2080Ti SLI last go round and just went 3090 this time.  SLI sucks in gaming as implied here.  But I also had DX12 issues in games.  My monitors wouldn't turn on properly when I booted up the system.  Lots of little nitpicky stuff.  If I removed one of the cards from SLI or turned SLI off, things magically worked like normal.  Plus, less power used by a 3090 =P

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/07/24 19:50:46 (permalink)
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So you really plan to get $2400 in graphics cards and think you will get lucky enough to find two? I think the price for SLI and the GPU shortage it’s kind of a moot point as why SLI isn’t supported. Maybe a dozen people will be upset.

 
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/27 15:14:38 (permalink)
I have a GTX 690 card which is SLI dual GPU, I used it for a while with my 4K panel and it was eye opening which games worked fine. Every game I played was playable including Halo, Left 4 Dead 2 and several modern titles also worked fine.
 
When I get into DDR5 I will get a dual video card board as migrating to 8K is on my radar
 

  


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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/27 15:21:07 (permalink)
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I have a GTX 690 card which is SLI dual GPU, I used it for a while with my 4K panel and it was eye opening which games worked fine. Every game I played was playable including Halo, Left 4 Dead 2 and several modern titles also worked fine.
 
When I get into DDR5 I will get a dual video card board as migrating to 8K is on my radar
 
LOL have fun with that. Nvidia tried to give you a clue by not even putting a connector on the 3080 TI and below and it looks like even the next version of the 3090 is not going to have that connection either. And I guess clearly you haven't looked at reviews to know that even many if not most AAA games either don't work at all or have issues such as poor scaling, stuttering, or flickering. And yeah have fun chasing down fixes and tweaks just to make some games work halfway right. The fact that this would even have to be explained in 2021 is ridiculous. And really what cards are you even going to run in SLI since the cards themselves are not even going to support it?
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/27 23:37:10 (permalink)
Man I can even imagine trying to cool two 3090 ftw cards one 3080ti is hard enough at 400 watts stock limit having 2x400 just sounds like some insane amount of heat to try and cool if sli worked well in the application
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/27 23:56:57 (permalink)
Actually I am glad that SLI is dying. There is already a shortage of GPUs. Imagine how much worse things would be if everyone decided to buy two video cards for SLI instead of one. 

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/28 01:31:06 (permalink)
With NVIDIA no longer releasing new SLI profiles for games they basically killed SLI for any game that doesn’t currently support it. I wouldn’t recommend even SLI on a 3090 since it’s kind of overkill for any SLI supporting game for just a a single card. Only reason for SLI now would be impressive benchmark scores that are otherwise pointless.

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/28 01:39:03 (permalink)
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With NVIDIA no longer releasing new SLI profiles for games they basically killed SLI for any game that doesn’t currently support it. I wouldn’t recommend even SLI on a 3090 since it’s kind of overkill for any SLI supporting game for just a a single card. Only reason for SLI now would be impressive benchmark scores that are otherwise pointless.

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/28 08:05:33 (permalink)
SLI is far from dead, only NVIDIA is taking steps to reduce manufacturing costs and pocket more profits
 

  


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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/28 08:10:56 (permalink)
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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/28 08:13:31 (permalink)
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SLI is far from dead, only NVIDIA is taking steps to reduce manufacturing costs and pocket more profits
 


Actually the loss of SLI reduces NVIDIA's profit margins, but the chip shortage means that all high end GPUs are sold out. NVIDIA has had a solid financial quarter. 

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Re: 3080 Ti - WHY NO SLI???? 2021/08/28 08:18:13 (permalink)
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SLI is far from dead, only NVIDIA is taking steps to reduce manufacturing costs and pocket more profits
 


Actually the loss of SLI reduces NVIDIA's profit margins, but the chip shortage means that all high end GPUs are sold out. NVIDIA has had a solid financial quarter. 




Mining does not use SLI which is why it was dropped, gaming at 4K is fine at 60 Hz but bumping that to 144 Hz will demand more than double the GPU
 
Gaming has long leveraged alternate frame rendering
 

  


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