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2013/09/09 00:08:27 (permalink)
Anyone can point out any review or bench or give any other opinion on this?
I will probably add two more EVGA titan SC to my rig, ofc with updated PSU as well but a bit considered 
with temperatures for 4 of these stacked together. 
There is pretty good airflow in my rig right now at least I think so...
These 2 babies at full run 1050mhz core stays at max of 65-70 degrees right now with tweaked fan curve to jump[  in a bit faster and earlier than default.
Wondering if it would be a problem with 2 more of these added to rig and staying on air cooling?
I'm not really into water cooling, never did custom builds before beside CPU water cooling kit, so I wouldn't really wanna start with titans without practice :)
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2013/09/09 01:52:14 (permalink)
    Coming from multiple 3-way SLI air setups, I would say don't do it. 3-way SLI already is very hard to keep at acceptable temperatures. You would need to run your cards at 100 % fan or close to it. :) Or if you want to test something like it, go for 3-way SLI and start from there.

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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2013/09/09 02:03:16 (permalink)
    I am currently on tri-sli with SCs and have been contemplating adding a fourth card. I have decided against it on the grounds of performance above everything else, clearly it is slower in some games, and only marginally faster than three way in others. I don't think the extra heat would be a problem in a large case, I have no problems with heat in my Cosmos II case with three cards.

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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2013/09/09 02:12:01 (permalink)
    Performance increase in games doesn't really matters as I'm adding them for GPU rendering where increase with 2 more of them would be almost 100% as they scale pretty well in that case. 
    Only problem is heat as they are stacked one near other. 
     
    In case that heat is problem (even in air conditioned room, ~20-25 degrees ambient temperature and good case ventilation?) is there.. just to hink about it, any way to buy all you need for 4 titans water cooling kit in one place? But I guess that it would be better to go from start, get some parts test in some older card see how it goes before trying to ruin new expensive build. Damn.
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2013/09/09 02:14:43 (permalink)
    I found this and this; note what makes both reviews unique as hints for how and which games allows four Titans to shine.
     
    The following is my [somewhat ignorant] opinion since I don't own four-way SLI:
     
    Of all 4-way reviews I've seen over the years, most indirectly betrayed the graphics cards by testing relatively low resolutions such that the fourth card doesn't add anything leading people to believe the fourth card is a waste. Might as well be a bias by the review that happens to see 4-way as a waste.
     
    For Titan and GTX780, most reviews limit testing triple-1080p-- which is ironic, who drops $4000 on graphics only to get $600-700 worth of monitors in surround?  Only extreme total resolution will properly scale four Titans, I wouldn't dare waste awesome on regular resolutions.

    We all know what happens when you add a second card for SLI and performance doesn't improve as expected, the culprit is usually a stock CPU or a low resolution.  Well that logic doesn't somehow change just because we add more graphics cards or already overclocked the CPU.  For any review, if you see the difference between 3-way and 4-way as marginal, it means scaling was held back by something (either the CPU overclock wasn't high enough or the total resolution wasn't high enough)-- but for some reason everyone blames the fourth graphics card as if 4-way SLI is a waste.  
     
    If anyone can't afford more total resolution or afford better CPU cooling to crank that overclock even higher, it isn't the fault of the fourth graphics card.
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2013/09/09 12:39:43 (permalink)
    Lephron speaks the "troof".
     
    Most people who say "4-Way/Quad" doesn't scale have no idea of what they're talking about. You NEED higher resolution setups (Eyefinity/Surround) to begin to even use the 4th GPU nominally.
     
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2013/09/09 14:31:15 (permalink)
    lehpron

    I found this and this; note what makes both reviews unique as hints for how and which games allows four Titans to shine.

    The following is my [somewhat ignorant] opinion since I don't own four-way SLI:

    Of all 4-way reviews I've seen over the years, most indirectly betrayed the graphics cards by testing relatively low resolutions such that the fourth card doesn't add anything leading people to believe the fourth card is a waste. Might as well be a bias by the review that happens to see 4-way as a waste.

    For Titan and GTX780, most reviews limit testing triple-1080p-- which is ironic, who drops $4000 on graphics only to get $600-700 worth of monitors in surround?  Only extreme total resolution will properly scale four Titans, I wouldn't dare waste awesome on regular resolutions.

    We all know what happens when you add a second card for SLI and performance doesn't improve as expected, the culprit is usually a stock CPU or a low resolution.  Well that logic doesn't somehow change just because we add more graphics cards or already overclocked the CPU.  For any review, if you see the difference between 3-way and 4-way as marginal, it means scaling was held back by something (either the CPU overclock wasn't high enough or the total resolution wasn't high enough)-- but for some reason everyone blames the fourth graphics card as if 4-way SLI is a waste.  

    If anyone can't afford more total resolution or afford better CPU cooling to crank that overclock even higher, it isn't the fault of the fourth graphics card.

     
    He's using it for rendering...  I'm not sure what the block of text you posted is supposed to mean.  I tried reading it over and over.  

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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2013/09/16 10:53:03 (permalink)
    so yes again, I'm using it mostly for rendering. right now even after couple hours of rendering both cards are not going over 50 degrees. also game as well and then it doesnt go over 70 degrees. 
    'Finaly I do have a lot of fans getting air in and as all titans are with stock coolers that are using inside air and all pushing out that kinda works fine with current air flow setup again. 
    well anyway I will have a chance to test it pretty soon I guess, should get new cards by the end of the week or over weekend if everything goes smooth :)
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2015/05/09 10:44:31 (permalink)
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    so yes again, I'm using it mostly for rendering. right now even after couple hours of rendering both cards are not going over 50 degrees. also game as well and then it doesnt go over 70 degrees. 
    'Finaly I do have a lot of fans getting air in and as all titans are with stock coolers that are using inside air and all pushing out that kinda works fine with current air flow setup again. 
    well anyway I will have a chance to test it pretty soon I guess, should get new cards by the end of the week or over weekend if everything goes smooth :)



    So, did you manage to run 3 or 4 Titans without water? I'm waiting for my two Titan X and thinking of buying one more later and yet there is no info about runing there cards without water.
    And if you managed to do so, could you make a picture of your case and the instalation place?
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2015/05/09 11:00:50 (permalink)
    as a matter of fact I just yesterday installed 4 Titan X into 900D case.
    They are rendering in 26 degrees C room temp, sitting steadily at 75, 66, 72, 75 temoperature sall 5 of them
    They run colder then my otehr 4 titans but those are  evga sc and these are asus titanx at stock speeds.
    Tried to get evga models but they aer imposible to get so.. 
    post edited by mirkoj - 2015/05/09 12:07:20

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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2015/05/09 13:50:13 (permalink)
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    So, did you manage to run 3 or 4 Titans without water? I'm waiting for my two Titan X and thinking of buying one more later and yet there is no info about running there cards without water.
    And if you managed to do so, could you make a picture of your case and the installation place?


    http://hexus.net/tech/rev...tx-titan-x-sli/?page=9
    https://www.google.com/se...l=fs&q=sli+titan+x
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2015/05/09 20:02:04 (permalink)
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    as a matter of fact I just yesterday installed 4 Titan X into 900D case.
    They are rendering in 26 degrees C room temp, sitting steadily at 75, 66, 72, 75 temoperature sall 5 of them
    They run colder then my otehr 4 titans but those are  evga sc and these are asus titanx at stock speeds.
    Tried to get evga models but they aer imposible to get so.. 


    Thanks! Now I know for sure it is possible. Now I have 2 GTX 680 and recently borrowed one more to run some tests with 3 way sli. Unfortunately the tests gave some hard results, Once I ruined some parts in my previous PC due to overheat problem and know I'm kinda paranoic about it.... but with Titan X everything should turn out ok.  So finally my EVGA Classified SR-2 will get 3 GPU for rendering :)
    Thanks again! I'll make some photos or even a video about my 2CPU / 3GPU / 15HDD unit!
    post edited by FullHPetrol - 2015/05/09 20:06:46
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    Re:4 way titan sli air cooled 2015/05/09 20:05:37 (permalink)
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    Thanks for the info. I also saw some benchmarks, and most of them were good. Yet, I was worried these tests ran on a benchmark PC units.
    post edited by FullHPetrol - 2015/05/09 20:11:52
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