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MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD??

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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/11/19 13:25:57 (permalink)
It's pretty much dead bruh... it's come and gone before but with different architecture each time; it goes back to the 3Dfx voodoo days.
 
I'd skip this generation, maybe it will come back in another few years, but until then very few developers are going to support it, and I say "support" lightly.

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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/11/19 20:03:48 (permalink)
Pretty much dead. If you have so much monies you have no idea what to do with it, sure, go for it for those few FPS gains. But be warned that it actually slows some games down.
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/11/24 14:30:46 (permalink)
Most games are not supporting it anymore
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/11/25 23:12:14 (permalink)
 pretty much dead
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/11/28 13:43:23 (permalink)
I’d say sli is completely dead. Most 3000 series cards can’t even use sli bridges
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/11/28 13:51:55 (permalink)
NVlink?
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/11/29 19:36:40 (permalink)
Unless it’s for a workstation yes it’s dead
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/12/15 07:50:08 (permalink)
Personally I don't think its worth it.
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/12/16 12:24:25 (permalink)
SLI is on the way out for gaming.  It has been for quite a while.
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/12/16 13:27:10 (permalink)
You guys realize this post is like 3 years old and he was asking way back then if SLI was dead?  That should be your answer right there.

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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/12/18 12:31:15 (permalink)
Ya I think its best to go with a single GPU.
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/12/19 03:27:44 (permalink)
Dead for now, but maybe it's going to come back some day...
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2020/12/28 19:00:00 (permalink)
Doubt it makes a comeback. It requires too much support. A good example of the pain was something I read on the XTAL VR headset. The CEO said something along the lines of it made no sense to support it cause of lack of support and too hard to implement (if my memory serves me right)
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2021/01/09 02:14:43 (permalink)
I've never seen the point of SLI.  Diminishing returns seem to be the only thing that come from it, pushing exorbitant costs of equipment in return for modest (and sometimes even more miniscule) gains.  Buy as big as you can, single card for the win.  Upgrade when you can afford it to current gen, don't buy more last gen and try to squeeze extra out of it.
 
I know I'm just echoing what others have said, but I've honestly never been a fan of SLI at all.  Just my opinion though.

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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2021/01/10 01:33:28 (permalink)
The good thing about SLI and Crossfire dying is that we don't have to spend double, triple, quadruple the money to feel like our build has reached its pinnacle.
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Re: MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: IS SLI WORTH EXTRA COST OR IS IT ON BRINK OF BEING DEAD?? 2021/01/10 16:06:19 (permalink)
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