ty_ger07Since 2008, the 4 PCs I have assembled have had 2 or 4-way SLI. That being said, I agree with you that SLI is on its decline and has started to become more of a headache than a benefit.
FattysGoneWildSLI died a long time ago. Its just becoming more official now. All it is for e-peen bragging rights and "look at me" my numbers are huge. So damn stupid but what ever. I swear people care more about numbers and damn benchmarks then actual gaming on PC. Is PC gaming that dead right now or people just really that bored with their "monster" pc's? Maybe pissing contests are more entertaining for them then gaming. So it seems....
bcavnaughFattysGoneWildSLI died a long time ago. Its just becoming more official now. All it is for e-peen bragging rights and "look at me" my numbers are huge. So damn stupid but what ever. I swear people care more about numbers and damn benchmarks then actual gaming on PC. Is PC gaming that dead right now or people just really that bored with their "monster" pc's? Maybe pissing contests are more entertaining for them then gaming. So it seems.... Or Finding a Cure
FattysGoneWildbcavnaughFattysGoneWildSLI died a long time ago. Its just becoming more official now. All it is for e-peen bragging rights and "look at me" my numbers are huge. So damn stupid but what ever. I swear people care more about numbers and damn benchmarks then actual gaming on PC. Is PC gaming that dead right now or people just really that bored with their "monster" pc's? Maybe pissing contests are more entertaining for them then gaming. So it seems.... Or Finding a CureOf course. But it just seems like the majority love the pissing contests and bragging rights instead though.
Brad_HawthorneFattysGoneWildSLI died a long time ago. Its just becoming more official now. All it is for e-peen bragging rights and "look at me" my numbers are huge. So damn stupid but what ever. I swear people care more about numbers and damn benchmarks then actual gaming on PC. Is PC gaming that dead right now or people just really that bored with their "monster" pc's? Maybe pissing contests are more entertaining for them then gaming. So it seems.... Enthusiast computer building has for the last decade has been about huge ungainly system. I'm seeing more min-max mITX setups now that can blow away the performance of most full tower setups though. Seeing something like a mITX 22-core X99 Titan XP rig is much more interesting than a 200 pound box.
rjohnson11With the amount of power and efficiency of single video cards SLI almost seems relatively unimportant. A GTX 1080TI for example should be able to handle any game regardless of the amount of eye candy in the game so long as there is an equally good CPU. However if you are folding at home or crunching for medical research a 2nd card will definitely allow more folding/crunching.
Scourge78Please forgive my ignorance, but I want to check in on this topic in September of 2020. New 30xx cards are coming out later in the month, and since SLI has been replaced by NVLink (and only on 3090's!), I was wondering if having 2+ video cards in a system conveys any benefits, or if it's better to not even bother? Also, are game devs any better about utilizing SLI/NVL than in the past?
Cool GTXScourge78Please forgive my ignorance, but I want to check in on this topic in September of 2020. New 30xx cards are coming out later in the month, and since SLI has been replaced by NVLink (and only on 3090's!), I was wondering if having 2+ video cards in a system conveys any benefits, or if it's better to not even bother? Also, are game devs any better about utilizing SLI/NVL than in the past?First question is your display setup .... & does the game you want to play support SLI ? Two GPU in SLI are not twice a powerful as a single GPU, diminished returns ... but hey if you want every last FPS or to set benchmark records .... Best to run a powerful single GPU ---> unless your monitor(s) make the experience painful ... resolution, refresh & number of monitors Some people love the bragging rights .. or run multiple GPU that are not in "SLI" .. just depends on what your doing