I would have agreed in 2016/2017, but things have really changed for SLi in a positive manner after 2017. I have run SLi permanently since 2004 and those two years were the worst for SLi support due to DX 12 and no one taking the multigpu lead. Some thought the API would take care of multigpu support, while card manufacturers thought game developers would pick it up, but none did - well at least nvidia did pick it up again in late 2017 and took the driver support and multigpu optimizations back in their hands. Right now I run RTX 2080 NVLink SLi and RTX 2080Ti NVLink SLi and I have only experienced great scaling and a lot of supported titles both AAA and those lesser known.
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2080 super versus 2080 ti how much %
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I would have agreed in 2016/2017, but things have really changed for SLi in a positive manner after 2017. I have run SLi permanently since 2004 and those two years were the worst for SLi support due to DX 12 and no one taking the multigpu lead. Some thought the API would take care of multigpu support, while card manufacturers thought game developers would pick it up, but none did - well at least nvidia did pick it up again in late 2017 and took the driver support and multigpu optimizations back in their hands. Right now I run RTX 2080 NVLink SLi and RTX 2080Ti NVLink SLi and I have only experienced great scaling and a lot of supported titles both AAA and those lesser known.
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What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
2080ti.
2080ti.
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That's good news for Nvidia gamers.
someone was recently trying to tell me that nvlink always works - as in you get good scaling in any game because it just combines the two cards. I disagreed, I’m pretty sure it still requires either the developer or nvidia to do some special work for it. So which is it, is nvlink just sli rebranded?
NVLink SLi still needs driver support to work, it doesn't work on it's own. However the much higher bandwidth created between the cards gives a slight uplift in both scaling and performance. It is still SLi in the basics, but it is less picky in games and scaling. Even games with terrible multigpu support runs better in NVLink SLi than regular SLi.
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I had a 970 for approximately 6 years and it struggled by the end @ 1080p. Pulled the trigger on a 2080ti as I found a gigabyte windforce for £999 on another site. So on the assumption it lasts about the same number of years without breaking I think it's a good investment. Personally I think over-speccing hardware and it lasting longer has to be a good investment over time, regardless of the individual performance numbers
That's pretty good going for a card released in 2014 (the 970 and that's 5 years ago)
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To be fair to the card, it still works in my old rig and is perfect for my kids to use. Great card the 970. It was an itx version as well, small and perfectly formed
To be fair to the card, it still works in my old rig and is perfect for my kids to use. Great card the 970. It was an itx version as well, small and perfectly formed