2x 780GTX's in SLI with a 4790K CPU Not at full use help

AllanDC said:
Good idea but he wants to keep it long term for a spare… Maybe I should offer him one of the 780’s and a bit of cash?
Thanks
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Doubt he'll go for that knowing the 780 is loosing support but checking driver the 780 does nt loose it till August 31, 2021 which seems strange that its a driver issuie affecting your 780

Did you try a single card 780.


https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5202
 
mickyflinn said:
Doubt he'll go for that knowing the 780 is loosing support but checking driver the 780 does nt loose it till August 31, 2021 which seems strange that its a driver issuie affecting your 780

Did you try a single card 780.


https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5202
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Yes I did. The usage was showing at 100% but just slow… I do think it’s the small amount of vram on these cards that slows it all down.

Anyways temp fix with the new to me RX480.
Thanks
 
AllanDC said:
It sounded all good at the time which it was but the long term support from it just got less every year. Oh well we live and learn.
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SLI is good in theory (.......) for a lot of reasons:

  • Allows incremental upgrades without having to throw out your old card
  • Can be very cost effective by letting you buy the best value cards and outperform a single high end card
  • Can give the best outright performance
Sadly it also has a lot of risks/flaws:
  • Relies on game / driver support
  • Heat / power consumption
  • Potential VRAM limitations
  • Motherboard compatibility (e.g. reduced PCI-E lane speeds)
Get your cards on ebay whilst they are still worth something innit.
 
HangTime said:
SLI is good in theory (.......) for a lot of reasons:

  • Allows incremental upgrades without having to throw out your old card
  • Can be very cost effective by letting you buy the best value cards and outperform a single high end card
  • Can give the best outright performance
Sadly it also has a lot of risks/flaws:
  • Relies on game / driver support
  • Heat / power consumption
  • Potential VRAM limitations
  • Motherboard compatibility (e.g. reduced PCI-E lane speeds)
Get your cards on ebay whilst they are still worth something innit.
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Very well explained. Thank you.
I’ll take a look at ebay and see how much they are going for. If not they are nice looking cards they might end up in my man cave on a display shelf.
 
Thanks for the effort. I hadn’t look yet but that’s alright. I paid £250 per card back then as far as I can remember so that’s a decent return.
I always get a bit nervous about selling stuff like that on eBay with all the “it arrived not working” rubbish that goes on. :cry:
 
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