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Is there any benefit to SLI for rendering and video encoding

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as opposed to using a single, high-end card? I realise for the most part the kinds of software being used is dependent on Cuda and multi core support. Software that I use is Lightroom, Vue, Photoshop, Studio Artist and Painter etc.
 
In my experience not really.

Better to go for the most capable single GPU and as many cores as you can afford on your CPU
 
None at all.

Things might have changed more recently and this is going back a few years, but I actually had to disable SLI at first when using premiere pro CS5.5 (just one example) until newer drivers came out that sorted it and forced it to run on one card only.

It's all mainly still about raw cpu speeds and multi cores.
 
I'm tempted to either go to a 980 Ti or wait for Pascal as I'm using a GT980 at the moment with a 2600k running at 4.5.i like the idea of going x99 but the stress of having to reinstall terabytes of data/software, inclusive of plug-ins and ps actions fills me with dread.
 
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