The Pascal GTX 1080 Owners Thread

stulid · 3 Jul 2016 at 08:55

You've missed me off the list, or do you want my name in the picture?

RanxZy · 3 Jul 2016 at 10:26

chaparral said:
TangoEchoAlpha what game is this screenshot from ?

SLI 980ti = 42fps
Single GTX 1080 = 142fps

No idea what game that was

The very recent Doom game, it has had no multi GPU support since release and not much indication of being able to use SLI any time soon.

This is the worrying thing with DX12 games because it's up to the dev to bother making it utilise extra cards instead of NVIDIA/AMD. Not much hope of them bothering considering quite a few dev teams don't even release finished games optimisation/bug wise.

sprite- · 3 Jul 2016 at 10:42

RanxZy said:
The very recent Doom game, it has had no multi GPU support since release and not much indication of being able to use SLI any time soon.

This is the worrying thing with DX12 games because it's up to the dev to bother making it utilise extra cards instead of NVIDIA/AMD. Not much hope of them bothering considering quite a few dev teams don't even release finished games optimisation/bug wise.

MultiGPU just isn't worth it IMO. Never seen the appeal, purely come a cost to benefit perspective. Also I'd agree, why would a developer waste time and money implementing it for such a small userbase, especially with game budgets getting higher and risks involved. A poor game can literally wipe out a studio now a days.

It will be the future though... Once consoles move in a MultiGPU direction then you'll see much more wide spread adoption, what that means for Nvidia though im not so sure... Since AMD provide the hardware. Although it doesn't look like the next gen of consoles will be MultiGPU, so we're several years away from that.

VEGACORTEZ · 3 Jul 2016 at 10:50

Decided to mod my founders card to match my rig and tidy it up further. What do you guys reckon.

Rap1D · 3 Jul 2016 at 11:18

JediFragger said:
Ok thanks for the info man, very intrigued! Are you using a Double-bridge at all or just a normal ribbon?

Def try it with PCSS/HBAO on if possible, but I'm guessing you already are

EVGA SLi pro v2

And PCSS & HBAO+ on

tyler_jrb · 3 Jul 2016 at 11:23

VEGACORTEZ said:
Decided to mod my founders card to match my rig and tidy it up further. What do you guys reckon.

I would have just changed the LED to blue to match the rest in my opinion

Does look quite nice in white though. Although I dont like the fact that there is no Geforce logo there.

JediFragger · 3 Jul 2016 at 11:53

VEGACORTEZ said:
What do you guys reckon.

Warranty void

TangoEchoAlpha · 3 Jul 2016 at 12:40

chaparral said:
TangoEchoAlpha what game is this screenshot from ?

SLI 980ti = 42fps
Single GTX 1080 = 142fps

No idea what game that was

It's from the Alien Isolation benchmark. I couldn't believe it either and ran the 980Tis multiple times - it just scaled so badly!

Five.Stars · 3 Jul 2016 at 13:38

RanxZy said:
The very recent Doom game, it has had no multi GPU support since release and not much indication of being able to use SLI any time soon.

This is the worrying thing with DX12 games because it's up to the dev to bother making it utilise extra cards instead of NVIDIA/AMD. Not much hope of them bothering considering quite a few dev teams don't even release finished games optimisation/bug wise.

It is Alien Isolation surely?

Also note the GPU1 core clock. 405Mhz throughout

Dicehunter · 3 Jul 2016 at 13:45

RanxZy said:
The very recent Doom game, it has had no multi GPU support since release and not much indication of being able to use SLI any time soon.

This is the worrying thing with DX12 games because it's up to the dev to bother making it utilise extra cards instead of NVIDIA/AMD. Not much hope of them bothering considering quite a few dev teams don't even release finished games optimisation/bug wise.

The screenshot is Alien Isolation which is DX11 and not DX12 plus with Alien Isolation you could run that game on a pizza it's that well optimised.

gt11 · 3 Jul 2016 at 13:49

Five.Stars said:
It is Alien Isolation surely?

Also note the GPU1 core clock. 405Mhz throughout

Yeah right, I used to have 980 ti's in sli and they were rock solid at 144Hz with max settings on that game, although i did notice a similar issue with GTA 5 and a reboot sorted it :confused:

Kaapstad · 3 Jul 2016 at 15:09

TangoEchoAlpha said:
It's from the Alien Isolation benchmark. I couldn't believe it either and ran the 980Tis multiple times - it just scaled so badly!

Yep it is notorious for bad scaling.

Dicehunter · 3 Jul 2016 at 15:25

Kaapstad said:
Yep it is notorious for bad scaling.

That game doesn't need scaling beyond 1 card really though IMO, At 4K with a GTX 1080 max settings it gets on average around 105 FPS according to the benchmark and at 1080P max settings it gets on average 356 according to the benchmark.

The only reason that game would need scaling is to be used as a benchmark and there's nothing it it for the devs to do that.

JediFragger · 3 Jul 2016 at 16:02

Rap1D said:
EVGA SLi pro v2

And PCSS & HBAO+ on

Nice one, I have the same bridge!! Cheers again for the info, I may just get a pair of Gaming-X's

edit - Ah, they're single!! Mine is a 3-way double but usable with 2

MooMoo444 · 3 Jul 2016 at 16:12

VEGACORTEZ said:
Decided to mod my founders card to match my rig and tidy it up further. What do you guys reckon.

I like it. I'm not a fan of this era of LEDs on the cards. I think they look naff and just drive up the cost of a card.

Dicehunter · 3 Jul 2016 at 16:47

Rap1D said:
EVGA SLi pro v2

And PCSS & HBAO+ on

That brand collision would drive me nuts

chaparral · 3 Jul 2016 at 16:53

Dicehunter said:
The screenshot is Alien Isolation which is DX11 and not DX12 plus with Alien Isolation you could run that game on a pizza it's that well optimised.

I guess SLI 980ti is not a big enough pizza....

chaparral · 3 Jul 2016 at 17:00

TangoEchoAlpha said:
It's from the Alien Isolation benchmark. I couldn't believe it either and ran the 980Tis multiple times - it just scaled so badly!

I also noticed from your you tube video that this game in the screen shot below scaled very badly as well
Don't think am going to pay out for an SLI setup again

vintage-x · 3 Jul 2016 at 18:06

Got my two at last.

First impressions.... Loud and hot. I did my GTA V test (load the game up max the settings and drive around till I hit a spot which maxes out the gpus and stay there for 30 minutes)
and my right card hit 94C (this is in a raven r02 case) I opened up the cooler and cleaned off the thermal paste and added my own. Temps now at 84-84c not great but better.

Ive also had to do my own custom fan profile as the one out of the box is rubbish with the fans never going above 50% so I have a 1-1 profile set now and although it is more audible then I would like I cant hear it over normal gameplay

chaparral · 3 Jul 2016 at 18:10

vintage-x said:
First impressions.... Loud and hot. I did my GTA V test (load the game up max the settings and drive around till I hit a spot which maxes out the gpus and stay there for 30 minutes)
and my right card hit 94C (this is in a raven r02 case) I opened up the cooler and cleaned off the thermal paste and added my own. Temps now at 84-84c not great but better.

The raven r02 case is designed to be used with blower type GPU coolers...

Two GPU's in SLI with AIB type coolers would cook in it as that case only has a single slow speed 120mm exhaust fan