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tcari394

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    USA
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    Software Engineer

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    I7 7700k @ 4.6Ghz
  • Motherboard
    Z270 Maximus IX CODE
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    32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB @ 3466
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    EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 TI FTW3 Ultra Hybrid
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    Crystal Series 680X
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    (2) Samsung Evo 850 500GB, Samsung 960 EVO NVME M.2 250GB
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    EVGA G2 1000 Watt
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    ASUS ROG Swift PG348Q
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    Corsair H150i Pro RGB

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  1. You could always just have some made from a company that does 3D printing! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2335804
  2. Interesting! I have the RTX 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid and it was sagging a fair amount. I ended up getting a gpu brace so the heat didn't end up deforming the pcb.
  3. I've had two in SLI since they first came out. They are quiet, cool and solid performers. I usually have no problem hitting 70+ FPS at 3440x1440 at ultra present on pretty much everything (except for useless DOF/motion blur stuff) as long as SLI is supported.
  4. It could be the fan header that you are plugged into. Did you try another header that you know is functioning correctly?
  5. I've been running SLI hybrid 1080s (980s before that) and haven't run into any issues. They stay cool, quiet and are well worth the investment.
  6. Nope. I have a 1080 SLI setup and usually hit a solid 80fps with most settings at ultra @ 3440x1440. Although, I am running a 7700k.. so, I might be able to squeeze another 10 or so frames when I upgrade to the 9900k at some point.
  7. Definitely. I usually wait a full week or two before moving over to a new driver. There is a great Reddit page that monitors and tests the newest drivers and it is beneficial to read the comments to see what types of issues people are having.
  8. I always: 1. Boot into safe mode and uninstall driver via DDU 2. Boot back into windows and install the newest driver without geforce experience bloatware I have yet to have a driver issue since following this method.
  9. No problem.. happy to help! Thanks!
  10. I have used the previous 2 generations of hybrids in SLI (980s and 1080s). Without hybrids I would run pretty warm at idle.. and 85c at full load. With hybrids they idle at 25-28c and never go about 35c at full load. Well worth the investment if you don't want to fool around with custom loops.
  11. Absolutely not, friend. I am saying that the majority of the folks who complain about SLI simply don't have patience to make it work. Most bleeding edge technologies are abandoned for this very reason. As an engineer that builds software for ML and AI, I do have the patience and enjoy the quirky challenges that SLI presents. The tweaks that many of us deploy go very far beyond "changing the rendering mode" in NVCP. (Side note: Anything that has a fun little UI to change game critical settings is bound to cause issues.) We make changes to the SLI profile via the endless bits presented within the profile inspector, help compatibility via config files and even go so far as to edit older builds of the game to see if we can learn something new about rendering techniques. Some of us aren't really concerned about FPS. If I can get a game that doesn't officially support SLI to utilize both cards beyond 0% I consider it a win. Often times this can achieved by turning off some lighting affects such as global illumination. (At least in the case of KCD) Is it perfect? Nope. But we're here to learn, adapt and have a little fun.
  12. Look.. we get it. You had SLI, had a poor experience and don't plan on going back. It's totally understandable. SLI is and will always be an enthusiast level technology and as such takes some tweaks and mods to try and push performance past currently available hardware. Once you achieve those results, the investment becomes worth it. It isn't meant for folks who are scared to flirt with the inevitability of diminishing returns and is certainly too much work for the "plug and play" crowd.
  13. Totally agree. I don't care how irrelevant SLI becomes.. I'll always buy two because the case just looks so empty with one GPU.
  14. I had a similar issue with my Maximus IX Code. From what I read, there is always a small current of power supplying the board even when the PC is shut down to allow USB ports to continue charging devices, ect. To completely cut the power when the PC is shut down, there is a setting in the BIOS called ErP in the power management section (it could be called something different). Enabling this feature will allow the board to completely power down when the PC shuts down.
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