Sli support

[LIGTHIN]

https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/B365M Phantom Gaming 4/index.asp does this motherboard support SLI

[Whiro]

2 minutes ago, LIGTHIN said:

https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/B365M Phantom Gaming 4/index.asp does this motherboard support SLI

No, it only supports CrossFire (AMD)

[Princess Luna]

10 minutes ago, LIGTHIN said:

https://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/B365M Phantom Gaming 4/index.asp does this motherboard support SLI

It does not, besides SLI is dead.

[Kalm_Traveler]

39 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

It does not, besides SLI is dead.

on titles that work with it, it works pretty well for being 'dead'.

 

I wish people would stop making inaccurate claims like this - low support / high cost is not the same as dead. Windows Phones are dead. Apple desktop PowerPC support is dead. OS/2 is dead. 

 

People need to understand the difference between actually "dead' and "not commonly supported but still doable with current hardware, drivers, and OS versions".

[Princess Luna]

6 minutes ago, Kalm_Traveler1 said:

inaccurate claims

6 minutes ago, Kalm_Traveler1 said:

People need to understand the difference between actually "dead' and "not commonly supported but still doable with current hardware, drivers, and OS versions".

No, what *you* need to understand is that just because you see SLI as a hobby and you're wealthy enough to burn money on it does not mean we should be misleading to people on not so much fortune situation to get into a technology that is dead.

 

AMD Already phased out Crossfire, SLI nowadays is far more miss than hit, even when you use nVidia Inspector and get yourself the hard effort to get it to work you'll be gifted with a stuttering mess.

 

Someone with a locked B365 chipset is clearly not the enthusiast audience you're thinking for and thus should not be deceived into thinking SLI is worth their money or the very major hassle of configuration.

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Someone with a locked B365 chipset is clearly not the enthusiast audience you're thinking for and thus should not be deceived into thinking SLI is worth their money or the very major hassle of configuration.

This is true. SLI is best for enthusiasts who just want to tinker with it, or for when you already have the best card but still need more perf (say you have a 2080 Ti and are playing at 4K, only way to possibly get a noticeable perf boost is to add a second one, since even the Titan RTX is only a few % faster). Some other niche use cases but they're usually pretty niche (some can be as simple as the OP mostly plays games that support SLI well and already has something like a 1080 Ti). 

[Kalm_Traveler]

2 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

No, what *you* need to understand is that just because you see SLI as a hobby and you're wealthy enough to burn money on it does not mean we should be misleading to people on not so much fortune situation to get into a technology that is dead.

 

AMD Already phased out Crossfire, SLI nowadays is far more miss than hit, even when you use nVidia Inspector and get yourself the hard effort to get it to work you'll be gifted with a stuttering mess.

 

Someone with a locked B365 chipset is clearly not the enthusiast audience you're thinking for and thus should not be deceived into thinking SLI is worth their money or the very major hassle of configuration.

I think what you're misunderstanding is that I'm not leading anyone to anything.

 

Scroll through many threads on these forums of people asking about setting up an SLI graphics card configuration, which motherboard they should pair with 'x' CPU, etc and it becomes obvious that so many forum users are just pushing their own strongly-passionate opinions such as the innacurate "SLI is dead", or  "the best motherboard for a 9900k is to sell it and go Ryzen".

 

What you've missed is that when someone is asking about setting up SLI because they've already decided they want to do it - answering their questions directly is not even remotely the same thing as "deceiving them into thinking SLI is worth their money". You are not them, your values are not their values, and if they're asking "how do I", that isn't a plea for your personal opinion on the validity of what they're choosing to spend their time and money on.

I fully support people making choices based on whatever their individual priorities are, and respect that what I value most is not what most people who like to play PC games value, but let's try to have some more respect for each other and not be constantly on the lookout to push inaccurate opinions any time someone asks a "how to" or "which item among a select few should I choose" types of questions.

[Mick Naughty]

Isn’t much to tinker with. For people who simply want more. 

 

Not like any of this is on topic. 

 

You want sli go for it. Don’t have to listen to the YouTube parrots.