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DUAL GPU (3090 x 2080super-xc-ultra) IS IT WORTH?

ArimusPantelas
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Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Streaming

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I am currently running ryzen 9, evga 2080 super xc ultra, 32g ram, 850w power supply... I want to know if it would be worth it to try to run dual GPU when I get a 30 series. or should I build another PC around the 2080. Open to all ideas! 

 

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you cant use them together for gaming at least so unless you have a compute workload i dont see why you would keep the 2080

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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5 minutes ago, ArimusPantelas said:

Budget (including currency): none

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Streaming

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I am currently running ryzen 9, evga 2080 super xc ultra, 32g ram, 850w power supply... I want to know if it would be worth it to try to run dual GPU when I get a 30 series. or should I build another PC around the 2080. Open to all ideas! 

 

SLI is dying quietly, so not worth the cost to benefit ratio

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No, in gaming they can't work together with the exception of like, 1 or 2 games using explicit multi-GPU (a very rarely used DX12 feature). As for streaming, either card can do NVENC encoding while gaming without breaking a sweat, so no help there either. 

If you wanna use one card in a 2nd build, that's good if you have a use case. If not, sell it, prices are high now, you'll make a good amount of money back

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I don't have a problem...

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Sell the card, there's plenty of people begging for a gaming card. You might sell it close to what you've paid.

Multi GPU is dead, it's a waste of energy.

GPU as powerful as 3090 can do almost everything on it's own.

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