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1 minute ago, cleric_warlock said:

Isn't SLI support being phased out on NVIDIA cards so wouldn't it be out of the question for future generations? I feel like an LTT video mentioned something like that...

SLI has been being phased out and impractical now since the 1000 series as game developers have moved away from supporting it and Nvidia has quietly stopped updating it in drivers. 

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So is finally time! (Almost)
I got 8k US dollars to invest in a gaming rig that MUST last 5 years, so I’m wondering if the most wise idea would be to buy at day one a SLI of 2 RTX 4090 or a single RTX 4090 that will be eventually upgraded to a single RTX 5090 after 3 years. 
 

About possible bottleneck don’t you worry friends I’ll buy the i9 13xxx

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SLI is dead beyond benchmarking. Single card > SLI any day all day

 

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Mhhhh interesting so a single 4090 and then I wait till the 5090 right?

 

Are you sure that a SLI of 4090 won’t be able to compete against a 5090? 
e mean a SLI of 2080 I guess is slightly better than a single 3090 or nah?

 

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Just now, RxP7oRz said:

Mhhhh interesting so a single 4090 and then I wait till the 5090 right?

 

Are you share that a SLI of 4090 won’t be able to compete against a 5090? 
e mean a SLI of 2080 I guess is slightly better than a single 3090 or nah?

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Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

absolutely

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Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

absolutely

Isn't SLI support being phased out on NVIDIA cards so wouldn't it be out of the question for future generations? I feel like an LTT video mentioned something like that...

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1 minute ago, cleric_warlock said:

Isn't SLI support being phased out on NVIDIA cards so wouldn't it be out of the question for future generations? I feel like an LTT video mentioned something like that...

SLI has been being phased out and impractical now since the 1000 series as game developers have moved away from supporting it and Nvidia has quietly stopped updating it in drivers. 

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2 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

SLI has been being phased out and impractical now since the 1000 series as game developers have moved away from supporting it and Nvidia has quietly stopped updating it in drivers. 

Damn guys you literally saved me I was literally going to buy 2 rtx 4090 at day one. Life saver forum 

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36 minutes ago, RxP7oRz said:

Mhhhh interesting so a single 4090 and then I wait till the 5090 right?

You get a 3090 ti now and replace it with a 4090, then a 4090 ti and then a 5090.

That's my plan. 

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2 hours ago, RxP7oRz said:

Damn guys you literally saved me I was literally going to buy 2 rtx 4090 at day one. Life saver forum 

You were about to spend that amount of money on such high end parts being that uninformed? The state of SLI has been a well known thing for quite a while now. Something isn't adding up.

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On 7/17/2022 at 12:18 AM, GuiltySpark_ said:

You were about to spend that amount of money on such high end parts being that uninformed? The state of SLI has been a well known thing for quite a while now. Something isn't adding up.

I mean, SLI benchmarks are still a thing, pointless beyond just bragging rights, but a thing nonetheless.  Maybe it's all about the bling. I think JayzTwoCents had an SLI build even after SLI was basically pointless. like 30" rims on a car - usefull? Hell no. Does it look cool? maybe (to others. For me it's another hell no).

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On 7/16/2022 at 9:56 PM, RxP7oRz said:

So is finally time! (Almost)
I got 8k US dollars to invest in a gaming rig that MUST last 5 years, so I’m wondering if the most wise idea would be to buy at day one a SLI of 2 RTX 4090 or a single RTX 4090 that will be eventually upgraded to a single RTX 5090 after 3 years. 
 

About possible bottleneck don’t you worry friends I’ll buy the i9 13xxx

6400mhz ram 

and 8gbs SSD Mx

so my question is basically just about graphic cards. 

 

 

 

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