GTX 1080 will be limited to 2 way SLI

[Sauron]

On 5/11/2016 at 11:29 PM, Bajantechnician said:

8k, 144 fps?

Nope, with the scaling we've seen up to now 4 cards will give you 250% performance max compared to a single card. You may be able to do 8k (if you don't run into vram limitations) with it, but not at more than 60 fps.

[RZeroX]

Did Linus break NDA?

Linus: "Durr.. Just got a memo from NVIDIA that you can get a software key of some sort to unlock 3way and 4way SLI on 1080!"

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/4jcdop/linus_durr_just_got_a_memo_from_nvidia_that_you/

[Curufinwe_wins]

4 minutes ago, RZeroX said:

Did Linus break NDA?

Linus: "Durr.. Just got a memo from NVIDIA that you can get a software key of some sort to unlock 3way and 4way SLI on 1080!"

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/4jcdop/linus_durr_just_got_a_memo_from_nvidia_that_you/

Probably on accident since it was removed...

 

But Jayztwocents has been saying this for weeks now. People really need to stop parroting blatantly wrong information.

[Maverick5500]

19 hours ago, GlassBomb said:

Nothing is 100% confirmed as of yet. EVGA did make a statement that the 1080 could only do 2-SLI, but they retracted that statement.

 

Just wait a couple more days until the NDA is lifted so that true benchmarks and information can come out.

 

that forum post is not there any more. i tweeted jayztwocents and he denied the claim. he got 3 for his system and quoted nvidia directly

[GlassBomb]

1 minute ago, Maverick5500 said:

that forum post is not there any more. i tweeted jayztwocents and he denied the claim. he got 3 for his system and quoted nvidia directly

Yeah, that's what I mean. Same thing with some mention that Linus did, that also got pulled. Probably for NDA reasons.

 

I'm just going to sit and wait for stuff to be properly confirmed. There are just a couple more days left until the NDA is lifted.

[Maverick5500]

5 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

Yeah, that's what I mean. Same thing with some mention that Linus did, that also got pulled. Probably for NDA reasons.

 

I'm just going to sit and wait for stuff to be properly confirmed. There are just a couple more days left until the NDA is lifted.

 

do we know when it will be lifted?

[GlassBomb]

3 minutes ago, Maverick5500 said:

do we know when it will be lifted?

17th is from what I have heard.

[zMeul]

jayztwocents just put a video up confirming the rumors, I won't dignify putting a link to his video because of the utter idiotic way he presented it

 

he basically confirms that nVidia has locked GTX10xx series to 2 way SLI, with an option to unlock 3 and 4 way - I suspect for a fee ?!?! he wasn't very clear

the new hard 2 way SLI bridges were developed because the existing flexible ones showed decrease in bandwidth - I suspect lack of shielding to prevent interference 

 

for DX12, business as usual - if developers supports explicit multi adapters, you can put as many as you like

if not .... well, waste of $

[Master Disaster]

4 hours ago, zMeul said:

jayztwocents just put a video up confirming the rumors, I won't dignify putting a link to his video because of the utter idiotic way he presented it

 

he basically confirms that nVidia has locked GTX10xx series to 2 way SLI, with an option to unlock 3 and 4 way - I suspect for a fee ?!?! he wasn't very clear

the new hard 2 way SLI bridges were developed because the existing flexible ones showed decrease in bandwidth - I suspect lack of shielding to prevent interference 

 

for DX12, business as usual - if developers supports explicit multi adapters, you can put as many as you like

if not .... well, waste of $

Could you misrepresent Jayz video any more?

 

The entire point of his video wasn't to confirm this rumour, it was to inform the community that its not entirely true and infact 3 & 4 way SLI IS possible for those that want to unlock it. He made it very clear that you'll need an existing 3 or 4 way hard bridge from Asus, EVGA etc, 3 & 4 way soft bridges will not work and there was zero indication of any fee for doing it either.

 

Finally its business as usual for DX11, these changes do not affect DX11 at all. On DX12 it comes down to implicit mode (engine controlled) or explicit mode (DX12 controlled).

 

I will link his video because I fell its important people actually watch it.

 

 

[zMeul]

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Could you misrepresent Jayz video any more?

The entire point of his video wasn't to confirm this rumour, it was to inform the community that its not entirely true and infact 3 & 4 way SLI IS possible for those that want to unlock it.

I didn't miss represented him at all

he raged like an idiot for minutes at KitGuru for a "something" that started on EVGA's own forums by EVGA's own people

 

jay confirmed to the point(!) that implicit SLI is actually limited to 2 way unless you "beg" nvidia for a driver key to unlock 3 and 4 way

Spoiler

 

absolutely nothing that he said wasn't contradictory or corrective to what was rumored

 

the hard bridges thing was speculation on people's part

[Big-G]

9 hours ago, zMeul said:

he basically confirms that nVidia has locked GTX10xx series to 2 way SLI, with an option to unlock 3 and 4 way - I suspect for a fee ?!?! he wasn't very clear

the new hard 2 way SLI bridges were developed because the existing flexible ones showed decrease in bandwidth - I suspect lack of shielding to prevent interference 

 

for DX12, business as usual - if developers supports explicit multi adapters, you can put as many as you like

if not .... well, waste of $

It's free and they created the dual channel HB bridge to enhance 2-way more due to perceived negative ROI in gaming

[JamGorby]

9 hours ago, zMeul said:

 

In other words, you couldn't have misrepresented Jayz video any more.