Will I benefit from 2 GPUs?

[forpanos]

Hi guys, I recently built a new system with a 1080 Ti founders edition.. I also have a GTX 285 lying around not doing anything.. will I benefit if I install it (without SLI) in my new system and run 2 GPUs? All I care for is video editing performance with after effects and premiere.

[NoxiousOdor]

If you pair it with the 1080ti I really doubt that there would be any perceivable difference. the 1080 will be more than enough for the majority of things and with the 285 being fairly weak I don't think it would be very useful. If you had two cards that were closer to being similar there can be some benefits but I wouldn't think there would be much in this case with them being so far apart in terms of performance

[Mira Yurizaki]

The only benefit you may have is improved performance with PhysX games. But those are so few and far between that it's not even worth it.

[Electronics Wizardy]

For gaming no improvement unless psyux and the correct game. Many games will be slower if you use it as a physics card

 

For editing it will probably be slower than just the 1080ti as you may be ram limited and waiting for the slower card. 

 

Your also limited to using a old driver.