Can I use 2 1050ti together

[Couzinz Gaming]

Right away sorry if this is a dumb question

 

I recently purchased a MSI afterburner gtx 1050ti. I put it in my rig (replacing a 750 which was not exactly fantastic.) and it worked fine. After looking at the box it was in I saw a little thing on the back that. "Multi GPU mode supported." Well I know that only 1070s and up are SLI capable, and I couldn't find a spot on the card for a bridge so I am confused. And I think that 2 1050tiS will out perform a 1060 that costs more than the 2 1050tiS combined so it would be great if it did. Thanks for helping me, I don't want to buy another gpu and have in not work

[Sentryy]

nope no sli support

[Moress]

No, without proper SLI support or a bridge the 1050ti will not sli for games. IIRC the multi-gpu support should be refering to two+ being able to work together for CUDA/GPU accelerated workloads (think 3D modeling). 

[Couzinz Gaming]

Then why does it say Multi gpu mode supported

[rn8686]

No SLI, but there are other ways to use GPU cooperatively (There is a feature in DX12 for this, most games wont have support though, or rendering where SLI isnt needed). 

[Amaranth]

This video is a fairly good reference that might help with your confusion.

[ninjaelectron]

You cannot connect two 1050 Ti's together via SLI. While the box is probably referencing DirectX 12's "Multi-GPU Modes", it is not supported on practically any games.

[Amaranth]

But, in general, you're always going to better off with one stronger GPU rather than two weaker ones.

[Couzinz Gaming]

Well I use my computer for work in 3D modeling (Autodesk Maya), and if it would help with that that would be fantastic 

[BloodyWaters]

Nope

[Amaranth]

12 minutes ago, Couzinz Gaming said:

Well I use my computer for work in 3D modeling (Autodesk Maya), and if it would help with that that would be fantastic 

Only if the programs are coded to support that.

[Damascus]

18 minutes ago, Couzinz Gaming said:

Then why does it say Multi gpu mode supported

 

14 minutes ago, Couzinz Gaming said:

Well I use my computer for work in 3D modeling (Autodesk Maya), and if it would help with that that would be fantastic 

This is what it helps with, autodesk gobbles up as many GPUs you thow at it (rendering specifically)

[KenjiUmino]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

This is what it helps with, autodesk gobbles up as many GPUs you thow at it (rendering specifically)

i guess this is where a 2nd gpu can make a real difference.

 

you can also select wich card the nvidia driver should use for physx - both, only one of them, none of them (CPU only)

 

... you could try to have one card only do the graphics and the other one do physx and see if that improves anything.

 

of course this only affects a hand full of games that actually use nvidia physx 

[Damascus]

Just now, KenjiUmino said:

i guess this is where a 2nd gpu can make a real difference.

 

Yup, depending on the software you can get 100% scaling

[Phoenix Fieryn]

Even a very high end CPU can beat out 2 1050tis when rendering. But yes, it's a lot better to render with multiple GPUs, it should work depending on software.

[xsimplyjosh]

heres a tip... maybe look at reviews on youtube, they fiddle with the card at all angles.. and do most of the talking for you of the card upside to the down so you have to worry less.

 

but in all summary, no they dont have sli support... for sli support you need higher cards.