Sli Temps

[Williyamithadude]

So I wanted to sli two of these bad boys https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1070-ti/ but I was wondering how the temps would be since there is no space in-between but they r blower so... I was just wondering how the temps would be?

[Psittac]

Do you already have one of the cards?

 

edit: also what is your goal for sli?

[Skiiwee29]

If you dont have a slot spacing between the cards, its recommended to use either custom water cooling or blower style cards anyways. YOu will thermal throttle them and hit their upper limits, but thats just the nature of the beast with SLI on blower style cards. To be honest though, SLI is a dying breed and really not needed in todays world beyond benchmarking. 

[Williyamithadude]

ok

[Psittac]

to add to legacy99, sli and crossfire is basically a failure and has been since it started. It's commonly recommended to avoid it and go with a single more powerful card.  The only exception being computation or benchmarking.  If you're doing computation then often you don't need matching cards and therefore no sli or crossfire, jbogc (just a bunch of graphics cards lmao)

[Mick Naughty]

I always have a space between my cards and always use titan blowers. Temps were never a concern. 

 

But with a recent board I got, I ran 4 1080’s. Temps weren’t great but compared to how peope run just a single card and let it back, I wouldn’t call it bad. 

 

And since were changing the subject, sli will work perfectly fine is used as intended. If the system can keep up two of those will out perform one better card. 

[Ginger_]

Majority depends on your motherboard and intake. If you have plenty of intake and space in between the cards temps won't be an issue, especially with blower cards.

 

For example my board, the x370 taichi, has a an empty space between the top two x16 slots so in sli I have a single slot of room for the top card to breath. 

[tcari394]

When I had two 980s with blower coolers on them, the bottom card was always 5-10c warmer than the top card with overall temperatures in the 70's and low 80's while gaming.  When I moved up to 1080s, I went with the hybrid coolers and see a much lower core temp of 29 at idle and 35 at max after a few hours.

 

 I feel like most SLI complaints come from two types of people:

 

1.  Those who have never actually had two cards.

2.  Those who expected excellent performance without having to do any work.

 

SLI is an enthusiast level technology and should be treated as such.  Would you put all the parts of a PC together without going into the bios to tweak every part to get every last little bit out of them?  Sure, you can-- but you'll most likely get average performance at best.  The same concept applies to SLI profiles.   Stock profiles do exist.. but they are made to cater to a wide audience with unlimited configurations.  It is up to us to tinker with the compatibility bits to fit our own needs.  

 

Is it frustrating when a AAA game doesn't support it?  Absolutely.  But, if you have a little patience... you may just be able to get it to work with your own profile.  

 

(And yes.. I do realize that some games just will never work.) 

 

 

 

 

[DildorTheDecent]

11 hours ago, Psittac said:

to add to legacy99, sli and crossfire is basically a failure and has been since it started. It's commonly recommended to avoid it and go with a single more powerful card.  The only exception being computation or benchmarking.  If you're doing computation then often you don't need matching cards and therefore no sli or crossfire, jbogc (just a bunch of graphics cards lmao)

>Absolute statement detected.

 

Provide the evidence that SLi is a failure.

[Psittac]

8 hours ago, DildorTheDecent said:

>Absolute statement detected.

 

Provide the evidence that SLi is a failure.

The majority of game developers don't take the time to optimize for it.  A solution that is half the intended power 70% of the time is a failure

[Mick Naughty]

So a single card would still fall in that category. 

[DildorTheDecent]

11 hours ago, Psittac said:

The majority of game developers don't take the time to optimize for it.  A solution that is half the intended power 70% of the time is a failure

Again. Where's the proof? 

 

I'm playing games that use SLi very effectively.  80-90 percent faster than a single card. Exactly what Nvidia said. You have to do some tweaking yourself but that's commonplace in enthusiast computing. 

 

It wouldn't surprise me if you've never used SLi. Most noobs echoing that it is a failure never have. 

[IAcKI]

If you already have a 1070ti then give it a go. If not go for a 1080ti. I used to have 2 970 Strix's and honestly the noise was terrible. I imagine blower style fans or hybrid are also much better. 

Some peoples issues with SLI are completely unfounded though and if you already have a 1070ti and have a good deal on another then go for it.

[Psittac]

1 hour ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Again. Where's the proof? 

 

I'm playing games that use SLi very effectively.  80-90 percent faster than a single card. Exactly what Nvidia said. You have to do some tweaking yourself but that's commonplace in enthusiast computing. 

 

It wouldn't surprise me if you've never used SLi. Most noobs echoing that it is a failure never have. 

I've ran crossfire and most sources and test's claim that it's basically useless

 

and you can suck egg's, welcome to my ignore list

 

edit: you could be right, but insult's = ignore list and not useful in communication

[Mick Naughty]

Sounds like a amd issue. Useless is a bold claim. Sounds like something lmg would say.

[Psittac]

Just now, Mick Naughty said:

Sounds like a amd issue. Useless is a bold claim. Sounds like something lmg would say.

I don't remember where I've heard it, but I remember on several occasions the comment of most games not supporting multiple gpu's being mentioned which echoed my experience with crossfire.

[DildorTheDecent]

26 minutes ago, Psittac said:

I've ran crossfire and most sources and test's claim that it's basically useless

 

and you can suck egg's, welcome to my ignore list

 

edit: you could be right, but insult's = ignore list and not useful in communication

>crossfire

 

That's proper garbage right there.

 

Not my fault you're offended because you're inexperienced. SLi actually works. Crossfire was utter garbage.

[Psittac]

11 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

>crossfire

 

That's proper garbage right there.

 

Not my fault you're offended because you're inexperienced. SLi actually works. Crossfire was utter garbage.

There is a fine line between a discussion and an argument, You sir set out with a chip on your shoulder and made this personal.  There is such a thing as disagreeing with someone's point but attacking them isn't the way you have to do it.  Make a statement and let it stand on it's own without the drama.  I did use strong wording about multiple gpu's and that's my fault, however you taking my view on SLI personally and retaliating is not acceptable.

[MEC-777]

First off, let's keep it civil please. No need for personal attacks. 

 

As one who has used crossfire, I can clearly state that CF is not garbage. But it's also not great either. 

 

Both SLI and CF is a mixed bag of experience. Those who play the specific games where it works well will generally say it works - and in those cases it does. But IMO, there are too many cases/games were neither works well, or not at all. Neither were what I would consider a "failure" though. 

 

So to the OP; take a good look at the games you play or the types of workloads you'll be using your PC for and research how well SLI will work in those specific situations and then decide if it's worth it to you. 

 

There is no right or wrong here, it's situation-dependant. That being said, SLI and CF are dying out. With single cards now becoming so powerful, there is far less need for it anymore. 

 

As for the OP's question, that was already answered in the 3rd post by legacy99. 

[Mick Naughty]

2 hours ago, Psittac said:

I don't remember where I've heard it, but I remember on several occasions the comment of most games not supporting multiple gpu's being mentioned which echoed my experience with crossfire.

Well when a single card can do what two can, Ill run one. Really don't my gameplay to suffer if theres better options.