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ethanchan
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Oct 27, 2018
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when you get the chance, could you give us an update on your system and give us your thoughts on the RTX card? I am not completely sold on whether it would be worth switching from my dual 1080ti for these RTX cards especially when looking at that price tag. If you could help out by giving us your impressions it would be much appreciated.
Oct 27, 2018
ethanchanhttps://pcpartpicker.com/b/9J29TW This is my full system. Honestly, right now I can't say much on the RTX because no games are really utilizing the ray tracing capabilities right now. I'm definitely going to be on BF V which will utilize the card so I'll be able to speak more on it then! Right now I'd say hold off probably. (Also with NVLINK dual RTX cards are actually going to perform far better than two cards in SLI)
Oct 27, 2018
Cryptic.ai
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Oct 31, 2018
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ethanchanI think you should DEFINITELY stick with your dual 1080Ti build, one rtx card wont run as good as two 1080Ti’s. You wont need an uograde for a while bud. If its the ray tracing you want then wait a little while cause no games have it yet
Oct 31, 2018
Radox
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Oct 31, 2018
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Cryptic.aiIt depends entirely on the game. Some game's do not benefit from SLI and when they do, scaling is not always great (saying this as someone who currently has a bunch of 1080Ti's in the rig). In such a case a single 2080Ti will out perform the SLI 1080Ti and always offer consistent performance Multi-GPU / SLI does not work.
Oct 31, 2018
RadoxI was mainly saying cards that utilize NVLINK will scale better than cards that use SLI. Obviously with just newer gen using NVLINK direct comparisons in performance would be silly. My point is that I'm a lot more confident that adding another 2080 down the road will be far more viable than adding another 1080 to my old 1080 setup for example, instead of just getting a 1080 Ti.
Oct 31, 2018
Radox
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Oct 31, 2018
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livingspeedbumpMy comments was mostly in regards to crypto.ai in regards to the 1080Ti and using a pair of them vs say a single 2080Ti. Infact on that point I think we agree as your wrote: "will be far more viable than adding another 1080 to my old 1080 setup for example, instead of just getting a 1080 Ti." With the way SLI scales on 10 series GPU's I (as someone who has a trio of 1080Ti's in the PC I am typing this on) would be hesitant to recommend going that route when a single stronger card exists, in this case the 2080Ti. Now sure there are some games that will see a pair of 1080Ti's outperform a single 2080Ti where SLI / mGPU sclaes well. However for every game that scales well plenty do not and a number do not support mGPU / SLI period. IMO why blanket recommendations are not ideal when looking at 1 card vs 2. Alot depends on the rest of the system (CPU limitations is a factor here) but also the games a person plays. Now that is not to say if you already have the 1080Ti's to throw them out or its the most convenient upgrade path and the game (and engines) your playing on do support multiple GPUs.
Oct 31, 2018
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