PCGoblin You’re right, I didn’t see that this was posted before they were released etc... my bad lol you’re vid def helped tho in finding a nvlink bridge. I found the Asus Rog nvlink bridge 4 slot which’ll be good. Ty again ✌️
Thanks to your video I figured out that my card has sli slot covered with a piece of plastic. I was scratching my head how the hell am I going to install nvlink if there is nothing that it can be attached to :) LOL. Thanks man!
Since this has been posted, and tyvm for the YT UpLoad: RTX 2070 Super cards have the 2080 gpu and nVlink socket. I would have liked to know the board pcie bandwidth (ie. X570 and R9 series cpu?). I would have liked to know because most info regarding nVlink capability is not testing the current pcie b/w expansion of PCIe-4 and whether this extra bandwidth speed can be leveraged in nVlink for even faster fps....
Im glad I could help. The PC in the video is an i7-7700k with a rog maximus formula board. So with two cards its 8x. But my current system is an x299 dark with and i7-9800x and so I have my cards running in 16x for both cards and it runs better but theres not a big difference between the cards running 8x vs 16x. As for the PCIe 4.0, all current nvidia GPU's 2080ti etc are all pcie 3.0 cards so they cannot benefit from pcie 4.0. Really theres only a couple of amd cards that are pcie 4.0 but they dont come close to maxing pcie 3.0 bandwidth. Techpowerup has some benches showing pcie 16x down to 1x for a 2080ti and 16x and 8x is very little difference so I cant imagine pcie 4.0 as having much benefit for them even if they could run pcie 4.0 With NVLINK, it does not use the PCIe bus to communicate between cards, it uses the bridge which starting with nvlink has tech inside it to help the cards talk better with each other and thats what used for them to talk. So the PCIe version wont matter for NVLink. My wetbench is running an x570 board with a ryzen 3700x and I havent noticed any difference with the 2080ti performance also. :) I hope that helps answer your curiosity some. :)
Hi man, just wanted to check on your temps? Was hoping to run a dual RTX 2080 Ti setup myself (except mine's Aorus') and I was wondering if I should go at it air-cooled or opt for the water-cooled version instead? Really don't want to mess with custom loops and all that and even my CPU's only running an AIO so I'm on the fence as to how I should handle the GPU's cooling. I also don't plan playing on resolutions above 4K, so that's that. Long story short, how are your temps? And can they run for around 8 hrs max load? Thank you!
Hi Brian, So if you plan on overclocking them then you really dont need to watercool them. Though with two in your system theyre not going to be able to boost as high naturally as they will hit the 80degree mark fairly easily. My FE's always stay at about 80 when im gaming but I do not have any issues gaming for hours on end. I personally dont worry about temps since im not overclocking them and im running them stock. I hope that helps but if you have more questions let me know.
Hi mister!!! I NEED HELP.. How (like what bridge or anything) to nvlink 2x RTX 2070 Super (gaming x trio). A short answer or product link or pic would help me alot! Greetz from germany!!
Not sure what you are running now, but I recommend 2x A6000 using NVlink. I am able to run anything at 4k at ridiculous frames. Not to mention the 96gb of vram won't be running out anytime soon. Maybe if I nvlink 8x A6000 and use 32k 200" TV playing 3x Cyberpunk at the same time ...
Great video! The one thing that I wished you would have covered in more detail is what wattage PSU I need. I have one of these cards and plan to install a second. My Aurora R8 PSU is 850 watts.
Not a bad idea, theres alot of variance with whats needed and what not. Its always best to use a power supply wattage calculator for figuring out how big of a PSU need
Bro lovely video But I have a question should I do sli or nvlink?? And will I get the connector in the graphics card box or I have to buy it separately
if youre running a 1000 series card then it has to be nvlink since its different fingers. Then for the connector, youre gunna need to buy it. Your motherboard box might have one but I dont think ive heard or seen any that do, only sli and hb-sli bridges
@@PCGoblin Thanks bro but I have one last question Bro in pc part picker website it is saying me that 'when the m.2 slot are populated , 2 sata will be disabled' bro is this message also applicable for m.2 nvme??
@@PCGoblin bro i think that the i should buy 3 spacing nvlink because of the website you showed me This is the video in which I can see the spacing ruclips.net/video/p42Y4Km-63o/видео.html Go on 4:25 on the video and tell me
I think i had the shorter bridge but just count how many pcie slots are in your case to measure how wide it is. Also it doesnt look like the b760 tomahawk supports sli not saying it doesnt, just not seeing support for it😊
Im not sure the fine details but whats been said is they use sli over nvlink basically. So its still SLI but with a huge amount of bandwidth to talk to each other. Where the quadros actually use nvlink and only nvlink.
Greatvideo matey.. waiting for my other rtx2080ti gaming trio to arrive so I can sli my system.. only issue is there is gonna be no space between the cards due to them being to thick.. I have the same case as u..
@@gametested2864 The top card gets to 80ish degrees and starts turning the boost down and just stays at 80 degrees. It really makes me want to watercool these cards.
Have you regretted buying a second card and running sli? Most people say that sli is not worth it... but what was your experience gaming with 2 2080ti s in sli???
Hello, I had no regret having my 2080ti's in SLI. However I sold them back in april or may due to rumors of the new cards coming out around that time. However my experience was great as most the games I play support SLI and benefitted from the two cards. Since the release of the 3000 series cards though, nvidia has stated that theyre basically not supporting SLI anymore and the only card at this time that has SLI is the 3090.
You sure can. You can mix any brand of card with another the only thing that has got to be the same is that they both need to be the same GPU, so 2080 with 2080. 2070 super with 2070 super and so on. You CANNOT do a 2080 with a 2070super or any other model, it MUST be the same gpu. I hope that clears it up for you. :)
Can I buy a MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X and MSI RTX 2080 Gaming Trio X to work in Nvlink? Or do they need the same clocks speeds, if yes would a bios flash help?
Nick Sparrow Studios You absolutely can buy those cards and nvlink them. They need to be the same series so they have to both be 2080’s but brand or even style does not matter. However they have different cooling capabilities so while they will nvlink together you will be limited by the weakest cooler on total overclock.
Great video, I have a Asus RTX2080 and a MSI Gaming X Trio RTX2080 that is not getting used much, was thinking about running them SLI. I have a Asus Crosshair Hero 8 motherboard and my Asus Graphics card is in the top slot, to do this would I need a 3 slot SLI bridge or 4 slot? Thanks in advance!
I built another PC, but haven't used it as much as I thought, that's where the other 2080 is, thought i could run those 2080's in my main rig, and step down to something alittle smaller for my other PC, thanks for the reply!
@@adamsc07 anytime. An 850w PSU is more than enough to power 2x 2080's for sure. I ran 2x 1080ti's off a 750w and even then my whole system only used about 350w under max load.
I have a question. Am I missing something? I am getting 100 to 150 FPS in games with one 2080 ti and i7 6800k. So why do yours seem low for two cards. I am still learning about all of these things. So forgive me if I am not understanding something.
Anthony Perez Theres settings and resolution that will affect that. In everything I have every setting maxed out and the resolution at 3440x1440. Also it depends on what game too. Do you pull those frames in the same games at the same settings?
Thank you for watching. :D I still have the x62 atm, though I literally just upgraded to a 9800x and may be going back to a custom loop to keep that thing cool. The case is actually just the evolv tempered glass. But I also just upgraded to the evolv X, look for my new video coming soon. As for specs, i7-7700k 2x-2080 ti's Asus Maximus IX formula, 16gb - Tridentz 3666 ram 1200w evga P2 PSU 480gb 850 evo SSD.
@@PCGoblin Nice! I am actually thinking of uprading myself. Currently owning: - Maximus VIII Ranger - i7-6700k - Kraken X61 - GTX980 - 16GB non-RGB ram - Fractal design define R5 windowed - Corsair 760 W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply Wondering if 'upgrading' to a IX formula, trident Z RGB 64GB and Evolve X is worth my money, because it would be mostly for 'looks'. I think if i would get more value by upgrading my videocard, since even my PSU would be able to handle RTX2080 TI in SLI according to PC part picker; pcpartpicker.com/list/r82fcY your thoughts?
@@GillesvdHoven So I actually own a 6700k and ran it before the 7700k and honestly the performance difference isnt much between the two. Also I would not recommend upgrading to new old tech since it costs pretty much the same as brand new tech does that performs better. If looks are what your looking for then it may be worth it. Though the evovl X is an amazing case and that would look great with your current setup. :) If Perf is your main goal then get a 2080ti or even a 2080, it will be a much much bigger boost in perf in games than any CPU would be with what youre already running.
@@PCGoblin i was not planning on upgrading my 6700k; maybe the Mobo but i would do that for Aura sync basically.. i think i'll postpone that Mobo upgrade to whenever i want a new CPU, and add Aura sync to the requirements list, including RGB memory because that is good enough right now. That would leave the RTX2080 (maybe in SLI) vs a single TI
@@GillesvdHoven I personally think you should always get the very best card you can before thinking about SLI. That way when you have more money in the future you can pick up another card and have even better perf than you would if you started with two cards slied at the beginning. With that being said I also think single cards look so lonely.
Can you explain the bridge numbering system - is it a 3-slot or 4-slot bridge (and why) . Sorry for the dumb question, I just don't understand the logic at the moment! Thanks :)
@@PCGoblin I've just bought myself a Founders Edition RTX 3090. The only NVLink that I've seen for these cards is a 4 slot one. I'd have thought that my first and second card (I've yet to buy the 2nd one) will go into slots 1 and 5 of my MB ? But from what you're saying, they won't - they'll go into slots 1 and 4 on my mobo (which is a bit worrying because then they'd be just slightly apart and that wouldn't be good from a cooling point of view). Or am I missing something ? Thanks :)
Thats probably due to the 3090 being so fat its gunna get choked if its that close to another card. Im guessing its due to it being a rare scenario since if your spending that much on 2 cards your gunna want them to be running at full speed and its the high end desktop chips that can do that since they have more than 40+ pcie lanes and their boards generally have the 2 16x slots being 4 slots away. The picture showing the difference between 3 and 4 slot should give you a better idea. www.zotac.com/us/product/accessories/zotac-gaming-nvlink-bridge-4-slot
@@PCGoblin Thank you so much for your reply and link - there's a graphic showing what you mean, so now I totally understand! Even though I have a 7 slot mobo, I was always struggling with fitting a 4th 1080ti in due to the wires and connectors down at the bottom. I'm hoping I can fit a 2nd 3090 as this machine was built with top components from the start. Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
Its not much, my psu shows my pc using less than 700 when my 2080 ti’s and cpu(i7-9800x not shown in this video) were maxed out. A 750 or 850 should be more than enough to power two 2070 supers in sli.
why did they only give this feature ot the 2080s.... I have 2070 just sitting around gathering dust - i also have an old 970ti that I wish they could have just made some kind of connector from the old SLI series to the nvlink cards... ugh... Is there any way reason or purpose for old cards at all? We could have an army of smaller cheaper cards augmenting a single rtx 2080 ( i have the 2080 super ) if they could connect ? Any way to do this at all?
Theres no way to sli/nvlink those cards together but the only thing I can think of that you could do with it is plug it in and use it as a dedicated physX card. Theres not a ton of games that use physx anymore but the witcher 3 and the arkham batman games do and it adds some cool affects. Honestly though youd probably be better off selling it on ebay. Those cards go for more than you probably think. :)
@@PCGoblin could i use it to connect hdmi to a secondary monitor? or would that then break my 2 monitor setup into not being a single connectable desktop ...? it should work in theory right... the desktop exists on the hardrive and the mobo not in the video cards... i think( i have second shitty old 1080p monitor for watching youtube vids and stuff and I my main monitor is an acer predator 27 inch that i connect the DP cable to... so thats my 2nd question. Otherwise yeah i'll sell it and the other card. Have to these days... money is tight thanks to the fucking virus crashing the economy and spiking the markets up and down... i lost like half a million worth on my stocks in a day last week... icant look at the news any more its giving me anxiety my bf and I were planning on maybe getting married and trying to have some kids and now both of us lost our jobs and all our assets are devalued as fuck except the mortgage on our house we refinanced cus fed cut the interest rate... My man was actually seriously trying to get me to consider us doing amatuer porn like APPARENTLY EVERYONE IS DOING now on onlyfans or camsluts or w/e omfg girls I know are actually doing that now its insane - worlds oldest profession tho :3 - the economic devastation these days is insane.. the suicide numbers have got to be... nevermind nevermind anyway yea I think I will probably end up selling the cards on ebay or something :3 Yeah your right there really arent any games made using Physx anymore... :( its so stupid that nvidia and amd basically put forth this idea that having multiple connected graphics cards was the future and then they just abandoned it... it infuriates me that they didnt put NVLink on the 2070 - only on the 2070 super and up :( other wise I could buy that stupid looking thing and double my fps and then get a 4k 144hz acer monitor and try and do something with that... Technology man :3. its so stupid - i'm a girl so i try to ignore it and just buy the newest shit to please my fancy but I was looking at my all this old hardware sitting around I'm like... wait a minute, theres a slot for a 2nd graphics card in there ... obviously I should just be able to just throw the 970 or the 2070 in there... but noooo @__@ but while i was tinkering around in there I actually fixed an issue with a loose audio connector cable to the sound card going to pins on the mobo it was a little lose on one side ( i think... ) in there tho that was giving me intermittent problems with the subwoofer and my right speakers volume was not working a lot or was very quiet - so apparently I'm not entirely incapable of understanding basic engineering and that mating parts go together... it seems like they should just create something that could just link them up, or a nvlink adapter to a sli so could connect old cards with new ones - instead they had to make sure that thing the stupid thing had claws that glow - it looks like something out of batmans toolbelt lol :D it seems so...imobile housed in that hard plastic - where as t he s li connector was just that circuit strip connecting the 2 inputs and was bendy. anyway... quick question about ram while I've got your attention(sorry im being so long winded..my adderall is kicking in and it turns me into verbose maniac who overshares), I have some dd4 memory 4 sticks of 4gigs from my previous PC had a fatal ... hardware malfunction which I couldnt figure out and it wouldnt let me reinstall windows from the disk and I couldn't get its backups to work at all and I didn't want to wait to try and get whatever it had busted in it fixed (i think it was just the hardrive or the SDD with windows on it ) that pc came with my 970 and I had upgraded that to the 2070 when the rtx series came out and then I out of sheer lazyness and having too much disposable cash at the time I just decided to buy a prebuilt PC from Bestbuy(assembluild by iBuyPower) which has the rtx 2080 super which I FOOLISHLY assumed was better than the 2080 ti - i sweaar to god the way they name these products is purposefully confusing as fuck - and stuff and it has 2 sticks of dd4 and 2 open ram slots. So i took to of the old dd4s 4gig sticks and stuck them in there and I couldn't get the system display to work (and a red light was blinking on the mother board). Shouldn't I be able to put that ram in there? Or maybe I nudged something when i was tinkering around in there. either way i take the ram out and the display boots up just fine on the monitor... suggestions? I'm terrified im going to cause something to arc and spark and fry something in there now that Ive been messing with the thing (should I put on some latex gloves when im handling the components? idk - I think im grounded well just by touch the case right?( i really dont understand electricity at all my majro was in medical biology and pharmacology) but clearly i have a lot of bioleclricity running through my neurons enough to type all of this out. THanks for your response :D Shame on NVidia for scamming the public like that - theres really no good reason why a company with that much control over that markets technology would just basically sort of abadon the entire idea of connecting video cards and having big motherboards with like 4 slots - so many companies were making those - now there's almost no point to making anymore than 1 or 2 on a mobo... its REGRESSIVE :( /slaps self ok time to stop typing now!!*smacks hands*
I was not expecting that much of a comment. But I love it, I'm adhd and add and I get the same way at times, so its nice to see im not alone. Im sorry bout your stock loss, I know the feels, similar happened to me. Let me see if I can answer your questions and help you out though. Also if need be you can always email me directly at PCGoblin2@gmail.com I think its dumb that nvidia and amd seem to be dropping SLI, but its more of they need the support of the developers to push it and theyre all too cheap or lazy to do so. Then on top of that SLI was never a huge boost to FPS, it did help but it wasnt 1+1 = 2, it was more of 1+1= 1.4. Though that has not been what I see with NVLink most of the time. But on top of lack of dev support I can see why they made it for the few RTX cards that they did. The reason being is you should always get the best card or one of the best cards before doing SLI/NVLINK because a better single card will be better and more reliable than 2 lesser in SLI or nvlink. The nvlink bridge is more than just a cable for each other. Theres an actual chip in there that helps them talk and so that the connection is so much faster than it was previously. So thats why theres no flexible nvlink bridges. Also SLI and NVLink only worked with same card to same card so 2080ti to 2080ti, 2080 S to 2080S, 2070 S to 2070 S, 980ti to 980ti. Thats awesome you fixed your sound problem, that would have drove me absolutely nuts! :) For the memory issue, as long as the new PC takes ddr4 they should work in pairs in the newer PC. If theyre not it may be that they were what went bad or maybe they went bad due to the motherboard going out? I think we could figure it out with testing and more info. For the second GPU though you can plug it in and use more monitors with it(as many as it has plugs for). :) So you could do a physx card thats also pushing multiple monitors. Though keep in mind that your gaming FPS will be coming from the card going to the monitor your gaming on. So if you have your 144hz display in your 980 then you wont be using your 2080 for gaming. The physx card just needs to be in the system for it to work but if you want to use your 2080 to game then you need to be plugged into your 2080, if that makes sense. I think I hit all your concerns, but who knows my add is making it hard to focus on reading this morning. But feel free to email me or hit me up anytime, I love to help if I can. :)
@@PCGoblin Ahhh thank you my friendd :) sry i was just venting stress - i just start typing and tangent after tangent after tangent. I have to force myself to stop typing sometimes or I will break down the lifecycle of communism and explain complex pharmaceutical information and somehow tie that in with Plato and Aristotle - Ive got that add brain that just doesnt focus so i just pump energy i nto what ever it switches to - Adderall helps tho - but it also increases my motivation to write and speak and blather on. Stocks are rebounding tho - eventually this thing will level itself out - its just so much to absorb when you really break d own just how devastating this has been this year to the economy - of every country in the world really. They are lucky they just accidently released a virus that ended up killing half a million people cus if they accidently released idk - a bomb that blew up 500k people around the world and crashed economies and leveled industries... I think wed already be at war There I go ranting thanks for the detailed resposne You hit it all and answered all my questions thank you very much! :) I'll try the ram one more time - it may just have gone bad. Ty ty have a good day buddy :)
I completely get it, my adhd gets me going the same way. I hope you can get your ram working. Also last night my brother in law got some new ram and put it in his machine and he was blue screening like crazy as soon as he hit windows. We seem to have fixed it by going into the BIOS and redoing the memory XMP settings and things started working fine after that.
@@PCGoblin because of the nice IPC increase over the 2700x/less power consumption/ higher clock speeds + very promising benchmarks over the one I have , or even the 3700x would be a great upgrade :p
@@PCGoblin No idea... went large, 9900K with NVlinked 2080 tis. My old rig powers the new monitor fine but nada on any of the 6 DP ports. The NHS released 2 nerves in my left arm last year... and broke my bladder. To be fair, I was barely mobile before the surgery. Such is life.
On the PC, it sounds like something else is going wrong if your not getting any output on the monitor where you get output from the old machine. It sounds like a helluva machine. As for the nerves, that sounds very hard I cant imagine what its like. But if I can help with you with your PC feel free to ask whatever, ill do what I can for ya. :D
Hi Andrew, im not sure, but the nvlink bridge size is based off your motherboard and how many alots away the cards are from each other with my config in the video its a 3-slot bridge. Im sorry it took so long to reply, This didnt pop up on my alerts for some reason. I hope this helps. If you have more questions let me know.
I have two Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 cards (Eagle). I actually just needed to know how to merge or bridge two Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce RTX3080 (Eagle) cards? As there is no option of SLI port in this card. So Nvlink can be an option or crossfire? Regards
Im sorry for the late reply. However you cannot SLI/nvlink any 3000 series cards except for the 3090's and they require a new 3090 nvlink bridge to connect them.
i am an architect and currently i have i9 9900k 2080 ti noctic 450 i wana plan to shift to threadripper 3960x can u suggest some things that is necessary for 3960x
Not really sure what you mean, but you need an sTRX4 motherboard, ddr4 ram, and then a video card(s), power supply, and CPU cooler which would probably be best to run with a 360mm AIO of some sort to help keep that cold.
Also you may be better off with zen3 ryzen with the ryzen 9 5950x over threadripper you have higher performing cores, but only a max of 16 vs the 24 in the 3960x. But I dont use architect software so I dont know which would be the better choice.
Thats very true, but the 2070 non super does not. When I made this the super cards were not even a rumor. But the 2070 super has NVLink since its basically a 2080. :)
Do U know If i can put an sli bridge from another company on the cards say Like an Asus nvisli bridge on two msi cards and If yes does the Performance stay the Same ?
Do you know if its possible to disable to disable nvlink once they're hooked up? Sometimes I'd like to be able to have one being controlled by my VM and one by my desktop. Thanks.
@@PCGoblin Perfect, thank you my 2nd 2080ti, mobo and case arrives in a couple days, can't wait! Do you know if I would need a 3 or a 4 slot for my motherboard? I can't seem to find any information on it. I have the Asus Z390-E motherboard and a NZXT S340VR Elite case. Do you think it'll all fit okay? Thanks again!
@@javilionaire Im happy to help, it looks like its a 3 slot spacing looking at the motherboard. But everything should fit together no issue. It sounds like your going to have an amazing PC. Im excited for ya. :)
What's your cpu? Because I wanna say its bottlenecking because i just have one rtx 2080 and my score is almost 5000 on heaven i cant remember the exact score but i wanna say it was 4982.
My CPU is a 7700k in this video and its OCed to 4.9 or 5.0ghz if I remember right. But with what your reporting it sounds like you were not running it at the same settings I was. My settings were fullscreen(3440x1440), DX11, quality ultra, AA at x8, tessalation at extreme. Also there should have been improvements due to drivers since this is from 10/2018. But I'd love to hear back on what settings you were running.
@@PCGoblin I cant remember it's been awhile I know my resolution was 1920x1080 the rest of the settings I think were just default I was just using it to oc my graphics card just to see it was stable
@@PCGoblin awesome to hear that I don't have to worry about getting a specific measurement for the motherboard. I'm upgrading my pc to a couple of 2080 supers, and I'm gonna give that nvlink a try instead of the sli bridge.
@@PCGoblin If you can buy 2x2080 tI's then you should be able to get a 2500€ Monitor :) RUclips clicks would explode :))) If you wont do it I will :DD ^^ just give me 3 months ^^
+ Dimitrij Glasow I agree but those two are the only 4K G-Sync 144Hz monitors available on the market. And to be honest their 27 inch size doesn't do justice to 4K resolution. Their BFGD (Big Format Gaming Display) 65 inch 4K G-Sync HDR 120Hz variants introduced in late 2017 have been delayed to 2019. The Asus PG65 is one of them.
Can i know the name of that case pls? i have a sli of 970 g1 gaming and i really need to change case but idk what case buy and this one look cool and minimal
Boss Yeah, that one is the phanteks evolv tg(tempered glass) its a fantastic case and I have a few videos on my channel that show the insides a bit more like my water cooling explanation video. But I would recommend the phanteks evolv X. Its a much smarter better version of what you see in this video.
@@PCGoblin well right now im watching this one "Thermaltake View 31 TG" and for the price and ecc i think i will buy that one, what you think? because right now i really need to change my case because my Sli config (just got another 970 g1 gaming used) is suffering in my old sh**ty zalman z11 and the temps of my "old" one its too much (80-83°C) and the bottom one its at max 65°C when playing so i really need to change it and maybe also need to change thermal paste idk
@@zMrBossXx I dont have much experience with the Thermaltake View 31 TG, however it looks a bit smaller than the evolv. As for your SLI card temps, if its air cooled, its most likely due to how little space there is between the top card and the bottom card. The top card is always going to be hotter unless you have fan to push/direct/force air in between the two cards. But even then heat rises so its going to come off the bottom and up onto the top card. I notice the exact same thing with my current config. The only time I didnt have that kind of disparity between the two is when they were watercooled. So take aways - new case and mobo probably not going to help a whole lot if the cards are sitting with the same spacing. But the view 31 looks pretty. Of the cases mentioned, I prefer the evolv X. :D
two graphics cards nvidia quadro M6000 sli connect to one nvidia quadro rtx 5000 processor threadripper 1950X windows 8.0 enterprise 64 bit case full tower coolermaster cosmos 1000
So I did x2 2080 ti this way and there is an increase in framerate but according to the nvidia GPU activity tab, the second one is inactive and ingame it's only showing the amount of ram for one card. Is there a reason for this? I thought the link combined the ram from each card
@@PCGoblin huh, so nvlink ain't that different then sli? I thought combined ram was part of the upgrade. Hmm. Well I'm trying to max out far cry 5 in 4k. Guess it wont happen unless I overclock my 2080 tis. As of right now, nvlink seems to give a 30+ fps increase, but in 2k and with the render distance on half. Hmmm. Guess I'll keep messing with it. Thanks for the reply!
@@pangolinrendangered5683 Ive read that dx12 games can use all of it but its up to the developer. But in general its a no. I think one of the reasons is this isnt true nvlink but SLI using nvlink from what I understand.
I know the top one gets a few degrees hotter, but with these cards I havent really checked since its going to make me want to throw waterblocks on them and atm I'm not sure I want to go that route with them. :)
Tyrian2000 thats great! I was looking at temps a bit and my cards hit about 80 and start turning down the overclock but I never notice that its being slowed down.
@@PCGoblin yeah 80c is normal for this gpu. i think nvidia could have done a better job, like improve the cooler to hit max 77c. Ofcourse there are third party gpu's, but these founder editions are gorgeous, can't resist them :D
GRAYKNIGHTS1217 - The NVLink Bridge featured in the vid works on any 2080 or 2080 Ti card from any manufacturer although I think it’s better to pair this bridge with the founders edition cards because they are aesthetically designed for each other.
@@grayknights You could do that and it would be no issue. Thats why I was asking to see if people thought I should do the EVGA one instead. NVLINK bridges work on all 2080's and 2080 ti's. You want HB sli bridges for 10XX series cards and then SLI bridges for 9xx and earlier cards.
@@PCGoblin Hey, thanks for the response as I wan't to order 2 RTX2080's. I watched a few video's and they kinda made it sound like you needed a x299 or x399 mobo. I current'y have two GTX980's which i wouldn't mind upgrading. Do you need to buy the NVlink separate or do they come with each 2080?
Mercenaries Im happy to help, you do need to purchase the nvlink bridge seperately. But you may want to consider just getting 1 2080ti vs 2x2080’s. Nvlink is awesome but having a stronger single card to start with is what I would do. But I get it either way, 2 cards looks way better than one and in games that can use it, theyre better than one as well.
@@PCGoblin I've been looking at the 2080Ti as well but I'm not sure about investing so much in one card. A few reasons is when I'm done with the cards I can use them in older machines, If the card fails after warranty then I'm left with an expensive piece of hardware and I'll feel out of pocket having to buy another GTX/RTX. I have sat on the idea for about a month between the two and looked at a fair few reviews. the RTX 2080 alone seems just over double the performance of the GTX980. I do like to do more testing with hardware than play games as a hobby. I just don't feel the 2080ti is bang for your buck.
Thats a good point, but in the future you may not want to reuse them in other builds but maybe get newer possibly cheaper cards for those rigs. Lots of great possibilities. :)
Hey man, i got 2 MSI 2080Ti Trio in SLI, for some reason one card stays innactive while the other one does the job in games. it looks like its not getting utilized at all... i checked latest drivers but i cannot find any answers. Any ideas? mobo i have the ROG X99 Rampage V Edition 10.
@@panosfxable I guess it depends on what games you play. Ive got a bunch of games that support SLI. The new tomb raider, diablo 3, witcher 3, need for speed, GTAV, PUBG, etc. But alot of EA's shooters dont cuz its the vulcan API.
frostybe3r At this point in the game, I would sell the kingpin and maybe just run a 2080super for a few months until the next gen cards come out. But if youre not interested then definitely I would rather run two fe’s under water than a single kingpin.
@@frostybe3r I suspect they wont due to the impending threat from AMD. It already caused them to lower the price on everything but the 2080ti pretty much. But I get not waiting nor being concerned about having that latest. :)
Hi, somebody can help me, please? I don't have the "Configure SLI, Soround, PhysX" option, it just doesn't appear. My drivers are updated, so I don't know why is not showing it.
@@bimDe2024 No, I din't had time to keep trying stuff, so is not fixed yet. I have all the drivers updated. I checked and the computer don't even recognize it have a second GPU connected :/
Because 2x2080ti is going to be better than 2x2080super. Also you should always go for the single best performing card you can before considering SLI because single card performance is always better than SLI as not all games support SLI and there can be issues at times because of SLI.
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider as well as Crysis 3, Battlefield 1, Battlefront 2, The Division, Titanfall 2, Destiny 2, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, F1 2018, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Dirt 4, Strange Brigade, Overwatch, Project Cars 2, Rocket League, Sniper Elite 4, Ghost Recon Wildlands and Star Citizen are good games to test with that setup
@@themajedgaming8218 You can do it at 120hz no issue. Just because your panel is 240 or 500hz doesnt mean you have to be at that FPS. 60fps will still look and feel like 60 fps on it and the same goes for 120, 144, etc.
You need to have the bridge connected to both cards and the drivers installed. If you just installed it you may need to reboot first before you can enable SLI. Have you tested the new card by itself to see if it works?
@@PCGoblin there are several videos on youtube and nvidia forums are full of this. www.techpowerup.com/248820/g-sync-and-sli-dont-get-along-framerate-falls-if-you-combine-them. Finally a tech site did test this after 3 years. Nvidia doesnt fix this since pascal. If you have gsync on you get 10% more performance than with one card. So its useless. I dont know if the same happens with nvlink
@@bubuluslustikus5557 thats weird, Ive never noticed gsync hurting my FPS. The only time Ive noticed is when I enabled v-sync as well to cover my cards going above the monitor refresh rate. Im going to have to play around with this and see what I find.
.The only game I noticed that was Star Wars Battlefront 2 when I had 2 GTX 1080s. Now I have 2 RTX 2080s NVLinked (non Ti) and haven't tested it again. My monitor is an Asus PG279Q 1440p G-Sync 165Hz panel.
Jay they will not work. The two cards need to be the same. But card maker does not. So you could do an evga 2080 and an asus 2080 and that will work or 2 2080 supers.
Jay no problem. Nvlink works in any game that supports sli. It seems to be in a lot games that I play but others say its not for them so I guess it just depends.
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PLEASE ! help me ,I have 2x pny rtx 2080 ti in Nvlink ,8086k @5.2, 32 GBram @ 3000 ,1200 PSU , Samsung 970 Nvme m.2 of 2 terabyte ,Acer Predator x27 ,im only getting 70 ish FPS in FARCRY 5 Ultra GTA5 only 80 ish ,pls what am I doing wrong here ? I've tried playing without HDR and no results ,still around 70 fps
Thats a helluva monitor, but I havent tested running at 4k, but im guessing thats more or less normal for 4k. If or when I can test on my cards Ill update ya.
@@PCGoblin So, the only difference would be the connector itself, right? I think NviLink does have more pins. But at the driver it'd appear as SLI (wheter I'd use SLI or Nvlink brigdge)
The motherboard needs to be able to support having 2+ cards for SLI to work. Most motherboards do, but there are a few that dont because theyre too small to have more than one card.
PCGoblin well, actually, it’s a lot more than that. 1) As you said, the mobo needs to have the two available PCIe slots. 2) The slots need to support the PCIe ver. And speed of the GPUs (I.e. PCIe 3 X16) 3) The CPU needs to support the required PCIe lanes. 4) Both gpus need to be on the same PCIe root complex. 5) NVIDIA needs to “Certify” the MoBo. It’s this last part that I cannot get a clear answer on - what does it mean for the MoBo to be certified? Even if you have 1-4, if the MoBo is no certified by NVIDIA the NVIDIA driver will not enable the SLI option. What is it that NVIDIA does as a part of the certification process that causes the mobo to support SLI? All it seems to be is a tax to have the mobo added to the drive white list.
So for what you stated, 2 - doesnt make sense with what I think youre stating as you can shove a PCIe 3.0 card into a board that has PCIe 2.x slots and you can still SLI them, but this ties in with your 3.) which you state "need to support the required PCIE lanes". All CPU's that ive seen do. The mainstream line of CPU's amd and intel only have 16 or 20 PCIe lanes for the PCIe slots and if you SLI on that it drops it to 8x even though you have 16x cards in there. Then theres some boards that support 4x sli and they drop each card to 4x. And if you have two cards in there for SLI and then throw in a 3rd card it drops your PCIe speed on the cards even further cuz its lacking enough lanes, but SLI will still work. So if you have a board with PCIe slots that fit two cards I see no reason you cant SLI. As for 5.) I dont think its certified by nvidia, I believe all theyre saying is you can do SLI on it as my current board doesnt state anything about nvidia specifically and it only talks about how and what speeds will run at with what CPU and how many cards you have in it. :D
PCGoblin true enough regarding the lanes - I left that out since my response was already Long. I wonder if the intra-card performance drops? Since peer-to-peer is all via the bridge, I would suspect not. Albeit the device-host performance would “scale” to the PCIe the Mobo/CPU supports. I have an HP mobo with x99 chipset and a Xeon processor. All the physical requirements were met (1-4) but not the last. I ended up having to hack the driver to enable SLI. From the forums (EVGA) the only rational I got was that the MoBo was not certified and so SLI doesn’t work. Which Mobo did you use for the video? EVGA lists SLI 4-way in their description of the x299.
Thats weird that it doesnt support it natively, id love to know the reason why if HP would tell us. But in the video I use the Asus maximus IX Formula with a 7700k so the cards are running at 8x each. I just upgraded to x299 with an evga x299 dark and the i7-9800x chip(video coming). Maybe it does have to be certified, but that still seems kinda weird to me, but not impossible by any means.
Why am I having really good scalling in this benchmark yet when I test it in games that are SLI compatible such as GTA 5 and R6 I see no change...? I have 2 2070 Supers..
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Priorities. :) If we can get things resolved with our builder well be able to finish the basement. Until then I have 1500sq ft all to myself, lol.
😂 my boiler doesn't work properly but i'm looking at buying another RTX 3090 😂🤦♂️
Best most straight forward video on SLI ever
Student Loan thank you!
you were straight to the point thank you!
btw you deserve more subs!
Youre very welcome. I think I deserve more subs too. ;) Thank you so much.
@@PCGoblin is there any place where I can still get a 20 series 3-slot bridge? Specifically 3-slot?
You need to school these other RUclipsrs that are having negative results, you have had the best results so far. Great job 👍🏾
kevin it all depends on the game really. The games that support sli get a huge boost! But those that dont well its pointless. :) Thank so much.
This test is done incorrectly. You need to remove 1 gpu card if you do the 1 gpu test so it runs at x16 and not at x8.
@@WarlockBE He did mention the numbers for a 16x single card, and said they were about 20 fps faster.
2070 Super’s too, do support nvlink/SLi lol
Great vid :)
James Clark 2070 supers were not even a rumor when I made this. Im glad you liked the vid. Thanks. :)
PCGoblin You’re right, I didn’t see that this was posted before they were released etc... my bad lol you’re vid def helped tho in finding a nvlink bridge. I found the Asus Rog nvlink bridge 4 slot which’ll be good. Ty again ✌️
James Clark Thats a good looking bridge. I hope it looks even better in person. :)
@@PCGoblin so I have a Founders Edition 2070 Super and an EVGA 2070 Super, will the nVlink fit and work?
Very helpful video. I don't tinker much and it's been 6yrs since my last system.
Thank you! I'm glad I could help. :)
Thanks to your video I figured out that my card has sli slot covered with a piece of plastic. I was scratching my head how the hell am I going to install nvlink if there is nothing that it can be attached to :) LOL. Thanks man!
Also big + for making a short vid without unnecessary talking!
Thats great, but I get it. Ive had to look for it before on new cards too. Im glad you figured it out though. Happy gaming.
Since this has been posted, and tyvm for the YT UpLoad: RTX 2070 Super cards have the 2080 gpu and nVlink socket. I would have liked to know the board pcie bandwidth (ie. X570 and R9 series cpu?). I would have liked to know because most info regarding nVlink capability is not testing the current pcie b/w expansion of PCIe-4 and whether this extra bandwidth speed can be leveraged in nVlink for even faster fps....
Im glad I could help. The PC in the video is an i7-7700k with a rog maximus formula board. So with two cards its 8x. But my current system is an x299 dark with and i7-9800x and so I have my cards running in 16x for both cards and it runs better but theres not a big difference between the cards running 8x vs 16x.
As for the PCIe 4.0, all current nvidia GPU's 2080ti etc are all pcie 3.0 cards so they cannot benefit from pcie 4.0. Really theres only a couple of amd cards that are pcie 4.0 but they dont come close to maxing pcie 3.0 bandwidth. Techpowerup has some benches showing pcie 16x down to 1x for a 2080ti and 16x and 8x is very little difference so I cant imagine pcie 4.0 as having much benefit for them even if they could run pcie 4.0
With NVLINK, it does not use the PCIe bus to communicate between cards, it uses the bridge which starting with nvlink has tech inside it to help the cards talk better with each other and thats what used for them to talk. So the PCIe version wont matter for NVLink.
My wetbench is running an x570 board with a ryzen 3700x and I havent noticed any difference with the 2080ti performance also. :)
I hope that helps answer your curiosity some. :)
Very helpful video,
I subscribed
ty ty :)
Hi man, just wanted to check on your temps? Was hoping to run a dual RTX 2080 Ti setup myself (except mine's Aorus') and I was wondering if I should go at it air-cooled or opt for the water-cooled version instead? Really don't want to mess with custom loops and all that and even my CPU's only running an AIO so I'm on the fence as to how I should handle the GPU's cooling. I also don't plan playing on resolutions above 4K, so that's that. Long story short, how are your temps? And can they run for around 8 hrs max load? Thank you!
Hi Brian,
So if you plan on overclocking them then you really dont need to watercool them. Though with two in your system theyre not going to be able to boost as high naturally as they will hit the 80degree mark fairly easily. My FE's always stay at about 80 when im gaming but I do not have any issues gaming for hours on end. I personally dont worry about temps since im not overclocking them and im running them stock.
I hope that helps but if you have more questions let me know.
have you gotten wow to utlizie nvlink? i seen it was on your desktop. i have two rtx 2080s im going to nvlink tomorrow
Hi mister!!! I NEED HELP..
How (like what bridge or anything) to nvlink 2x RTX 2070 Super (gaming x trio).
A short answer or product link or pic would help me alot!
Greetz from germany!!
Not sure what you are running now, but I recommend 2x A6000 using NVlink. I am able to run anything at 4k at ridiculous frames. Not to mention the 96gb of vram won't be running out anytime soon. Maybe if I nvlink 8x A6000 and use 32k 200" TV playing 3x Cyberpunk at the same time ...
Great video! The one thing that I wished you would have covered in more detail is what wattage PSU I need. I have one of these cards and plan to install a second. My Aurora R8 PSU is 850 watts.
Not a bad idea, theres alot of variance with whats needed and what not. Its always best to use a power supply wattage calculator for figuring out how big of a PSU need
@@PCGoblin Thank you. I did not think of this.
@@outlet6989 Happy to help. :)
Bro lovely video
But I have a question should I do sli or nvlink??
And will I get the connector in the graphics card box or I have to buy it separately
if youre running a 1000 series card then it has to be nvlink since its different fingers. Then for the connector, youre gunna need to buy it. Your motherboard box might have one but I dont think ive heard or seen any that do, only sli and hb-sli bridges
@@PCGoblin bro I have 2 msi rtx 2080 ti and the motherboard is asus rog maximus xii
Please give me a link for the nvlink connector
@@saquibkhan6000 I havent been near a computer to check for a bit, but I answered in your latest post. :)
@@PCGoblin Thanks bro but I have one last question
Bro in pc part picker website it is saying me that 'when the m.2 slot are populated , 2 sata will be disabled' bro is this message also applicable for m.2 nvme??
@@PCGoblin bro i think that the i should buy 3 spacing nvlink because of the website you showed me
This is the video in which I can see the spacing ruclips.net/video/p42Y4Km-63o/видео.html
Go on 4:25 on the video and tell me
Can you measure and tell me how far apart your pcie's are? Thinking about doing this on my b760 tomahawk with my 2080
I think i had the shorter bridge but just count how many pcie slots are in your case to measure how wide it is.
Also it doesnt look like the b760 tomahawk supports sli not saying it doesnt, just not seeing support for it😊
I thought NVLink and SLI are completely different. SLI uses a master and slave as to where NVLink meshes both cards together?
Im not sure the fine details but whats been said is they use sli over nvlink basically. So its still SLI but with a huge amount of bandwidth to talk to each other. Where the quadros actually use nvlink and only nvlink.
NEED HELP! I *absolutely need* the 3-slot NvLink bridge for the 20 series, but I can't find one
Have you tried searching on ebay? There i found an SLI HB Bridge for my GTXs 10 series and there are few more from different brands.
Greatvideo matey.. waiting for my other rtx2080ti gaming trio to arrive so I can sli my system.. only issue is there is gonna be no space between the cards due to them being to thick.. I have the same case as u..
Yeah the new triple wide cards are HUGE!! But holy crap does SLI with these cards rock!
@@PCGoblin what is the temp in loading with those sli specialy the main card
@@gametested2864 The top card gets to 80ish degrees and starts turning the boost down and just stays at 80 degrees. It really makes me want to watercool these cards.
@The_Loot_GaMer Quick question, I too have a similar case (the evolv X), did you get a second trio card in the end? Did it manage to fit ok?
Do you have a video on setting up different monitors in a 2080Ti NVLink setup?
At this time I do not. I hope you were able to get this figured out. Or is there a specific question about it you had that I could maybe help with?
I'm gonna ask a total out of the blue question, so excuse me in advance but I need to ask xD Which keyboard are you using?
Its an apple magic keyboard. I love how thin and quick the keys are to type on. It seems to be a love or hate kind of thing with most people. :)
Have you regretted buying a second card and running sli? Most people say that sli is not worth it... but what was your experience gaming with 2 2080ti s in sli???
Hello,
I had no regret having my 2080ti's in SLI. However I sold them back in april or may due to rumors of the new cards coming out around that time. However my experience was great as most the games I play support SLI and benefitted from the two cards. Since the release of the 3000 series cards though, nvidia has stated that theyre basically not supporting SLI anymore and the only card at this time that has SLI is the 3090.
Can you use third party (not founders edition) cards? Also, if so, can you use two cards from different brands? Thanks!
You sure can. You can mix any brand of card with another the only thing that has got to be the same is that they both need to be the same GPU, so 2080 with 2080. 2070 super with 2070 super and so on. You CANNOT do a 2080 with a 2070super or any other model, it MUST be the same gpu. I hope that clears it up for you. :)
Can I buy a MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk X and MSI RTX 2080 Gaming Trio X to work in Nvlink? Or do they need the same clocks speeds, if yes would a bios flash help?
Nick Sparrow Studios You absolutely can buy those cards and nvlink them. They need to be the same series so they have to both be 2080’s but brand or even style does not matter. However they have different cooling capabilities so while they will nvlink together you will be limited by the weakest cooler on total overclock.
Question is though, does Nvidia still have problems running G-Sync in NVLINK? Alot of games gets HALF framerates when using the old SLI tech
TheJuzy Im not sure what you mean but ive only seen it double my perf so far when its supported.
Do you have to have 2 EXACT same cards? I have x2 2080ti’s but different brands. Would SLI work in this situation?
Youre good, brand doesnt matter, just gpu. So as long as the sli fingers line up then youre golden
What are your gpu temps for top and bottom card?
Im asked that alot and really they hit 80 and then stop boosting as far and stay there at 80 and I never notice any issue.
You will have more subscriber in the near future!
I sure hope so. :D Thank you.
Can I use nvlink even of my motherboard doesn’t support it
Cool Boy 2442 probably, im not aware of any modern motherboards that doesnt support it. If it supports sli it should have no issue supporting nvlink.
Great video, I have a Asus RTX2080 and a MSI Gaming X Trio RTX2080 that is not getting used much, was thinking about running them SLI. I have a Asus Crosshair Hero 8 motherboard and my Asus Graphics card is in the top slot, to do this would I need a 3 slot SLI bridge or 4 slot? Thanks in advance!
Why do you have 2 2080's if youre not running them SLI? Looking at your board though it looks like you need a 3 slot.
I built another PC, but haven't used it as much as I thought, that's where the other 2080 is, thought i could run those 2080's in my main rig, and step down to something alittle smaller for my other PC, thanks for the reply!
@@adamsc07 ah! that makes so much more sense.Have fun. :)
@@PCGoblin Thanks! I also have a Corsair RM850X PSU, is that a big enough PSU to run 2 2080's SLI?
@@adamsc07 anytime. An 850w PSU is more than enough to power 2x 2080's for sure. I ran 2x 1080ti's off a 750w and even then my whole system only used about 350w under max load.
I have a question. Am I missing something? I am getting 100 to 150 FPS in games with one 2080 ti and i7 6800k. So why do yours seem low for two cards. I am still learning about all of these things. So forgive me if I am not understanding something.
Anthony Perez Theres settings and resolution that will affect that. In everything I have every setting maxed out and the resolution at 3440x1440. Also it depends on what game too. Do you pull those frames in the same games at the same settings?
did you tried unistalling the drivers and then reinstalling them?
10q for this great inspiration :D
Thanks
Hello PCGoblin, do you know if the led light on the Nvlink is interchangeable, thru software?
Charles Jaime the nvidia bridge is only green. If you go with the evga one it is and im sure other brands are as well
Still rocking the X62? And is that a Phanteks Evolv X(?) i see ? Nice rig man! Can you share your other rig specs also? Just curious..
Thank you for watching. :D I still have the x62 atm, though I literally just upgraded to a 9800x and may be going back to a custom loop to keep that thing cool. The case is actually just the evolv tempered glass. But I also just upgraded to the evolv X, look for my new video coming soon. As for specs,
i7-7700k
2x-2080 ti's
Asus Maximus IX formula,
16gb - Tridentz 3666 ram
1200w evga P2 PSU
480gb 850 evo SSD.
@@PCGoblin Nice! I am actually thinking of uprading myself.
Currently owning:
- Maximus VIII Ranger
- i7-6700k
- Kraken X61
- GTX980
- 16GB non-RGB ram
- Fractal design define R5 windowed
- Corsair 760 W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply
Wondering if 'upgrading' to a IX formula, trident Z RGB 64GB and Evolve X is worth my money, because it would be mostly for 'looks'. I think if i would get more value by upgrading my videocard, since even my PSU would be able to handle RTX2080 TI in SLI according to PC part picker; pcpartpicker.com/list/r82fcY your thoughts?
@@GillesvdHoven So I actually own a 6700k and ran it before the 7700k and honestly the performance difference isnt much between the two. Also I would not recommend upgrading to new old tech since it costs pretty much the same as brand new tech does that performs better.
If looks are what your looking for then it may be worth it. Though the evovl X is an amazing case and that would look great with your current setup. :)
If Perf is your main goal then get a 2080ti or even a 2080, it will be a much much bigger boost in perf in games than any CPU would be with what youre already running.
@@PCGoblin i was not planning on upgrading my 6700k; maybe the Mobo but i would do that for Aura sync basically.. i think i'll postpone that Mobo upgrade to whenever i want a new CPU, and add Aura sync to the requirements list, including RGB memory because that is good enough right now. That would leave the RTX2080 (maybe in SLI) vs a single TI
@@GillesvdHoven I personally think you should always get the very best card you can before thinking about SLI. That way when you have more money in the future you can pick up another card and have even better perf than you would if you started with two cards slied at the beginning. With that being said I also think single cards look so lonely.
Nice one. Can I make a NVLINK bridge between a RTX 2080 and a RTX 2080 TI ? or its absolutely required for both cards to be the same?
You can only bridge the same type of card together. So a 2080 Ti cannot nvlink with a 2080.
Can you explain the bridge numbering system - is it a 3-slot or 4-slot bridge (and why) . Sorry for the dumb question, I just don't understand the logic at the moment! Thanks :)
3 slot means theres 3 pcie slots between the sli fingers and 4 slot means theres 4. :) I hope that helps
@@PCGoblin I've just bought myself a Founders Edition RTX 3090. The only NVLink that I've seen for these cards is a 4 slot one. I'd have thought that my first and second card (I've yet to buy the 2nd one) will go into slots 1 and 5 of my MB ? But from what you're saying, they won't - they'll go into slots 1 and 4 on my mobo (which is a bit worrying because then they'd be just slightly apart and that wouldn't be good from a cooling point of view). Or am I missing something ? Thanks :)
Thats probably due to the 3090 being so fat its gunna get choked if its that close to another card. Im guessing its due to it being a rare scenario since if your spending that much on 2 cards your gunna want them to be running at full speed and its the high end desktop chips that can do that since they have more than 40+ pcie lanes and their boards generally have the 2 16x slots being 4 slots away. The picture showing the difference between 3 and 4 slot should give you a better idea. www.zotac.com/us/product/accessories/zotac-gaming-nvlink-bridge-4-slot
@@PCGoblin Thank you so much for your reply and link - there's a graphic showing what you mean, so now I totally understand! Even though I have a 7 slot mobo, I was always struggling with fitting a 4th 1080ti in due to the wires and connectors down at the bottom. I'm hoping I can fit a 2nd 3090 as this machine was built with top components from the start. Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
Im glad i could help. :) out of curiosity what mobo?
how much watts do you need for 2*2080ti? 1200w? are this possible with the 2070 super version?
Its not much, my psu shows my pc using less than 700 when my 2080 ti’s and cpu(i7-9800x not shown in this video) were maxed out. A 750 or 850 should be more than enough to power two 2070 supers in sli.
why did they only give this feature ot the 2080s.... I have 2070 just sitting around gathering dust - i also have an old 970ti that I wish they could have just made some kind of connector from the old SLI series to the nvlink cards... ugh...
Is there any way reason or purpose for old cards at all? We could have an army of smaller cheaper cards augmenting a single rtx 2080 ( i have the 2080 super ) if they could connect ? Any way to do this at all?
Theres no way to sli/nvlink those cards together but the only thing I can think of that you could do with it is plug it in and use it as a dedicated physX card. Theres not a ton of games that use physx anymore but the witcher 3 and the arkham batman games do and it adds some cool affects. Honestly though youd probably be better off selling it on ebay. Those cards go for more than you probably think. :)
@@PCGoblin could i use it to connect hdmi to a secondary monitor? or would that then break my 2 monitor setup into not being a single connectable desktop ...? it should work in theory right... the desktop exists on the hardrive and the mobo not in the video cards... i think( i have second shitty old 1080p monitor for watching youtube vids and stuff and I my main monitor is an acer predator 27 inch that i connect the DP cable to... so thats my 2nd question.
Otherwise yeah i'll sell it and the other card. Have to these days... money is tight thanks to the fucking virus crashing the economy and spiking the markets up and down... i lost like half a million worth on my stocks in a day last week... icant look at the news any more its giving me anxiety my bf and I were planning on maybe getting married and trying to have some kids and now both of us lost our jobs and all our assets are devalued as fuck except the mortgage on our house we refinanced cus fed cut the interest rate...
My man was actually seriously trying to get me to consider us doing amatuer porn like APPARENTLY EVERYONE IS DOING now on onlyfans or camsluts or w/e omfg girls I know are actually doing that now its insane - worlds oldest profession tho :3 - the economic devastation these days is insane.. the suicide numbers have got to be... nevermind nevermind
anyway yea I think I will probably end up selling the cards on ebay or something :3
Yeah your right there really arent any games made using Physx anymore... :( its so stupid that nvidia and amd basically put forth this idea that having multiple connected graphics cards was the future and then they just abandoned it... it infuriates me that they didnt put NVLink on the 2070 - only on the 2070 super and up :( other wise I could buy that stupid looking thing and double my fps and then get a 4k 144hz acer monitor and try and do something with that...
Technology man :3. its so stupid - i'm a girl so i try to ignore it and just buy the newest shit to please my fancy but I was looking at my all this old hardware sitting around I'm like... wait a minute, theres a slot for a 2nd graphics card in there ... obviously I should just be able to just throw the 970 or the 2070 in there... but noooo @__@ but while i was tinkering around in there I actually fixed an issue with a loose audio connector cable to the sound card going to pins on the mobo it was a little lose on one side ( i think... ) in there tho that was giving me intermittent problems with the subwoofer and my right speakers volume was not working a lot or was very quiet - so apparently I'm not entirely incapable of understanding basic engineering and that mating parts go together...
it seems like they should just create something that could just link them up, or a nvlink adapter to a sli so could connect old cards with new ones - instead they had to make sure that thing the stupid thing had claws that glow - it looks like something out of batmans toolbelt lol :D it seems so...imobile housed in that hard plastic - where as t he s li connector was just that circuit strip connecting the 2 inputs and was bendy.
anyway... quick question about ram while I've got your attention(sorry im being so long winded..my adderall is kicking in and it turns me into verbose maniac who overshares), I have some dd4 memory 4 sticks of 4gigs from my previous PC had a fatal ... hardware malfunction which I couldnt figure out and it wouldnt let me reinstall windows from the disk and I couldn't get its backups to work at all and I didn't want to wait to try and get whatever it had busted in it fixed (i think it was just the hardrive or the SDD with windows on it ) that pc came with my 970 and I had upgraded that to the 2070 when the rtx series came out and then I out of sheer lazyness and having too much disposable cash at the time I just decided to buy a prebuilt PC from Bestbuy(assembluild by iBuyPower) which has the rtx 2080 super which I FOOLISHLY assumed was better than the 2080 ti - i sweaar to god the way they name these products is purposefully confusing as fuck - and stuff and it has 2 sticks of dd4 and 2 open ram slots.
So i took to of the old dd4s 4gig sticks and stuck them in there and I couldn't get the system display to work (and a red light was blinking on the mother board).
Shouldn't I be able to put that ram in there? Or maybe I nudged something when i was tinkering around in there. either way i take the ram out and the display boots up just fine on the monitor...
suggestions? I'm terrified im going to cause something to arc and spark and fry something in there now that Ive been messing with the thing (should I put on some latex gloves when im handling the components? idk - I think im grounded well just by touch the case right?( i really dont understand electricity at all my majro was in medical biology and pharmacology) but clearly i have a lot of bioleclricity running through my neurons enough to type all of this out.
THanks for your response :D
Shame on NVidia for scamming the public like that - theres really no good reason why a company with that much control over that markets technology would just basically sort of abadon the entire idea of connecting video cards and having big motherboards with like 4 slots - so many companies were making those - now there's almost no point to making anymore than 1 or 2 on a mobo... its REGRESSIVE :(
/slaps self ok time to stop typing now!!*smacks hands*
I was not expecting that much of a comment. But I love it, I'm adhd and add and I get the same way at times, so its nice to see im not alone. Im sorry bout your stock loss, I know the feels, similar happened to me. Let me see if I can answer your questions and help you out though. Also if need be you can always email me directly at PCGoblin2@gmail.com
I think its dumb that nvidia and amd seem to be dropping SLI, but its more of they need the support of the developers to push it and theyre all too cheap or lazy to do so. Then on top of that SLI was never a huge boost to FPS, it did help but it wasnt 1+1 = 2, it was more of 1+1= 1.4. Though that has not been what I see with NVLink most of the time. But on top of lack of dev support I can see why they made it for the few RTX cards that they did. The reason being is you should always get the best card or one of the best cards before doing SLI/NVLINK because a better single card will be better and more reliable than 2 lesser in SLI or nvlink.
The nvlink bridge is more than just a cable for each other. Theres an actual chip in there that helps them talk and so that the connection is so much faster than it was previously. So thats why theres no flexible nvlink bridges. Also SLI and NVLink only worked with same card to same card so 2080ti to 2080ti, 2080 S to 2080S, 2070 S to 2070 S, 980ti to 980ti.
Thats awesome you fixed your sound problem, that would have drove me absolutely nuts! :)
For the memory issue, as long as the new PC takes ddr4 they should work in pairs in the newer PC. If theyre not it may be that they were what went bad or maybe they went bad due to the motherboard going out? I think we could figure it out with testing and more info.
For the second GPU though you can plug it in and use more monitors with it(as many as it has plugs for). :) So you could do a physx card thats also pushing multiple monitors. Though keep in mind that your gaming FPS will be coming from the card going to the monitor your gaming on. So if you have your 144hz display in your 980 then you wont be using your 2080 for gaming. The physx card just needs to be in the system for it to work but if you want to use your 2080 to game then you need to be plugged into your 2080, if that makes sense.
I think I hit all your concerns, but who knows my add is making it hard to focus on reading this morning. But feel free to email me or hit me up anytime, I love to help if I can. :)
@@PCGoblin Ahhh thank you my friendd :)
sry i was just venting stress - i just start typing and tangent after tangent after tangent. I have to force myself to stop typing sometimes or I will break down the lifecycle of communism and explain complex pharmaceutical information and somehow tie that in with Plato and Aristotle - Ive got that add brain that just doesnt focus so i just pump energy i nto what ever it switches to -
Adderall helps tho - but it also increases my motivation to write and speak and blather on.
Stocks are rebounding tho - eventually this thing will level itself out - its just so much to absorb when you really break d own just how devastating this has been this year to the economy - of every country in the world really. They are lucky they just accidently released a virus that ended up killing half a million people cus if they accidently released idk - a bomb that blew up 500k people around the world and crashed economies and leveled industries... I think wed already be at war
There I go ranting thanks for the detailed resposne
You hit it all and answered all my questions thank you very much! :)
I'll try the ram one more time - it may just have gone bad.
Ty ty have a good day buddy :)
I completely get it, my adhd gets me going the same way. I hope you can get your ram working. Also last night my brother in law got some new ram and put it in his machine and he was blue screening like crazy as soon as he hit windows. We seem to have fixed it by going into the BIOS and redoing the memory XMP settings and things started working fine after that.
Thanks bro!
You bet!
Does it work with 3080ti? I have two cards but no sli bridge and if it will work which bridge is good for 3080ti.
The only 3000 geforce cards at this time that have sli are just the 3090's.
Zotac RTX 2070 super NVLink (SLI-Ready) also.
yeah, all 2070 supers should be.
By the way you are also using 3 spacing nvlink
Am I right😁😁
I am in the video, but Ive since upgraded to a 9800x with an x299 dark and am using a 4 slot now. :)
Awesome I plan on getting another gigabyte white RTX 2080 and 3900x to upgrade from my 2700x
deminybs That sounds awesome! Out of curiosity why are you upgrading from a 2700x to the 3900x?
@@PCGoblin because of the nice IPC increase over the 2700x/less power consumption/ higher clock speeds + very promising benchmarks over the one I have , or even the 3700x would be a great upgrade :p
@@deminybs Yeah its definitaly a good upgrade. Thanks for watching. :)
@@PCGoblin not a problem, thanks for making the video so i could watch it ;p
Really wanted to see what port you used on the back of your rig.
I use the displayport out on the top video card, but ive run it from the bottom card as well to test things.
@@PCGoblin Annoying... I'm bedridden and had to have a PC put together by PC Specialists... thought I must be missing something. Thanks for the reply.
Whats annoying? Did they mess something up? Also im sorry to hear youre bedriddin, is it a temporary thing?
@@PCGoblin No idea... went large, 9900K with NVlinked 2080 tis. My old rig powers the new monitor fine but nada on any of the 6 DP ports. The NHS released 2 nerves in my left arm last year... and broke my bladder. To be fair, I was barely mobile before the surgery. Such is life.
On the PC, it sounds like something else is going wrong if your not getting any output on the monitor where you get output from the old machine. It sounds like a helluva machine.
As for the nerves, that sounds very hard I cant imagine what its like. But if I can help with you with your PC feel free to ask whatever, ill do what I can for ya. :D
Hello PCGoblin! What is the thickness of your graphic cards? 1.6 inches(~4cm)? My 2080ti is 5cm think. Is it suitable for 3-slot NVLink?
Hi Andrew, im not sure, but the nvlink bridge size is based off your motherboard and how many alots away the cards are from each other with my config in the video its a 3-slot bridge. Im sorry it took so long to reply, This didnt pop up on my alerts for some reason. I hope this helps. If you have more questions let me know.
@@PCGoblin Thank you for response! My motherboard only supports 1, 2, 3, and 5 slots. So I bought 3-slot NVLink bridge anyway.
@@andrewshi765 Thats what I think most boards use, so I hope it works. :D
Hey bro can you suggest me a motherboards which supports nvlink
Sure, what case,cpu, and budget are you trying for?
I have two Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 cards (Eagle). I actually just needed to know how to merge or bridge two Gigabyte Nvidia GeForce RTX3080 (Eagle) cards? As there is no option of SLI port in this card. So Nvlink can be an option or crossfire?
Regards
Im sorry for the late reply. However you cannot SLI/nvlink any 3000 series cards except for the 3090's and they require a new 3090 nvlink bridge to connect them.
i am an architect and currently i have i9 9900k 2080 ti noctic 450
i wana plan to shift to threadripper 3960x
can u suggest some things that is necessary for 3960x
Not really sure what you mean, but you need an sTRX4 motherboard, ddr4 ram, and then a video card(s), power supply, and CPU cooler which would probably be best to run with a 360mm AIO of some sort to help keep that cold.
Also you may be better off with zen3 ryzen with the ryzen 9 5950x over threadripper you have higher performing cores, but only a max of 16 vs the 24 in the 3960x. But I dont use architect software so I dont know which would be the better choice.
@@PCGoblin YES BUT RYZEN 9 HAVE VERY LOW BASE CLOCK SPEED
lets see
thank you
According to Nvidia's website the 2070 Super is capable of NVLink as well.
Thats very true, but the 2070 non super does not. When I made this the super cards were not even a rumor. But the 2070 super has NVLink since its basically a 2080. :)
Does the RTX 2080Super support SLI/NVIDIA Link?
Harrier Pilot Yes the 2080 super supports nvlink/sli.
All the cards that support nvlink/sli currently are - 2070super, 2080, 2080super, 2080ti
do you run this channel alone?
Villepro100 Yessir. Im nowhere big enough atm to have anyone but me in my freetime.
Do U know If i can put an sli bridge from another company on the cards say Like an Asus nvisli bridge on two msi cards and If yes does the Performance stay the Same ?
kascho king you totally can, nvidia bridges from any company will work all the same on all rtx cards.
Do you know if its possible to disable to disable nvlink once they're hooked up? Sometimes I'd like to be able to have one being controlled by my VM and one by my desktop. Thanks.
You totally can disable it. You go to nvidia control panel > configure SLI > disable sli.
@@PCGoblin Awesome, and then they'd just act as two separate cards until I re-link them? I don't need to remove the nvlink?
Exactly.
@@PCGoblin Perfect, thank you my 2nd 2080ti, mobo and case arrives in a couple days, can't wait!
Do you know if I would need a 3 or a 4 slot for my motherboard? I can't seem to find any information on it. I have the Asus Z390-E motherboard and a NZXT S340VR Elite case. Do you think it'll all fit okay? Thanks again!
@@javilionaire Im happy to help, it looks like its a 3 slot spacing looking at the motherboard. But everything should fit together no issue. It sounds like your going to have an amazing PC. Im excited for ya. :)
There is no configure sli option in Nvidia control panel.
Where did you get this background for your desktop?
not sure, its been too long
WHAT CASE U R USING??
the enthoo evolv x :)
Finnaly thx u it didnt work for me when i putted the two graphic cards didnt work
So you got it going?
Ye i have a i9 10900k 64gb ram
I have 2 2080 but dont know what bridge i need for prime x470-pro any advice PCGoblin
Looking at the motherboard you list, it looks like you need a 3-slot nvlink bridge. Brand does not matter. Get the one you think looks best. :)
@@PCGoblin thanks ffor the help
It's gonna do things...
many things and many numbers will be crunched. :)
good test :)
What's your cpu? Because I wanna say its bottlenecking because i just have one rtx 2080 and my score is almost 5000 on heaven i cant remember the exact score but i wanna say it was 4982.
My CPU is a 7700k in this video and its OCed to 4.9 or 5.0ghz if I remember right. But with what your reporting it sounds like you were not running it at the same settings I was. My settings were fullscreen(3440x1440), DX11, quality ultra, AA at x8, tessalation at extreme. Also there should have been improvements due to drivers since this is from 10/2018. But I'd love to hear back on what settings you were running.
@@PCGoblin I cant remember it's been awhile I know my resolution was 1920x1080 the rest of the settings I think were just default I was just using it to oc my graphics card just to see it was stable
@@alexwalter3563 If you want to run it again and give me the setting you use id love to see what mine do in comparison.
Is this compatible with any motherboard that supports SLI? Do I have to worry about the NVlink not fitting properly on the cards?
Any motherboard that supports SLI this will work with. NVlink will fit properly on any card that has nvlink fingers. :)
@@PCGoblin awesome to hear that I don't have to worry about getting a specific measurement for the motherboard. I'm upgrading my pc to a couple of 2080 supers, and I'm gonna give that nvlink a try instead of the sli bridge.
Hammer 950 there are two different sizes of nvlink bridge so you need to get the right size. Most boards are 3-slot but my x299 dark is a 4 slot.
@@PCGoblin I see, will that info be included in the manual?
Hammer 950 maybe? I always just go off how many slots in between are. Every manufacturer has a guide to help you figure out what one you need
just show us some fps with the dell 8k monitor for example witcher 3 maxed out :) Will sub immediately !!
If you want to ship me one of those monitors, Ill be all over that. :D But I do plan on looking at witcher 3 soon.
@@PCGoblin If you can buy 2x2080 tI's then you should be able to get a 2500€ Monitor :) RUclips clicks would explode :))) If you wont do it I will :DD ^^ just give me 3 months ^^
It's better for you to get a 4K 144Hz monitor like the Acer X27 or Asus PG27UQ
Patrick D. Those bezzels are huge for 2500$ HDR 144hz 4k gsynch Monitor ...:/
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Dimitrij Glasow I agree but those two are the only 4K G-Sync 144Hz monitors available on the market. And to be honest their 27 inch size doesn't do justice to 4K resolution. Their BFGD (Big Format Gaming Display) 65 inch 4K G-Sync HDR 120Hz variants introduced in late 2017 have been delayed to 2019. The Asus PG65 is one of them.
Can i know the name of that case pls? i have a sli of 970 g1 gaming and i really need to change case but idk what case buy and this one look cool and minimal
Boss Yeah, that one is the phanteks evolv tg(tempered glass) its a fantastic case and I have a few videos on my channel that show the insides a bit more like my water cooling explanation video.
But I would recommend the phanteks evolv X. Its a much smarter better version of what you see in this video.
@@PCGoblin well right now im watching this one "Thermaltake View 31 TG" and for the price and ecc i think i will buy that one, what you think? because right now i really need to change my case because my Sli config (just got another 970 g1 gaming used) is suffering in my old sh**ty zalman z11 and the temps of my "old" one its too much (80-83°C) and the bottom one its at max 65°C when playing so i really need to change it and maybe also need to change thermal paste idk
@@zMrBossXx I dont have much experience with the Thermaltake View 31 TG, however it looks a bit smaller than the evolv. As for your SLI card temps, if its air cooled, its most likely due to how little space there is between the top card and the bottom card. The top card is always going to be hotter unless you have fan to push/direct/force air in between the two cards. But even then heat rises so its going to come off the bottom and up onto the top card. I notice the exact same thing with my current config. The only time I didnt have that kind of disparity between the two is when they were watercooled.
So take aways - new case and mobo probably not going to help a whole lot if the cards are sitting with the same spacing. But the view 31 looks pretty. Of the cases mentioned, I prefer the evolv X. :D
Where did you get nvlink?
I got my bridge from nvidia
I have an 850 watt power supply, will that run 2 rtx 2080s in sli?
That should work just fine as long as its a good power supply.
two graphics cards nvidia quadro M6000 sli connect to one nvidia quadro rtx 5000 processor threadripper 1950X windows 8.0 enterprise 64 bit case full tower coolermaster cosmos 1000
What's the speed of that nvlink you are using 100gbs?
Im not sure, but if we can believe wikipedia then its 100GBps for the 2080ti's.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVLink
Does your GPU memory add up?
No, if it was true nvlink it would but its still running as sli so it doesnt.
Where do you find your 8 pin to 8 pin psu cables?
Those are custom sleeved cables from cablemod, but the power supply comes with them as well.
So I did x2 2080 ti this way and there is an increase in framerate but according to the nvidia GPU activity tab, the second one is inactive and ingame it's only showing the amount of ram for one card. Is there a reason for this? I thought the link combined the ram from each card
With SLI it only links the processing power between the two. The VRAM is not used unfortunately.
@@PCGoblin huh, so nvlink ain't that different then sli? I thought combined ram was part of the upgrade. Hmm. Well I'm trying to max out far cry 5 in 4k. Guess it wont happen unless I overclock my 2080 tis. As of right now, nvlink seems to give a 30+ fps increase, but in 2k and with the render distance on half. Hmmm. Guess I'll keep messing with it. Thanks for the reply!
@@pangolinrendangered5683 Ive read that dx12 games can use all of it but its up to the developer. But in general its a no. I think one of the reasons is this isnt true nvlink but SLI using nvlink from what I understand.
Hot hot do the gpu's get during gaming? especially the top one?
I know the top one gets a few degrees hotter, but with these cards I havent really checked since its going to make me want to throw waterblocks on them and atm I'm not sure I want to go that route with them. :)
@@PCGoblin :)
PCGoblin im waiting mine to arrive
Tyrian2000 thats great! I was looking at temps a bit and my cards hit about 80 and start turning down the overclock but I never notice that its being slowed down.
@@PCGoblin yeah 80c is normal for this gpu. i think nvidia could have done a better job, like improve the cooler to hit max 77c. Ofcourse there are third party gpu's, but these founder editions are gorgeous, can't resist them :D
The cover on the NVLink port is really tight, how do you remove it?
Neil Rao you should be able to pull and kinda wiggle it off.
Keep Nvidia bridge. Its a more minimalist look. Looks better than any other bridge on the market imo
I agree. Thanks for watching and letting me know what you think. :D
do all the sli bridge work for any graphics card
GRAYKNIGHTS1217 - The NVLink Bridge featured in the vid works on any 2080 or 2080 Ti card from any manufacturer although I think it’s better to pair this bridge with the founders edition cards because they are aesthetically designed for each other.
Bobby M so if I had 2 founder edition cards I could use an egva nvlink bridge
@@grayknights You could do that and it would be no issue. Thats why I was asking to see if people thought I should do the EVGA one instead.
NVLINK bridges work on all 2080's and 2080 ti's. You want HB sli bridges for 10XX series cards and then SLI bridges for 9xx and earlier cards.
21х9 FOREVER :)
Andre 007 Its the only way to game!
Have you ever tried 32:9?
@@MrIcemanBR That seems like it would be too wide. But im willing to try just about anything. :D
@@PCGoblin anything?
@@R3VO7UTION This got marked as spam for some reason. But I dont understand the question.
Can you nv link 3 RTX 2070's?
The 2070 cannot nvlink, but the 2070 supers can. But rtx cards are only able to do 2 way. 3 and 4 way sli basically stopped at the 10xx series cards.
God job bro
Thanks
Where can I find a 3 slot nvlink? I have two RTX 2080 supers
On Ebay!
@@TheBlueVaron Thanks!
So you don't have to specifically need an x299 or x399 SLi board to run Nvlink, A x99 SLi board will run NVLink?
Mercenaries Thats right, its not tied to the chipset.
@@PCGoblin Hey, thanks for the response as I wan't to order 2 RTX2080's. I watched a few video's and they kinda made it sound like you needed a x299 or x399 mobo. I current'y have two GTX980's which i wouldn't mind upgrading. Do you need to buy the NVlink separate or do they come with each 2080?
Mercenaries Im happy to help, you do need to purchase the nvlink bridge seperately. But you may want to consider just getting 1 2080ti vs 2x2080’s. Nvlink is awesome but having a stronger single card to start with is what I would do. But I get it either way, 2 cards looks way better than one and in games that can use it, theyre better than one as well.
@@PCGoblin I've been looking at the 2080Ti as well but I'm not sure about investing so much in one card. A few reasons is when I'm done with the cards I can use them in older machines, If the card fails after warranty then I'm left with an expensive piece of hardware and I'll feel out of pocket having to buy another GTX/RTX. I have sat on the idea for about a month between the two and looked at a fair few reviews. the RTX 2080 alone seems just over double the performance of the GTX980. I do like to do more testing with hardware than play games as a hobby. I just don't feel the 2080ti is bang for your buck.
Thats a good point, but in the future you may not want to reuse them in other builds but maybe get newer possibly cheaper cards for those rigs. Lots of great possibilities. :)
Hey man, i got 2 MSI 2080Ti Trio in SLI, for some reason one card stays innactive while the other one does the job in games. it looks like its not getting utilized at all... i checked latest drivers but i cannot find any answers. Any ideas? mobo i have the ROG X99 Rampage V Edition 10.
What game(s) are you seeing it not be utilized in? It may be that the game just doesnt support SLI.
PCGoblin Forza Horizon 4 , Battlefield V so far the 2 games I tested. I’m doing more tests to check now.
@@panosfxable Neither game supports SLI natively, however it looks like there is a workaround to get it going on Battlefield V.
PCGoblin so pretty much the SLI on the RTX’s it’s still not ready to be used and supported by games.
@@panosfxable I guess it depends on what games you play. Ive got a bunch of games that support SLI. The new tomb raider, diablo 3, witcher 3, need for speed, GTAV, PUBG, etc. But alot of EA's shooters dont cuz its the vulcan API.
You still got your SLI setup?
frostybe3r I do, just with a different processor now.
@@PCGoblin I'm thinking of selling my 2080 Ti KINGPIN and getting 2X 2080 Ti FE and putting them on water, do you think I should?
frostybe3r At this point in the game, I would sell the kingpin and maybe just run a 2080super for a few months until the next gen cards come out. But if youre not interested then definitely I would rather run two fe’s under water than a single kingpin.
@@PCGoblin I'm not overly bothered for next gen, it'll probably be more expensive yet again.
@@frostybe3r I suspect they wont due to the impending threat from AMD. It already caused them to lower the price on everything but the 2080ti pretty much. But I get not waiting nor being concerned about having that latest. :)
What’s your power supply
Its completely not needed for this setup, but I have an EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 T2 Power Supply.
PCGoblin thank you great video btw
Kristian Mira Thank you so much for watching. :)
the latest driver, sli disabled, as well as nvlink not working, 2x RTX 3090, over nvlink bridge, can anyone give some suggestion?
Disabled how? Have you enabled it through Nvidia Control Panel?
Hi, somebody can help me, please? I don't have the "Configure SLI, Soround, PhysX" option, it just doesn't appear. My drivers are updated, so I don't know why is not showing it.
did u solve the prob? One solution could be some older version of driver
@@bimDe2024 No, I din't had time to keep trying stuff, so is not fixed yet. I have all the drivers updated. I checked and the computer don't even recognize it have a second GPU connected :/
If 2x2080 super is viable, what's the reason to buy a 2080ti? It's so overpriced
Because 2x2080ti is going to be better than 2x2080super. Also you should always go for the single best performing card you can before considering SLI because single card performance is always better than SLI as not all games support SLI and there can be issues at times because of SLI.
shadow of the tomb raider would be great to test
It would be, ill have to look into getting that. :D
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider as well as Crysis 3, Battlefield 1, Battlefront 2, The Division, Titanfall 2, Destiny 2, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, F1 2018, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Dirt 4, Strange Brigade, Overwatch, Project Cars 2, Rocket League, Sniper Elite 4, Ghost Recon Wildlands and Star Citizen are good games to test with that setup
How do i turn rtx 2080 ti sli off i have a rtx 2080ti sli pc
At 3:10 in the video, I show where to turn it on, to disable you just choose the disable option and apply. I hope that helps. :)
@@PCGoblin thanks brother :)❤👍
@@themajedgaming8218 anytime :)
@@PCGoblin what will happens if i play a game with 240hz monitor but i get 120fps will i have input lag or i can do it 120 hz ?
@@themajedgaming8218 You can do it at 120hz no issue. Just because your panel is 240 or 500hz doesnt mean you have to be at that FPS. 60fps will still look and feel like 60 fps on it and the same goes for 120, 144, etc.
When I enter the panel and go to the section needed to turn on sli. it does not show up. what do I have to do for it to show up?
You need to have the bridge connected to both cards and the drivers installed. If you just installed it you may need to reboot first before you can enable SLI. Have you tested the new card by itself to see if it works?
@@PCGoblin Yes the card works and I installed them a couple months ago
@@PCGoblin and the bridge is connected
What motherboard do you have?
PCGoblin it’s an ROG Maximus XI Hero
The problem is not sli, its gsync on sli scaling. Is it that bad with nvlink like sli?
Ive never noticed gsync affecting sli scaling or heard of this before. Do you have any examples?
@@PCGoblin there are several videos on youtube and nvidia forums are full of this. www.techpowerup.com/248820/g-sync-and-sli-dont-get-along-framerate-falls-if-you-combine-them. Finally a tech site did test this after 3 years. Nvidia doesnt fix this since pascal. If you have gsync on you get 10% more performance than with one card. So its useless. I dont know if the same happens with nvlink
@@bubuluslustikus5557 thats weird, Ive never noticed gsync hurting my FPS. The only time Ive noticed is when I enabled v-sync as well to cover my cards going above the monitor refresh rate. Im going to have to play around with this and see what I find.
.The only game I noticed that was Star Wars Battlefront 2 when I had 2 GTX 1080s. Now I have 2 RTX 2080s NVLinked (non Ti) and haven't tested it again. My monitor is an Asus PG279Q 1440p G-Sync 165Hz panel.
@@Patrick73787 you got 2 different RTX 2080's from the same brand?
man has 1k subs and spent more money on gpu's then my pc...
LOL, GPU's are great.
will a 2080 super and a normal 2080 work?
Jay they will not work. The two cards need to be the same. But card maker does not. So you could do an evga 2080 and an asus 2080 and that will work or 2 2080 supers.
PCGoblin okay thanks for the fast response , also does nvlink work in a lot of games or is it few and far between
Jay no problem. Nvlink works in any game that supports sli. It seems to be in a lot games that I play but others say its not for them so I guess it just depends.
Is NVLINK compatible to window 7???
It looks like it is, 2080ti's work with win 7 64 bit, so I dont see any reason nvlink wouldnt work.
PCGoblin thanks
Great job man but you need drywall :D
Yeah I do. Ive spent the last 2 yrs fighting my builder about things theyve screwed up on the other floors and issues with grading. Then on top of that we havent been too sure we were going to stay in the house. So it hasnt made a whole lot of sense to finish the basement yet. Someday. :)
PLEASE ! help me ,I have 2x pny rtx 2080 ti in Nvlink ,8086k @5.2, 32 GBram @ 3000 ,1200 PSU , Samsung 970 Nvme m.2 of 2 terabyte ,Acer Predator x27 ,im only getting 70 ish FPS in FARCRY 5 Ultra GTA5 only 80 ish ,pls what am I doing wrong here ? I've tried playing without HDR and no results ,still around 70 fps
Thats a helluva monitor, but I havent tested running at 4k, but im guessing thats more or less normal for 4k. If or when I can test on my cards Ill update ya.
What does it do with just a single card?
What’s your mobo
Its a z270 Asus maximus formula.
PCGoblin I have a Maximus x and won’t fit 2 rtx 2080ti gpu for ng link
Kristian Mira what model 2080ti’s?
Isn't NvLink better than SLI?
Nvlink is better but for the geforce cards it uses it like SLI does
@@PCGoblin So, the only difference would be the connector itself, right? I think NviLink does have more pins. But at the driver it'd appear as SLI (wheter I'd use SLI or Nvlink brigdge)
ZephZenFX its more than just the bridge pins, it also has chips and logic in the bridge which is why theyre all hard type bridges.
@@PCGoblin Wow, thank you!! I just wanted to figure that out :D
ZephZenFX Im glad I could clear that up for you. :)
What does it mean for the mobo to support SLI?
The motherboard needs to be able to support having 2+ cards for SLI to work. Most motherboards do, but there are a few that dont because theyre too small to have more than one card.
PCGoblin well, actually, it’s a lot more than that.
1) As you said, the mobo needs to have the two available PCIe slots.
2) The slots need to support the PCIe ver. And speed of the GPUs (I.e. PCIe 3 X16)
3) The CPU needs to support the required PCIe lanes.
4) Both gpus need to be on the same PCIe root complex.
5) NVIDIA needs to “Certify” the MoBo.
It’s this last part that I cannot get a clear answer on - what does it mean for the MoBo to be certified? Even if you have 1-4, if the MoBo is no certified by NVIDIA the NVIDIA driver will not enable the SLI option.
What is it that NVIDIA does as a part of the certification process that causes the mobo to support SLI? All it seems to be is a tax to have the mobo added to the drive white list.
So for what you stated, 2 - doesnt make sense with what I think youre stating as you can shove a PCIe 3.0 card into a board that has PCIe 2.x slots and you can still SLI them, but this ties in with your 3.) which you state "need to support the required PCIE lanes". All CPU's that ive seen do. The mainstream line of CPU's amd and intel only have 16 or 20 PCIe lanes for the PCIe slots and if you SLI on that it drops it to 8x even though you have 16x cards in there. Then theres some boards that support 4x sli and they drop each card to 4x. And if you have two cards in there for SLI and then throw in a 3rd card it drops your PCIe speed on the cards even further cuz its lacking enough lanes, but SLI will still work. So if you have a board with PCIe slots that fit two cards I see no reason you cant SLI.
As for 5.) I dont think its certified by nvidia, I believe all theyre saying is you can do SLI on it as my current board doesnt state anything about nvidia specifically and it only talks about how and what speeds will run at with what CPU and how many cards you have in it.
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PCGoblin true enough regarding the lanes - I left that out since my response was already Long.
I wonder if the intra-card performance drops? Since peer-to-peer is all via the bridge, I would suspect not. Albeit the device-host performance would “scale” to the PCIe the Mobo/CPU supports.
I have an HP mobo with x99 chipset and a Xeon processor. All the physical requirements were met (1-4) but not the last. I ended up having to hack the driver to enable SLI.
From the forums (EVGA) the only rational I got was that the MoBo was not certified and so SLI doesn’t work.
Which Mobo did you use for the video? EVGA lists SLI 4-way in their description of the x299.
Thats weird that it doesnt support it natively, id love to know the reason why if HP would tell us. But in the video I use the Asus maximus IX Formula with a 7700k so the cards are running at 8x each. I just upgraded to x299 with an evga x299 dark and the i7-9800x chip(video coming).
Maybe it does have to be certified, but that still seems kinda weird to me, but not impossible by any means.
can it run Crysis 3 ultra settings 4k?
I dont know, I dont have that game. But my guess is it totally can.
PCGoblin r/woosh
@@imodiid6815 I guess. :D
PCGoblin you still Respond
Gg G fuck off
could you run 2 msg 2080 x trios?
Im sorry but I dont think I understand the question. But as long as they are both 2080's they can be used with nvlink.
cheers i hadn't done much research@@PCGoblin
msi geforce rtx 2080 super gaming x trio
Why am I having really good scalling in this benchmark yet when I test it in games that are SLI compatible such as GTA 5 and R6 I see no change...? I have 2 2070 Supers..
Not all games support sli. But it should support sli. What fps do you get with one vs two?
@@PCGoblin GTA 5 on 1440p ultra I'm averaging 70-80 fps on both 1 and 2 gpus.
Winsas Bro do you have vsync enabled by chance?
@@PCGoblin Nope. Not even G-sync.
Winsas Bro hmm, Im not sure now.