I am replacing my 1070 with one or two new cards. Due to space issues the only card that will fit in the PCIE_1 is a Gigabyte 1080 ITX. The second VGA Lane PCIE_3 has plenty of room. My budget is ~$1000. So here is the issue.
I can run 2 x 1080 in sli utilizing both x8 and x4 lanes.
I can run 1 x 1080 ti for $500 on the x4 lanes.
I can run 1 x 2080 on the x4 lanes.
Motherboard:ASUS C7H wifi
Processor: Ryzen 7 2700x
SSD: 2x m.2 Samsung 970 pros x 0 Raid (not changing this for more lanes).
Right now I'm leaning towards the 2 x 1080 sli for the power and open lanes, but I'm afraid that I may miss some future feature which only the 2080 has. Unfortunatly, if running the 2080, I will lose some performance due to the lack of lanes. I could tolerate x8, but x4 for the primary video card???
FYI the top PCIE slot is limited in length due to water piping which cannot be rearranged or moved. Only the Gigabyte 1080 will fit, not even the Zotac 1080 ti mini
I welcome all helpful opinions.
I can run 2 x 1080 in sli utilizing both x8 and x4 lanes.
I can run 1 x 1080 ti for $500 on the x4 lanes.
I can run 1 x 2080 on the x4 lanes.
Motherboard:ASUS C7H wifi
Processor: Ryzen 7 2700x
SSD: 2x m.2 Samsung 970 pros x 0 Raid (not changing this for more lanes).
Right now I'm leaning towards the 2 x 1080 sli for the power and open lanes, but I'm afraid that I may miss some future feature which only the 2080 has. Unfortunatly, if running the 2080, I will lose some performance due to the lack of lanes. I could tolerate x8, but x4 for the primary video card???
FYI the top PCIE slot is limited in length due to water piping which cannot be rearranged or moved. Only the Gigabyte 1080 will fit, not even the Zotac 1080 ti mini
I welcome all helpful opinions.