[SOLVED] Is there no point in buying two 3090's?

[MoreMoneyThanSense]

Assuming the 3090 benchmarks come out and are in line with community expectations, is it still the case that there is limited upside to buying two of them for the sake of getting better gaming performance due to limited SLI support in games now?

Why does the 3090 support NVLink but not the 3070 and 3080 for instance? Is there a reason it's only limited to the 3090? Why even have it at all?

 

[siaan312]

There is 0 reason to get 2 3080s.
It will cost more than a 3090, and at best perform the same, and at worse, perform less than a 3080 alone.

Nvidia is slowly killing SLI, since its just a hassle for developer to code for, and with each year gpu pricing going up, the chances of someone buying 2 cards is getting slimmer.

They keep it for the top end card, since thats the only thing that makes sense.

If you want the maximum performance, get 2 3090s, but 2 3080s would not make sense.


Its mostly kept on the 3090 as a novelty for the "more money than brain" or more likely, for cool tech shows.

 

[animekenji]

There is 0 reason to get 2 3080s.
It will cost more than a 3090, and at best perform the same, and at worse, perform less than a 3080 alone.

Nvidia is slowly killing SLI, since its just a hassle for developer to code for, and with each year gpu pricing going up, the chances of someone buying 2 cards is getting slimmer.

They keep it for the top end card, since thats the only thing that makes sense.

If you want the maximum performance, get 2 3090s, but 2 3080s would not make sense.


Its mostly kept on the 3090 as a novelty for the "more money than brain" or more likely, for cool tech shows.

He said two 3090's not two 3080's. You can't even SLi 3080's. Only 3090's can Sli (or NVLink if you want to be technical).

I don't see the point of multi-gpu setups for gamers anymore. If a single 3090 can do 8K at 60fps, how much more video card do you really need?

 

[Wolfshadw]

The only reason to get two RTX 3090s (if you can) would be to hold onto one until supply ran out and then sell on E-Bay at an even higher cost.

-Wolf sends

 

[kanewolf]

If you are not using them for display, then it could. If you are doing AI, or CUDA or rendering, then it could be useful.

 

[MoreMoneyThanSense]

Yes, to clarify, two 3090s, not 3080s

 

[Flayed]

You could buy two in case one breaks lol

 

[siaan312]

He said two 3090's not two 3080's. You can't even SLi 3080's. Only 3090's can Sli (or NVLink if you want to be technical).

I don't see the point of multi-gpu setups for gamers anymore. If a single 3090 can do 8K at 60fps, how much more video card do you really need?

I know. i said there is no reason for 2 3080s, so thats why nvidia disabled it. sorry i was not clear.

 

[MoreMoneyThanSense]

I don't understand though why it's enabled on the 3090 but not the others (well I think I do, but I don't know for sure)