Overclocking GTX 1080 Strix and SLI

[adamscurr]

So I got a pretty good overclock on my Strix GTX 1080. I hit 1978 Mhz and in the Heaven Benchmark hit over 2.2K.

I have the AC version, not the OC version. My question is, if I got a pretty good overclock on this card, but added a second one in SLI that perhaps wasn't as good (ie, did not overclock as well as this one), would it slow down this card?

Thanks for the response,

Adam

 

[Deleted member 1560910]

If one card isnt a good overclocker than your system would be unstable . You would need to have both cards at the same speed and stable for it to work

 

[sizzling]

The faster card will downclock to the speed of the slower card

 

[Deleted member 1560910]

no you have to manual set both cards. I use msi after burner for overclocking gpus. Also you can link cards so that settings are identical so you only have to set the speed one time

 

[adamscurr]

Thanks for the replies guys...

My initial idea was to eventually run two 1080's in SLI once this one started feeling it's age... However, I think I'd be better off sticking with the one card and when it gets too slow to run things how I want, replacing it with whatever high end card is out later on in life...

Adam