SLI Question because of heat

[axlrose]

So I finally managed to get my files moved over for fallout 4 after a new build. I started playing and my gpu1 gets too hot. I quit when it hit 196 as I've heard 200 is the danger zone. My new board had a review that I read before I bought it from someone that said they returned it because running SLI in adjacent slots made gpu1 run too hot. That's exactly what I'm running into. I purchased over winter break planning to have the 1080ti come out at CES so that I could switch to a single card. That obviously fell through and now it looks like we are indefinite hold on the 1080ti and my move to a single card.

I'm wondering about the real gains I'm seeing running SLI? Will I really notice a difference in fallout 4 if I take the second card out so that the first can keep itself cool? They are old 2gb 560ti's.

The second card runs in the 120's, so when I go to a single card, I should be good, and by the time I go to SLI (if I ever do that again) I'll water cool them, but right now I'm stuck until May or June at least it sounds like.

Thanks for any thoughts.

 

[jaslion]

So I finally managed to get my files moved over for fallout 4 after a new build. I started playing and my gpu1 gets too hot. I quit when it hit 196 as I've heard 200 is the danger zone. My new board had a review that I read before I bought it from someone that said they returned it because running SLI in adjacent slots made gpu1 run too hot. That's exactly what I'm running into. I purchased over winter break planning to have the 1080ti come out at CES so that I could switch to a single card. That obviously fell through and now it looks like we are indefinite hold on the 1080ti and my move to a single card.

I'm wondering about the real gains I'm seeing running SLI? Will I really notice a difference in fallout 4 if I take the second card out so that the first can keep itself cool? They are old 2gb 560ti's.

The second card runs in the 120's, so when I go to a single card, I should be good, and by the time I go to SLI (if I ever do that again) I'll water cool them, but right now I'm stuck until May or June at least it sounds like.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Sli and crossfire support is dying off so even if you have the option leave it behind. The gtx 560ti's will benefit from it in games that support it (fallout does) however due to the high temps of the first card the overall clock speed of the two cards will go down as the cards mirror each other to function in sli. I would just advice to take out the second 560ti and do it with 1 for the moment as the games that don't support sli will benefit from a single better cooled card that runs at it's full potential. Also don't forget about amd and their new stuff it might be amazing who knows.

 

[axlrose]

Any other thoughts on this guys? Because I have a water loop and because they new motherboard has a backing this time, it makes taking a gpu out a major project. I want to make sure.