The 2 GTX

[OviOvi]

I was taking one look back again to the GTX 1060 , 1070 & 1080 , comparing the performances and the prices/performance . I did not takes any look at the 1080 Ti .

I can say that price ( average ) /performace :
GTX 1060 Price around 270$ 6/10
GTX 1070 Price around 350$ 8/10
GTX 1080 Price around 530$ 9,5/10

Looking to the performance and prices , I would like to take the GTX 1070 , difference between 1070 and 1080 are something around 200$ or 180$ . So why not to buy another 1060 GTX ?
My question are , I'm going to have a good performance with 2 graphics card , GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 compared to 1 GTX 1080 ?

Pc Info :

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K Processor (8M Cache) OC 4.5Ghz
RAM: HyperX Savage DDR4 Memory ( 3000Mhz ) 16GB
MOBO: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3
SSD:Samsung 850 Evo SSD Series 250GB
OS: Windows 10 64bits
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Case: DeepCool Kendomen TI

 

[RobCrezz]

Nvidia knew this. Nvidia disabled SLI for the 1060 and lower gpus.

 

[kraelic]

1070 with 1060? No, 1070 would handle the graphics and the 1060 would be a PhysX processor.

SLI 1070 is an option with a SLI capable motherboard.

Alas 1060 does not support SLI. Even though the 950 did.

 

[photonboy]

Obviously Cryptomining has screwed up pricing severely but some points..

1) SLI (or more specifically the "AFR" part as in Alternate Frame Rendering) has been increasingly losing support for newer games.

(one reason is that some code can increase FPS by analyzing SEVERAL FRAMES in a row but it has to be done with the same GPU... it's similar to how video is compressed where there may be slight differences between frames so they can compress the data)

This is partly why NVidia has suggested multi-GPU is not the way to go. NVidia is UNABLE to add support for some of the newer games, and there's also only so much time and effort they can put into the THOUSANDS of newer games that appear. Even when they support AFR it doesn't mean it will be smooth and that's not really NVidia's fault either.

Some games do SLI (AFR) really well, but the bottom line is that it's much better overall to get a single GTX1080 than to buy a 2x GTX1060.

(If you could SLI 1060's that is)

2) To be clear, with multi-GPU it's not just the AVERAGE FRAME RATE but also how well the frames are paced out. No point in getting 1.5X the FPS but have it be juddery or stuttery.

Average FPS increase for SLI (AFR) ranges from 0% to 90% (ish) but it's all over the map.

3) Performance comparison (assuming similar CPU and game settings):
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1060/26.html

1.66x may not sound great in terms of FPS vs Dollar comparing GTX1080 to single GTX1060, but it will give you a much better experience than 2xGTX1060's due to the reasons above.