November 27, 201312 yr Commercial Member As you read this, I am aware that SLI is not working yet in P3Dv2... As I ponder what GPU I should get let me ask, what advantage would there be purchasing two video cards, say with 3GB VRAM, over a single card with say 4GB RAM? If I read correctly, two cards do not combine the ram for a total of 6GB. You are still only using 3GB (per my example). So why not get a single card with more VRAM? It sure sounds like that would be the way to go even after SLI is introduced in a future P3D version. For now I am seeing quite respectable output with my GTX670 2GB (just blurries I need to fiqure out), but thinking getting a 3GB 780 or something for now, then a 2nd when SLI is active OR just get a single 6GB card like the Titan. Thoughts? Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSU Netgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displays Full array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit
November 27, 201312 yr I have the same question as probably do many. But answering what performance benefits P3D will have with SLI, would require a crystal ball and/or psychic abilities. SLI compatability and benefits is unknown and do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Intel i7 10700K | Asus Maximus XII Hero | Asus TUF RTX 3090 | 32GB HyperX Fury 3200 DDR4 | 1TB Samsung M.2 (W11) | 2TB Samsung M.2 (MSFS2020) | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm AIO | 43" Samsung Q90B | 27" Asus Monitor
November 27, 201312 yr Author Commercial Member I guess I am relating to current games that use SLI. Your're not gaining VRAM so..... you gain GPU performance with two cards? Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSU Netgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displays Full array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit
November 27, 201312 yr I'm no specialist but if P3D uses today 99% of a 780Ti GPU as stated by some of our fellow simmers, adding more processing power (a 2nd card) would, I guess, help to compute more of the goodies : shadows, reflections etc..Not textures loading but geometry. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
November 27, 201312 yr Well I do plan on purchasing a 2nd GTX680 and P3D. If we don't get any results before then, I will post back. Intel i7 10700K | Asus Maximus XII Hero | Asus TUF RTX 3090 | 32GB HyperX Fury 3200 DDR4 | 1TB Samsung M.2 (W11) | 2TB Samsung M.2 (MSFS2020) | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm AIO | 43" Samsung Q90B | 27" Asus Monitor
November 27, 201312 yr Find out whatever effects are GPU based and expect to be able to crank those up without sacrificing FPS. So I would guess increased resolution, AA and shadows at least.
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