No SLI for GeForce GTX 1060 ? - Comments (Page 2)

Undying

2016-07-04 15:39

Isnt it funny how AMD is trying to improve and encourage multi gpu systems while nvidia is doing the opposite. Giving up on 3way sli on 1070/80 and now disabling sli on 1060.

#5300618

FrostNixon

2016-07-04 15:42

Isnt it funny how AMD is trying to improve and encourage multi gpu systems while nvidia is doing the opposite. Giving up on 3way sli on 1070/80 and now disabling sli on 1060.

The only reason why AMD are promoting multi GPU is because they can't release a single GPU which can fight with NVIDIA's flagships. If vega was ready and was as good as 1080 I am pretty confident they would be saying "if you want performance, buy vega, not 2xRX480".

#5300620

WhiteLightning

Moderator

2016-07-04 15:43

Isnt it funny how AMD is trying to improve and encourage multi gpu systems while nvidia is doing the opposite. Giving up on 3way sli on 1070/80 and now disabling sli on 1060.

Well seeing after so many years since the introduction and people are still having problems with it , it totally makes sense :P

#5300621

sammarbella

2016-07-04 15:44

Isnt it funny how AMD is trying to improve and encourage multi gpu systems while nvidia is doing the opposite. Giving up on 3way sli on 1070/80 and now disabling sli on 1060.

AMD PR encourage CFX sells... ...while Raja Koduri itself say they will only work (drivers) on CFX profiles for games with low FPS in single GPU and the rest must be in hands of DX12 game devs (explicit DX12 mgpu mode). I think Nvidia PR position is more realistic for consumers final gaming results.

#5300622

(.)(.)

2016-07-04 15:45

Every time a person asks "Should I go 960 SLI or a single 970" the answer is "Single more powerful GPU every time". So I see no reason for the 1060 to support SLI, none at all. You want more performance, 1070 will be the better choice since 2x1060 will most likely be more expensive than a single 1070 (or roughly the same price) and will work better only in less than 10% of the titles. So if removing the SLI support from 1060 will reduce the price even by 1$, I'm happy.

....that...thats a good point.

#5300623

Kaarme

2016-07-04 15:46

Isnt it funny how AMD is trying to improve and encourage multi gpu systems while nvidia is doing the opposite. Giving up on 3way sli on 1070/80 and now disabling sli on 1060.

More than two cards is hardly for gamers, so Nvidia just doesn't care for cheap bitcoin miners or password crackers. For serious applications you can pay a million and get a rack of professional cards.

#5300628

cowie

2016-07-04 16:00

I don't know but rumor is that the 3g card will not support it but the 6g card will. so no mix and match....like why would you want a 3g card in sli? and whats this card 196 bit bus? I thought 128 like the 960....u ever see 960 sli? barly keep up with a 980 yo.

#5300633

Solfaur

2016-07-04 16:14

SLI is kind of dying out, and multi-gpu support in general is not going in the right direction, software wise. Now it seems nvidia is coming out with this situation hardware wise as well. But yes, for 4K /1440p 144Hz+ there is no single card solution available, so it's needed. But you wouldn't SLI two lower end cards for that anyway...

#5300634

Denial

2016-07-04 16:14

More than two cards is hardly for gamers, so Nvidia just doesn't care for cheap bitcoin miners or password crackers. For serious applications you can pay a million and get a rack of professional cards.

Bit coin miners and password crackers don't use SLI bridges. MDA also doesn't require a SLI bridge. The bottom line is this is Nvidia lowering costs on the 1060 (less complex) and preventing it from cannibalizing sales of the 1070 and 1080.

#5300635

Turanis

2016-07-04 16:15

192bit=marketing. All we know thats a cut from normal chip.Will see if this card will have 2.5GB or 5.5GB,like Gtx 660 2GB 192bit.

#5300639

RzrTrek

2016-07-04 16:21

@sammarbella i know, wasn't blaming you, sir.

#5300641

PrMinisterGR

2016-07-04 16:27

192bit=marketing. All we know thats a cut from normal chip.Will see if this card will have 2.5GB or 5.5GB,like Gtx 660 2GB 192bit.

It's not marketing. That's why it will come in 3/6GB configurations. NVIDIA won't pull the 970 thing again. Not so soon at least. The card will have 192GB/sec bandwidth, with three 64bit controllers connected to either three 2GB chips, or 6 2GB chips. As a whole the package sounds more underwhelming than even the 960 to me (hey, anyone remember that one? :P )

#5300643

Kaarme

2016-07-04 16:29

Bit coin miners and password crackers don't use SLI bridges. MDA also doesn't require a SLI bridge.

I see, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

#5300650

Primey0

2016-07-04 16:36

Maybe it's gonna be cheap and efficient so Nvidia doesnt want 2 cheap cards surpass the more expensive 1080 by any means necessary.

Two 1060s would not rival one 1080 at all. I can confidently say that without any benchmarks because what's you're saying is absurd.

#5300653

vase

2016-07-04 16:40

people need to understand that encouraging multi-gpu doesn't neccessarily mean encouraging SLI or CFX. if raja says in the latest livestream: multi-gpu will be getting more and more important. he doesn't mean CFX. if nvidia removes SLI functionality for certain cards. it doesn't mean they say multi-gpu will get less important. the fact that multi-gpu soon will be realized without CFX/SLI technology mainly seems to have passed by many people unnoticed.

#5300655

AvengerUK

2016-07-04 16:49

SLI is kind of dying out, and multi-gpu support in general is not going in the right direction, software wise. Now it seems nvidia is coming out with this situation hardware wise as well. .

If this was the case they would not of bothered with the 1070 / 1080 SLi ability + High bandwidth SLi bridges. I think its more a ploy to stop people buying 2x 1060 instead of spending the money on a 1080 - depending on how much the 1060 is priced at

#5300657

Undying

2016-07-04 16:51

Well seeing after so many years since the introduction and people are still having problems with it , it totally makes sense :P

Yes, both multi gpu solutions ware not perfect (far from it) but sli is known to be somewhat better than cfx with its more frequent profile updates. Now disabling sli completely on a mid-range cards is a very strange move from nvidia.

#5300659

Agent-A01

2016-07-04 16:53

Now disabling sli completely on a mid-range cards is a very strange move from nvidia.

Or perhaps they made the lower end cards SLI compatible over the PCIe bus instead

#5300661

Undying

2016-07-04 16:56

Or perhaps they made the lower end cards SLI compatible over the PCIe bus instead

Explain then why 1070/1080 would not be compatible via pcie bus as well?

#5300662

Denial

2016-07-04 17:02

Explain then why 1070/1080 would not be compatible via pcie bus as well?

Because they know people shelling out $1000+ for GPUs will also shell out an additional $50 for a connector. Lol But in reality the 1060 just doesn't support SLI across anything. Only MDA, which afaik is only working in Ashes.