Thx Taron. That last clue was something I should have figured out long ago.
Hey Ed.
I should thank you for making me get off my thumbs and to continue a new build I started when I first ordered a TI. First there are a few things you need to understand about SLI (and probably Crossfire as well) As long as your sub series matches (ie 1080 in this case) You can run in SLI. It doesn’t matter if it’s a different manufacturers card or if one has 11 GB Vram or 8 Vram. What happens is this: The configuration lowers the power of the stronger card to match the lower. This is essentially what I had as a standby while I homed in on a motherboard. This rather defeats the purpose of the 1080 TI which is 4k gaming.
Are there any problems with a card meant for 4k gaming? A 1080 TI can bottleneck your CPU at lower resolutions. The lower the resolution the harder your CPU has to work. You will need a 4k monitor and it doesnt hurt to have a more powerful CPU and motherboard. A TI is always running best at 4k which I am not set up for. Yet. I am continuing my build and have ordered a new TI although I ordered a MSI 1080 instead of a EVGA. I should have ordered 2 EVGAs when I had a chance in the fall. Sellers on Amazon are asking outrageous prices and places like Newegg and Tiger Direct are almost sold out. The card I originally ordered for the outrageous price of $899 has gone up to 1200 and more. The card I just ordered came in at $999. These are insane prices caused directly by Crypto mining. I am taking my GTX 1080 8 GB and putting it into a dedicated graphics computer with a Xeon core and I will probably put my 960 in my multimedia computer (this one).
I have done limited testing. The first thing I did while still in SLI was create a 10k image in Photoshop in JPG form with max quality on the save and tried to import into the newest version of Verve. I had exception violations from 10 k to 7k. At 6k the image imported but was completely white and could not be worked on. At 5k it imported but was completely black? And could not be worked on. I will check on that again to make sure of my numbers. I took the GTX 1080 8 gb card out and tried again with the TI solo and same results.
But that’s before I read Taron’s last post and went DOH. Lol.
I went downstairs to make something to eat and turned the computer I am using now on. Sat down to go to the forum while my meal cooked and read Taron’s post. My multimedia computer is based on an old X51 Sabertooth motherboard and atm has an ancient EVGA GTX 480 in it. I downloaded Verve and tested imports with both HQ on and off. This decrepit card couldn’t import at 6k with HQ on But it imported at 6k with HQ off and could be drawn on if at a snails pace. It was kind of fun watching the cursor outline SLOWLY stretch out like a rubberband and then pop back lol.
The point is that it imported and you may want to try that with your 680.
When I get a chance I will do exclusive testing on the single TI with HQ off and on when my other one gets in I will try both. Sorry for the long post.