Does Elite Dangerous support SLI for two graphics cards?
Does Elite Dangerous support SLI for two graphics cards?
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As far as I know Elite Dangerous does not officially support SLI. Doesn't mean you couldn't try, but you might see some janky graphical anomalies.
Yes, works great on my Titan Black cards. Not sure about newer cards. SLI is not supported by Nvidia really now starting this year unfortunately though, just maintained for existing games. This doesn't save Odyssey from being very poorly optimized/implemented though. I get roughly three times the FPS in the hanger in Horizons compared to Odyssey with the same graphics and driver settings.
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Saw a guy SLI two 3090's on YouTube with games that supported it & benchmarks, he seemed to be of the opinion there wasn't enough of a performance gain to make it worthwhile Vs cost.
No, E: D doesn't support SLI. At least, it never did with my 980Tis. I did see one person report it was working, but I don't believe there was ever official support and I'm not convinced the person reporting it working was correct. 
I'm running dual 980ti, and it is working.No, E: D doesn't support SLI. At least, it never did with my 980Tis. I did see one person report it was working, but I don't believe there was ever official support and I'm not convinced the person reporting it working was correct.
No surprise here. No CPU currently available can feed two 3090 fast enough.
In Horizons I was able to get upwards of around 190 FPS 1080p Ultra in the hanger, though my driver settings were a bit different too. Of course usually I run my cards more modestly and use vsync for 60 FPS to help keep them cooler, use less power, and for running other stuff at the same time with the extra headroom.
They aren't overclocked here either, but I have Prefer Maximum Power instead of Adaptive or Optimal Power, and don't have Double Precision enabled. This is also pre-Odyssey updates and expansion, and in a small hanger, if that matters. So, needless to say, not a direct comparison. Just showing SLI performance here.
Cheers.
They aren't overclocked here either, but I have Prefer Maximum Power instead of Adaptive or Optimal Power, and don't have Double Precision enabled. This is also pre-Odyssey updates and expansion, and in a small hanger, if that matters. So, needless to say, not a direct comparison. Just showing SLI performance here.
SLI on...
SLI off...
SLI off...
Cheers.
It is strange you lost so much performance, I have a single Rtx2080ti and with the same settings in the same locations I am down about 30-40%% fps, whatever the fault with Odyssey it is obvioulsy more senstive to your set up than mine.Yes, works great on my Titan Black cards. Not sure about newer cards. SLI is not supported by Nvidia really now starting this year unfortunately though, just maintained for existing games. This doesn't save Odyssey from being very poorly optimized/implemented though. I get roughly three times the FPS in the hanger in Horizons compared to Odyssey with the same graphics and driver settings.
Nvidia doesn't support SLI anymore, so Elite doesn't either.
It doesn't mean you can't get it to work though.
No, it is supported, though granted maybe just through legacy support. Either way, it's with stock driver game listings, not a cusom profile or anything like that.
Not quite right, Nvidia are still supporting their existing SLI profiles, there just won't be any for new games anymore. Multi-GPU Support in new games now solely rests on the developers of those games.
I run two 970 GTX's in SLI.
And, I gotta say, in Horizons - It was amazing. Framerates were (are?) always in the hundreds, very stable, and the system was ice cool!
Not so much with Odyssey. (for me)
Crash crash crash crash....when in SLI mode, or alternate frame render mode.
I've had to devote one card exclusively to Odyssey - and the other just runs background Windows stuff...
Performance isn't amazing - heat is through the roof - but it's playable atleast
Reading the experiences of other SLI users with Elite however....It seems practically random how your specific system will react with Odyssey!
And, I gotta say, in Horizons - It was amazing. Framerates were (are?) always in the hundreds, very stable, and the system was ice cool!
Not so much with Odyssey. (for me)
Crash crash crash crash....when in SLI mode, or alternate frame render mode.
I've had to devote one card exclusively to Odyssey - and the other just runs background Windows stuff...
Performance isn't amazing - heat is through the roof - but it's playable atleast
Reading the experiences of other SLI users with Elite however....It seems practically random how your specific system will react with Odyssey!
What makes you say that, without considering the game and resolution? If you look, for instance, at Metro Exodus or Cyberpunk 2077, where a 3090 pushes between 30 and 50 Fps in UHD, you statement does not make sense.
I originally ran ED using two GTX 680's - game ran really well with all settings turned up. Can't recall if I had to set up a custom profile for it to work, or if the drivers had one already. GPU load was nice and even between the pair, so it was working. Still, I have a build with just one of those 680's in it, and ED runs perfectly well... in Horizons.
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how does the 970 do in mid or low settings?I run two 970 GTX's in SLI.
And, I gotta say, in Horizons - It was amazing. Framerates were (are?) always in the hundreds, very stable, and the system was ice cool!
Not so much with Odyssey. (for me)
Crash crash crash crash....when in SLI mode, or alternate frame render mode.
I've had to devote one card exclusively to Odyssey - and the other just runs background Windows stuff...
Performance isn't amazing - heat is through the roof - but it's playable atleast
Reading the experiences of other SLI users with Elite however....It seems practically random how your specific system will react with Odyssey!
just bought one ... upgrading from a gtx 760
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Elite barely supports one card right now.
And he's right... just wait a year or two, and you can buy a single graphics card with the same performance as an SLI setup, without the drawbacks for half the price.
Odyssey gives pretty much everyone 30FPS in ground combat situations, regardless of graphics settings. Your PC isn't underpowered. Don't waste your time or money on more hardware. Odyssey probably will run worse in SLI given everything we've seen so far.