There are literally dozens of settings you can't see via control panel, most of them have terrible default settings that you can change as well as import & export profiles and create your own.
Profile Inspector is a poor substitute for proper SLI support. It's better then no option at all, but it's a crap shot as to:
1. whether you can find setting that utilize your second GPU, 2. If you can get utilization on the second GPU, does your average FPS improve? Many times it actually goes down. 3. If you can find settings that utilize your second GPU and provide an average FPS improvement, does it negatively impact your frame pacing? More often then not, FPS might go up, but at the cost of stuttering / lag 4. Assuming the above is still in line, is the benefit worth the time invested?
As an owner of two 780ti's for the last 3 years I can say this will be my last multi-GPU setup.
SLI is seeing less and less support in recent years. Games need to support it to some degree, its not something NVIDIA can just turn on for every game - if it doesn't work, there is no SLI profile.
In general its probably not worth it anymore to buy a high-end SLI setup like that, as the majority of games just doesn't use it.
The industry is making a gradual shift away from multiple GPUs and support is therefore on the decline. Because there are only a small number of people this impacts adversely, I think you'll unfortunately encounter this more and more in the future. DX12, after all, puts a lot of the SLI support burden on cost-sensitive (translation - cheap) game publishers.
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vailr - Saturday, June 10, 2017 - link
The correct numbering is 382.53; 382.85 is non-existent as of June 10, 2017.SpetsnazAntiVIP - Saturday, June 10, 2017 - link
Just tested and there is no SLI profile for Dirt 4. It sure would be nice to have some games that actually take advantage of my SLI 1080 TI's...Wtfisgoingon - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link
Download Nvidia Profile Inspector!There are literally dozens of settings you can't see via control panel, most of them have terrible default settings that you can change as well as import & export profiles and create your own.
If you need help let me know
HammerStrike - Monday, June 12, 2017 - link
Profile Inspector is a poor substitute for proper SLI support. It's better then no option at all, but it's a crap shot as to:1. whether you can find setting that utilize your second GPU,
2. If you can get utilization on the second GPU, does your average FPS improve? Many times it actually goes down.
3. If you can find settings that utilize your second GPU and provide an average FPS improvement, does it negatively impact your frame pacing? More often then not, FPS might go up, but at the cost of stuttering / lag
4. Assuming the above is still in line, is the benefit worth the time invested?
As an owner of two 780ti's for the last 3 years I can say this will be my last multi-GPU setup.
nevcairiel - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link
SLI is seeing less and less support in recent years. Games need to support it to some degree, its not something NVIDIA can just turn on for every game - if it doesn't work, there is no SLI profile.In general its probably not worth it anymore to buy a high-end SLI setup like that, as the majority of games just doesn't use it.
Hurr Durr - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link
Why would you waste money like that.BrokenCrayons - Monday, June 12, 2017 - link
The industry is making a gradual shift away from multiple GPUs and support is therefore on the decline. Because there are only a small number of people this impacts adversely, I think you'll unfortunately encounter this more and more in the future. DX12, after all, puts a lot of the SLI support burden on cost-sensitive (translation - cheap) game publishers.