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cyrilp

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Do i need a "sli" motherboard to use 2 gpu ?
« on: September 20, 2021, 01:26:56 PM »
Hi,

i have seen that when using 2 gpu it's better not to use SLI bridge.

but do i need a motherboard with sli compatibilité or can i use any motherboard ?

i intend to use 3060ti cards.

Is is possible to use 3 of them ?

Bzuco

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Re: Do i need a "sli" motherboard to use 2 gpu ?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2021, 04:59:54 PM »
RTX cards does not use NVLink SLI Bridge, except 3090. You can use any motherboard with 2 or 3 PCIE slots.
Metashape is transfering data to and from GPUs through PCIE slots, bridges are not needed.
PCIE slot speeds are also not important, because even PCIE 3.0 1x can transfer ~1GB/s which is enough.

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Re: Do i need a "sli" motherboard to use 2 gpu ?
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2021, 01:58:12 PM »
Thanks a lot