Asus Maximus IX Hero with 1080ti SLI

[Jldowning]

I have a founders edition 1080ti and found a pretty good deal from someone with buyers remorse who wants to sell and get a ftw. He has been sitting on it for a bit and he finally took me up on my offer.

I am pretty new to SLI, and was curious if this board would cause any bottlenecks? I'm running an i7700k currrently not overclocking past stock, but can if required.

Also the SLI bridge that came with the board, will that do fine or should I get one of the fancy expensive ones from Nvidia?

For the record price per performance is pretty much out the window, I am aware how many games bench lower with SLI enabled.


Thanks!

[Chino]

Your system is fine for SLI.

[Menthol]

Please list your hardware components, which board?
You should not see any real bottle neck at 8x pcie compared to x16 in games
If your board is a Z-270 the sli bridge should be a HB (High Bandwidth) it should state that on the bridge, if not you will need to purchase a HB bridge

[Chino]

The included SLI HB BRIDGE works fine unless you want something a little more stylish. ASUS had a ROG SLI HB BRIDGE actually. Not sure if they're selling it yet though.

[mdzcpa]

I've had great success with 1080 ti SLI performance on my Hero IX. Scaling has been very good for most of the new games I play. Ultra Wide and full 4K are buttery smooth 🙂 As mentioned above, due to PCIE lane limits on the 7700K, you will be forced into X8 mode. But it doesn't seem to prevent some very nice scaling in the most recent games.

[Jldowning]

mdzcpa wrote:
I've had great success with 1080 ti SLI performance on my Hero IX. Scaling has been very good for most of the new games I play. Ultra Wide and full 4K are buttery smooth 🙂 As mentioned above, due to PCIE lane limits on the 7700K, you will be forced into X8 mode. But it doesn't seem to prevent some very nice scaling in the most recent games.

Yeah I currently only have a 1440p monitor... but I am either going to get the Ultra wide HRD monitor or the new 4k 144hz one... Honestly can't decide.

I got the 7700k thinking I would be a bit future prof with it... is there a better processor for sli (i hear the new lineup is a bit confused)?

Thanks!

[MrAgapiGC]

As far i am reading arround the web, 7700k is future proof. i am running the 6700k on a z270 hero 9 board and i am happy. the only pro info regaring my hybrid, as i call, 7700k runs using less volt on the Vcore. But i am getting one these week. I am still on 1080 is fine for me, but on tn panel. changing my XG2701 tn panel to the LG 34UC79G-B since is the same as mine but 34 inch and have ips.

[Menthol]

What power supply are you using an 850 watt is about minimum for 1080ti sli