I have SLI 2080 Supers in my Aurora R9 and am very happy with them, but then I play mostly SLI compatible games, such as Killing Floor 2. If you don't play those games, then it is sort of a waste to power up that second card. As others have stated on the forum, SLI is certainly not a priority for new game designers.
But I also play Doom and Doom Eternal (not SLI) with no heat problems, so I'm not sure why that would be a concern. Although with one card I'm sure the noise level would go down a bit.
Using it in your other rig is probably the best suggestion you made.
I suspect many here felt that you had already given yourself several good options, and that you would have to make the decision as to what works best for you. If you decide to remove one of the cards, the best news is that if you later decide to get some SLI compatible games, you can always put the second card back in. Who knows, maybe next year a "must have" game that you like will be designed for SLI...it could happen.
Like will taking out the card help with heat? I see a lot of guys here moding the out of there brand new Rig. I spent 5grand on this Rig and feel I shouldn't be having any issues. But I am running hot and glitching in games with red line FPS from time to time in COD. SO my question was more of a help question should I remove the other card and maybe not get those spikes?
I don't think AWCC allows for direct control of the video card fan speeds, it only directly adjust the front and top fans in the case, hence the need for a third party program to control the Nvidia card fans.
AWCC may bump them up during performance mode, hard to tell, I have found that program to be a cheeky one.
I highly recommend the MSI Afterburner, my understanding is that it uses Nvidia's algorithm regarding overclocking so it is very prudent and not at all likely to damage a Nvidia card. It doesn't push the cards to their absolute limit, but I also don't want to damage my new cards.
The good news is the overclock process is automatic and the program does all the work for you (and it's free). As far as I know, MSI makes the cards for Dell so the program works well with these cards.
I steer clear of AWCC, we don't get along after their last update.
I would suggest bumping up the fan speeds on your video cards will give you a more positive result regarding temperature.
The fan speeds seem to be set for low noise rather than low temperature.
From the factory, my 2080 Supers ran at 18% which is around 1000 rpm at normal usage. When playing intensive games the fan speed never even went over 50%. Very quiet, but it maxed out the GPU temps.
I used MSI's Afterburner to overclock my video cards and bump the fan speed up so that they run 100% before the GPU temps max out.
Both cards running SLI games at 100% fan speed is noisy, but the GPU temps are about 20 degrees under max and the games look great...I have the sound up to cover the fan noise, and since I'm trying not to get killed in the game, personally, I don't notice the sound of the fans. Your mileage may vary as some people are more sensitive to the noise of the fans on full throttle.
I still have yet to figure out how to control the fav speed in AWCC I have searched on how to do that with no luck.
Only thing I can do at this point is set the Thermal to the factory set ones. I'm not that good with computer tweaking and sort of scared to try and set things in fear to hurt the rig I just paid so much for.
Yeah it seems to only run the top header fan and the front fan. I did figure out how to spin those faster but it doesn't have an effect on the GPU fans or temp. I installed MSI A-B i will play with that next. Thanks for the help.....
DogHouse thank you a ton bro. I have learned a little more about MSI AB and wow my temps are about 20c lower in gaming. That was all I really needed at this point I was starting to freak out at the 85 to 90c temps while playing COD MW. Now that my temps are in the high 60's I am happy. I believe that was my problem with the FPS slashes. I think the top card (in use) that was crashing me down to like 5 FPS. It wasn't all the time but has happened several times. Now on to turning MSI AB on before gaming and then considering some of these mods I am reading about in adding new fans. Again thanks bro........
You are quite welcome, I'm glad I could help point you in the right direction. That MSI Afterburner program is a great help, even with things slightly over clocked, I'm running around 160 deg F on the GPU's and 130 deg F on the CPU after a couple of levels of Doom (2016).
Now you can concentrate on enjoying your rig and playing games the way they were designed to be played.
Due to cooling in these small cases, I like just one nice (Nvidia GPU) video-card.
Also, on a nice retail MB like MSI or Asus (with 2 slots that run at full-speed PCIe v3.0 x16), pretty sure the second card can only contribute 50% of its power to the SLI pair. SLI was a thing in the past, but not so much any more. I never did it.
See this link. IIRC, the first slots is only PCIe v3.0 x8 and the second card's (lower) slot might be even slower.
Well I took the bottom card out to just run a few tests.
Low and behold performance didn't change at all. The only thing is now the top card runs at 60c in most games.
I feel there is something not working right on this rig. I have sudden lag spikes not even in game. While in game it doesn't happen. Say I open Photoshop it spikes while opening a picture and when closing the program.
Not sure what is going on. Does anyone know of any program that runs diagnostics to locate whats going on. I think I have a few more days to return this if i am not happy. My R9 runs just as good as this rig if not better.
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I have SLI 2080 Supers in my Aurora R9 and am very happy with them, but then I play mostly SLI compatible games, such as Killing Floor 2. If you don't play those games, then it is sort of a waste to power up that second card. As others have stated on the forum, SLI is certainly not a priority for new game designers.
But I also play Doom and Doom Eternal (not SLI) with no heat problems, so I'm not sure why that would be a concern. Although with one card I'm sure the noise level would go down a bit.
Using it in your other rig is probably the best suggestion you made.
FinalTouch68
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All of these smart computer guys around this forum and I get one chiming in?
I swore I would get more help on this one..
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MeatRocket
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"I suspect many here felt that you had already given yourself several good options"
BINGO! That's why he's getting no responses, he's already answered his own question. He didn't do enough research before making his purchase.
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Like will taking out the card help with heat? I see a lot of guys here moding the out of there brand new Rig. I spent 5grand on this Rig and feel I shouldn't be having any issues. But I am running hot and glitching in games with red line FPS from time to time in COD. SO my question was more of a help question should I remove the other card and maybe not get those spikes?
Doghouse Reilly
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September 11th, 2020 13:00
I don't think AWCC allows for direct control of the video card fan speeds, it only directly adjust the front and top fans in the case, hence the need for a third party program to control the Nvidia card fans.
AWCC may bump them up during performance mode, hard to tell, I have found that program to be a cheeky one.
Doghouse Reilly
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September 11th, 2020 13:00
I highly recommend the MSI Afterburner, my understanding is that it uses Nvidia's algorithm regarding overclocking so it is very prudent and not at all likely to damage a Nvidia card. It doesn't push the cards to their absolute limit, but I also don't want to damage my new cards.
The good news is the overclock process is automatic and the program does all the work for you (and it's free). As far as I know, MSI makes the cards for Dell so the program works well with these cards.
I steer clear of AWCC, we don't get along after their last update.
Doghouse Reilly
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September 11th, 2020 13:00
I would suggest bumping up the fan speeds on your video cards will give you a more positive result regarding temperature.
The fan speeds seem to be set for low noise rather than low temperature.
From the factory, my 2080 Supers ran at 18% which is around 1000 rpm at normal usage. When playing intensive games the fan speed never even went over 50%. Very quiet, but it maxed out the GPU temps.
I used MSI's Afterburner to overclock my video cards and bump the fan speed up so that they run 100% before the GPU temps max out.
Both cards running SLI games at 100% fan speed is noisy, but the GPU temps are about 20 degrees under max and the games look great...I have the sound up to cover the fan noise, and since I'm trying not to get killed in the game, personally, I don't notice the sound of the fans. Your mileage may vary as some people are more sensitive to the noise of the fans on full throttle.
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I still have yet to figure out how to control the fav speed in AWCC I have searched on how to do that with no luck.
Only thing I can do at this point is set the Thermal to the factory set ones. I'm not that good with computer tweaking and sort of scared to try and set things in fear to hurt the rig I just paid so much for.
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Yeah it seems to only run the top header fan and the front fan. I did figure out how to spin those faster but it doesn't have an effect on the GPU fans or temp. I installed MSI A-B i will play with that next. Thanks for the help.....
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You are quite welcome, I'm glad I could help point you in the right direction. That MSI Afterburner program is a great help, even with things slightly over clocked, I'm running around 160 deg F on the GPU's and 130 deg F on the CPU after a couple of levels of Doom (2016).
Now you can concentrate on enjoying your rig and playing games the way they were designed to be played.
Good luck!
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Due to cooling in these small cases, I like just one nice (Nvidia GPU) video-card.
Also, on a nice retail MB like MSI or Asus (with 2 slots that run at full-speed PCIe v3.0 x16), pretty sure the second card can only contribute 50% of its power to the SLI pair. SLI was a thing in the past, but not so much any more. I never did it.
See this link. IIRC, the first slots is only PCIe v3.0 x8 and the second card's (lower) slot might be even slower.
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R10-why-x8-PCI-slot-for-graphics-card/m-p/7629870#M28302
Yeah, you need MSI After-Burner to really control GPU and fans on cards.
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I'm pretty sure that the PICe x16 slots on the R11 both only run at x8
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Well I took the bottom card out to just run a few tests.
Low and behold performance didn't change at all. The only thing is now the top card runs at 60c in most games.
I feel there is something not working right on this rig. I have sudden lag spikes not even in game. While in game it doesn't happen. Say I open Photoshop it spikes while opening a picture and when closing the program.
Not sure what is going on. Does anyone know of any program that runs diagnostics to locate whats going on. I think I have a few more days to return this if i am not happy. My R9 runs just as good as this rig if not better.