That reminds me of the time decades ago when I went to our stockroom for two very specific diodes, we had two units OOS both with the same failed diode. The storeman would only let me have one, even though I could see that there were two in the box. "Why can't I have them both?" I asked. "Well" the aged storeman said, "somebody else might want the other one". "Somebody else does want the other one" I said, "oh really?" he replied. "Yes", I said...."me!"I think it’s a stock issue, likely 1 per person until the initial short stocks balance out.
Just out of curiosity as I was wondering this earlier: What configuration is going to allow 2x3090s? Are we talking server systems? I am not aware of any "normal" systems that would allow it given that it would need 6 PCI-E slots?
Edit: Never mind...I just saw you answer that exact question on another thread
Makes sense..what I don't understand is how you mount it vertically? As the motherboard has all the PCI-E lanes horizontal...is there like a special vertical mounting kit that includes an adaptor for the PCI-E slot?
You can't SLI 3080's, it's only the 3090 that has NVLink capabilities.I don't have specific knowledge of using SLI so would need someone with actual knowledge to confirm...however, based on what I have just read, as long as they are the same card, it is fine to use different brands. Found this quote on Gamespot from some years ago:
" nVidia has strict requirements, you need the same card. It doesn't have to be the same manufacturer, it can have different clock speeds, it can even have more or less memory than the other one, however the amount of memory usable by the SLI configuration will be equal to whatever the card with the least amount of RAM has (so if you SLI a GTX 770 2 GB with a GTX 770 4 GB, you'll still only be able to use 2 GB). "
Yeah, they've killed it off in the gamer space.Really? Wow....I know SLI isn't a thing much anymore but still figured all current GPUs would have the facility given, AFAIK, low end GPUs 5 years ago had the ability.
If the budget allows, 3090 would be much more suitable.That's why I asked as the OP would use it for rendering for 3D animations...so, in that case, a 3090 would work well yes? Of, if they aren't gaming, would a Quaddro be the better step?
I'm not particularly interested in SLI, although the NVLink was useful for increasing VRAM as if a single machine. GPU render engines, like Octane, can have driver issues when there is a GPU mismatch between multiple cards. I just wanted some info on whether different flavours of the same card would behave as such in my rendering environments and I think @Nursemorph answered that question correctly.You can't SLI 3080's, it's only the 3090 that has NVLink capabilities.