RTX 3090 SLI - We Tried so Hard to Love It

Spat on my monitor. Thanks. That blue screen with a sad emoji, I´ve seen that one before too Linus.

Lmao

I just got the full experience. I was just about to play my game and as it started loading I had my buddy switch off the power on the the power supply. It was pretty a mindblowing experience, definitely once in a lifetime for sure!

God, nothing worse than working all day and thinking I will play something when I get home and my pc has other ideas for the evening. At least I have had only about 4 problems in about 2 years.

minepi.com/Niroula2020

Facts

@David Davidson idk 200 people found it humorous, seems worthwhile to me

Ya it does

@David Davidson Your mother is a human, your father is also a human, your sister is another human as well.

​@David Davidson you seem to be really personally offended I made the comment - not sure why it matters so much to you, but since its had such a clear negative effect I feel like I should apologize. I'm sorry I spent 30 seconds to make a youtube comment that only 230 people enjoyed instead of the 400 required for it to apparently be worthwhile.

My whole house consumes about 1.2kW avg or 2-3kW max, the thought of adding this PC to the load would freaking terrify me, and my wallet.

if i'm correct, that would be the same as plugging just about anything in, a pc cant magically draw more power from 1 outlet, power supplies just convert the amps to more voltage.

My pc used to do that, one of our lights was messed up or something that made it super sensitive to that kind of thing. Turn the washer on? Flicker. Turn the vacuum on? Flicker. Turn on the pc? Flicker

Actually, my 2009 Mac Pro does that when I even wake it up from sleep. My lights will flicker and the cd drives will click and the hard drives spin up. I must say, the power supply in that thing is 950 watts, so it's pretty dang close to Linus'. Also, like other people have mentioned, the vacuum I use does dim the lights when I use it, but I don't know the wattage of it

rofl

if u saw some other reviewer's review regarding the usual often used statements by the marketing team:
"it's an excuse so they don't have to give it to you for free"
used by sellers for generation no matter the availability.

At least he put the Asus card next to the fans. It was the standard 3090 that got cooked.

So where'd the other one come from?

@SHRANJAY WATTS Yes you are right. I thought he had mixed cards.

But Can it run Crysis?

Ouch. Bro why did u have to say it like that 😭😭😭😭

If my car payment wasnt 635 a month

tf

Well, not anymore.

What if I am 😂

Hello, 2021!

Are you really so lazy that you dont Even change the date from the comment you stole to the right date?

@@werter490 no idiot he said that in 2020

@@tnt_gaming21 damn im dumb

@@werter490 lmao

I just heard that part lmao

Everybody realized, it’s not that crazy.

They even captioned it 💀

@@anunoriginaljoke5870 yes it is bc the 4090 was not out uet

@@itztrezler1534 so? People speculate about the 50 series all of the time. Mentioning a future release in a video is that unusual.

lmao

Hehe

I’m your 666th like

@@pnwfisher2144 I'm your first.

@@jamesphelps3512 why thank you

Dave lee

Also @someordinarygamer

I actually believe you.

I have a 3080

@@velocitygmd u lucky

@cpong I never could treat SLI seriously, for a 100% more investment you would have usually something like 20-30% increase in performance and not in every game.. seems like a waste of money for me.

2x GTX 690 (i.e. GTX 680 4GB, the EVGA FTW+ card) was probably the best scaling and also in the best era for SLI (2011-2015 games and all the SLI games that were released after the 8800 GTX like Crysis). GTX 680 SLI was between a GTX 970 and GTX 980 in performance, and GTX 690 SLI beats a GTX 1080 (non-Ti).
The benefit of SLI had 2 primary reasoning back then:
1. A way for a gamer who invested $599 on an EVGA GTX 680 FTW+ in 2012 to invest only $300-400ish in 2015-2017 on a second EVGA GTX 680 FTW+ and reach the performance of a $549 980 or $599 1080 without having to invest in a completely new system, or more importantly:
2. A way for a gamer in 2012 to spend $1200 on the performance that no one else gets to experience for another half a decade. Basically become a god. Seriously, that's why people are paying $1300 for an RTX 4090 lmfaooo. You gotta pay for the best.
You could 3-way SLI and even Quad-SLI the 600 series cards, and in that era (Witcher, Tomb Raider, Crysis, Arkham, etc.) the games did actually have good SLI scaling (as shown by Linus here in this video with Tomb Raider). So that was a magical time, indeed. Not to mention even if the game didn't explicitly scale that well with SLI, SLI still have you a ton of headroom when moving to higher resolutions or rendering SSAA.
So, yeah 15 years ago when 8800 GTX SLI pioneered it and you got excited, the sweet spot was 11 years ago to 8 years ago. Sadly, that era is over, as nvidia would rather you buy a new $1000 GPU every other year rather than pick up a second 2-4 year old GPU. Shame really. The technology is where the future is as nvidia has been saying "Moore's Law is dead" and are trying to justify how overpriced/low performance some of their new cards are compared to expectations. Sounds like 2, 3, and 4 way SLI should be the future, but that doesn't maximize their bottom line.
tl;dr if you can go back in time to the mid 2010s, try out the EVGA GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB (i.e. GTX 690) in SLI. Enjoy.

I had 2x 970's, used it in multi seat gaming, could play 3x dying light in high detail with my friends on one machine, I would absolutely get multiple again if they were supported on 3080's

Lol clowns get excited for sli it was nvidia way to make more money but failed I'm glad

There is no 3090 to defeat your 1050, because it isn't and never will be in stock.

@Standard User Name for a very small free of one of my kidneys

@Standard User Name damn, guess I'll sell some other body parts too.
The laptops bottleneck very quickly because of the cooling. So the 30 series mobile are not even drawing out their full power. On top of that, you can't physically take out the graphics card since it is literally built in.

@Standard User NameThe price is fairly expensive, and doesn't last that long, and its prime time where it performs the best is only about 2-3 years from once you've bought it. It's just not worth it to get a gaming laptop imo. I'd wait for about another year or 2.

@Standard User Name I'd atill rather play with a console since games would be finely tuned for it, or a high-end pc, the only reason I see myself getting a gaming laptop would be because of the fact it's mobile. A pc would cost the same, and you could get more performance out of it, and it would last longer.

Supply issue is a vague term. Is it that they made too few cards? Or that the initial demand massively outstrips what they can output in the long term?
If demand is so high, why not ramp up production? Well, because Nvidia doesn't expect demand to stay this high. Demand always drops off after a few months. Even with corona wallets bulging.
If Nvidia invested millions into increased production capacity, they would end up having to shut down lines in 5 months time when the cards don't sell like hotcakes anymore.
So yeah, it's a supply issue. But it's hard to blame anyone specifically for it, when you factor in the realities of manufacturing anything.

@@Erowens98 you should go research import leaked numbers. They are very low.

@@Erowens98 bad yields on samsung 8nm, that's why there is a supply issue

@@Erowens98 nvidia doesn't have "production capacity", they don't own a fabs. So there is few possible reason why you can't get these cards - they didn't order many at all (didn't book enough production lines), samsung have very low yields or as third nvidia make artificial shortage to pump up prices over their own msrp for some reason (higher manufacturing cost of cards than planned due high power demand or something).

@@gorjy9610 it doesn't matter who fabricates the chips. Whoever does, has a limited production capacity that can not be increased without investment that would not be feasible to make for a short term spike in demand. Especially not one so large as the one caused by the current pandemic, which has caused some of the highest gpu demand in history.
Not ordering enough can be exactly because it was not possible to order more without investing in higher production capacity/storage facilities
As for Nvidia trying to drive up prices.
They're a monopoly, they can charge whatever they want. If they wanted to drive up prices, they'd set them higher. Heck, they could have set them at $1000 for a 3080 and still claimed they're cheaper than last gen.
And they certainly would not set Msrp to be so low it wouldn't compensate for low yield.

@UC5x-W-BkJ0KsKIbPO9GeiOw it's a bot

@UC5x-W-BkJ0KsKIbPO9GeiOw literally a bot my dude

I don't know man I think there's more than 20 reviewers with a 3090.

Orion Orion r/woooosh

@@Altair00rion r woosh

Yep. Even in it's heyday, SLI was kind of a dumpster fire.

Nice

It does double duty representing the supply bottleneck 30-series buyers are currently experiencing. Truly, the aesthetic design team foresaw everything.

Daaaaaaamn

It's clear to me that this person is an expert! :D

It's clear to me that this person is an expert! :D

Gotta be gender neutral

@@jaytsun8873 yep, cant even say the word "guys" in 2020 or else some person will get triggered and say that its not gender neutral and call it "sexist" when saying that to a group of mixed genders

The true gender neutral :over serious preaching face:

I died there🤣

The new LS mantra.

It's literally a 1kw heater.

Gaming PCs are actually more efficient at that no joke.

@@Mebbwebb makes heat and frames, while pure heaters definitely can't run Crysis

@@Arbiter099 pure heaters also don't cost $4,000

@@Pwnstared Also there isn't as big of a supply shortage for space heaters as there is for 3000 Series cards lol

so like what.... 6 months ? 7 tops ??

@@wormer66 more like a year.

@@wormer66 maybe 2, 2080ti came out in 2018 August. 3090 2 years and a bit after that

I just noticed that. hopefully he in cahoots with nvidia, knows their future products and just spilled the beans lol

@@ppnexus2000 NVIDIA release each generation of their graphics cards on a 2 year schedule, so the 4090 (if it will exist) will be released in 2022.

That’s 2 different people

2,665,726 more people got to see an 3090 that way.
Sounds like a media coverage win.

Linus: "Oh, she's a heavy boy for sure"
Me: confused confusing confusion

I got one too. A new batch suddenly appeared this week.

@Whatever Ok except he has two apparently 3:25

but they sent their first white 3070 to carter pcs

Linus already living in 2024

nice catch

I was searching for this comment

@@zahylon5993 more like 2021

Frames in the six figures

it really should've been kept for production where a small stutter won't affect the process vs gaming where one stutter can ruin the experience

@@AdventVFX That is why the 3090 still has the connectors!

I would need one of those, the room my rig is in has a temp of 19.5c xD thanks god i am mining on the rig so i get some heat

What winter?

But a rad outside and use that to cool your rig

For months I couldn't figure out why my room was so much warmer than the rest of the house.. until I felt the exhaust fan on the top of my pc. I5 8600k and rtx 2060 super truly do create some heat!

@@TechyGuy17 19.5C is comfortable wtf. 13C is perfect. Anything below 10C I guess is chilly enough for a t shirt. Are you even Canadian?

@@Eremon1 *nvme-link was a still born*

Rockstar North

Don't forget about the two 4090s

goddammit its at 420 likes

Chugging

In times like these I'm not surprised.

Bro you stole my comment

@@dielan44 Lol

@Just a guy who's a hero for fun same pfp

He quickly dodged a bullet right here

Ikr

ikr lol i keep re watching this video

5:59 if anyone is confused where
:)

@@fire_horse_crafter9312 Thanks!

@@Maximilian-Willert no problem

It's the SECOND time too 😂😂

He did it again

@@OliverKehm You're right. I thought it was deja vu. lol

Welcome to 2020

I feel so glad that I am not the only one that caught that.

LMAO

@@ThatOneCatNyx yes sir.

Good question

We don't do that here

You dont NEED a 3080... But we do want them

best part of the video! lol

KABOOM

:takes drag off vape: you wouldn't get it :keeps chuckling:

Follow Jesus and you will not be ashamed.\z]xc[zx][c\

Follow Jesus and you will not be ashamed.x]c[z\]x][c\]

oh wow desinc is here

☻

Just bhop past them that should kill them

sup desinc

holy shit

I thought I was the only person that heard that ngl

I need that sort of confidence Asus had when giving it to Linus Drop Tips

@@JakeZeno Linus Tech Drops

No, because, at the rate we're going, none of us will be here in 10 years anyway. ;-)

Same someone reminde me in 20 years

2017 - We managed to get high FPS in Quake 2.

@@vikaskage3903 I'll remind you ever y year

@@kevingyllenlind5437 hey thanks man I hope we keep seeing each other every year

Lemme just insert myself here and join the merry gang of nostalgia seekers

Imagine spending 3000 + electric bill dollars/euros just to get 50fps LMAO

My 3080ti still only gets like 80 fps in ark. 🥲

@@kidsythe """""""only""""""""

@@finmat95 it's a 7 year old game, on a 1080p monitor on a 1499 usd card. Pls 🥲

@@kidsythe Crysis is 15 years old, so what?

The electric bill would be insane
The house would most likely explode along with the pc

Trap time

*visible confusion*

dead ass had to read that 5 times to find the problem

lol

same

It sufferers from gender dysphoria

@@techhelpportal7778 Linus is trying to use the right pronouns but is struggling

The card refers to itself as "they"

It's Bell 3090
Thinks of
CoD Infinite Warfare × Cold War
Fecking Shit
*INSTANT REGRET*

IT'S MAAM
-Mr. RTX 3090

Nice joke

@@artisary1393 it’s not a joke

@@deepfriedavocado uh huh then why isn't that in a new article

@@artisary1393what do you mean

Can wait for the gpus to either cost $100000 or $10

LOL

That’s why asus only had one

nice ears :) never noticed that

4090? what year do you live in?

@@probablynotyou9286 2021, they are prototypes, Linus wasn’t supposed let anything slip. Asus only had one => makes sense.

and he had to return the one he got exclusively from asus

Shhhh ur wallet jokes are getting old

haha, early justin y comment

NOT YOU AGAIN SERIOUSLY WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE

Hi everywhere to be seen guy

Justin you don't know a thing about computers. You only know how to come up with useless overrated jokes for 9 years

Cultured

based

Damn it Nobita, don't change the future on a whim!

They had a thermal camera

if you want to rock varjo xr for example

Just motion blur out the letters U C K

Please.

Oh hell yeah

Why do you hate motion blur?

@@Cemtexify Per object motion blur at high framerates can be pretty good. Per object motion blur at low frame rates has less frames to give a sense of motion blur and looks choppy. Full screen motion blur... always looks terrible in my opinion.

graphic cards shouldnt be a problem when you run a company worth 25 milion dollars

@@vatsalgoyal9576 Money is irrelevant to stocks

Did you watch the video? He had to borrow the card and even Asus doesn't have enough on hand

In LTT's case, that's 3 of them.
...which is 2 more than Asus has in their workshop, according to Linus.

@@mihan2d he doesn't have 3. He had to borrow one from asus to even have two to do this video

🤔

@@canicule10 what the Radeon guy said.

Yooo its Matsimus

How is the dog doing?

Damn bruh

Doesn't matter they have been breeding with their moms dads sisters and brothers for 100s of generations it probably neither just a monster

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​@@doomcriticalzx6554 me in chat:
me irl: 😐

**Gamer:** Why did an _apple_ drop from an _oak_ tree?
**Notch:** _Oh hush with your "Logic"!_

@PainkillerX auction it

Pls go to to 3:41 , pause it, set the video speed to 0,25 and look at how much the first graphic card moves during the bump xD

Linus: 'All right, let's put these tiny plastics in a 1000W heater'

@@GregFRDT it looks crazy in slo mo, but actually it’s fine, switch back to normal and that’s the normal wear and tear every graphics card suffers from.

Flip

i know right

Interestingly, as my native language is gender neutral, I don't even notice things like that.

It's heavy boi

Software failure. Press F to continue.
Guru Meditation #20201016.40904090

DUDE

Normal!

and has 80% utilization while doing it.

SLI doesn't double the VRAM, but yeah i get your point lmao

@@fayadkevin NVlink does add the vram up of both cards

@@fayadkevin Linus said in video: Link is so fast that cards can use combined memory pool.

Nice hole bro

there is 69 likes

Forgive me lord for what I'm about to do

@@succcc614 ?😳🤪

Wtf

*visible confusion*

*visible excitement*

@@WandaThePanda ?

Lmfao

Bro huh

What's wrong with motion blur?

Motion blur is the one thing that adds a ton of realism to games. In racing sims, it literally completely changes the whole experience, there is nothing wrong with it except in fps shooters.

If it's per-object motion blur instead of camera blur, people consider that a good thing.

@@ainslotic2028 It makes it hard to see while moving lol

@@indiana6941 kinda gives a real life effect

Glad someone else caught that also.

The subtitles also like that, dual 4090 xD

did linus made a test on the 3080 btw? i wonder how good it is

I came here for this same reason

@@Link3000XD 3090 is only 10-20% better than 3080

Well yes, but you have to consider the amount of money Nvidia is saving by selling us chips made on a shitty outdated process node!

not if you live somewhere energy is cheap. I pay 9 cents a kilowatt.

@@Pwnstared Yeah i pay 6 cents

@@Pwnstared 22 cents :O

@@jim575757 yikes! Pressure your politicians to open nuclear plants.

Fr 😂😂😂

So true😂🤣😂🤣

Well the dudes a millionaire. What do you expect?

godly gpus *that he has to send back to ASUS*

Well yeah, it's just a graphics card.

Though

was looking for this comment xD

you never go back

Well it was true , i never experienced that

@@sorvex9 i have....not fun lmao

Yep, EPIC! xD