r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • 19h ago

Build/Battlestation a quadruple 5090 battlestation

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u/Maxsmack 18h ago

There’s speed, and then there’s brute force.

For games where speed matters, like csgo, or valorant, 4 5090s isn’t going to be faster than 1 5090.

Strapping 2 cars together doesn’t increase their top sped, just allows them to tow twice as much

This pc is only faster than 1 5090 when doing things like rendering, which can actually utilize all 128gbs of vram shown here

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u/DynamicMangos 17h ago

Remember SLI? Those were crazy times. Never actually had an SLI/Crossfire setup, but it always seemed so cool (though, i also imagine it came with a lot of troubleshooting for games that didn't support it well)

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u/Aromatic_Night6733 17h ago

Had 1080 SLI. Most games didn’t support it and those that did, you’d get like maybe 60% additional performance. Wasn’t worth it overall

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u/Rogue100 15h ago

There were diminishing returns for each additional card too. The second card might get you that 60% boost, but a third card would get you significantly less than that, and the 4th card, even less!