What GPUs to buy today?

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balt
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Hi all,

I have 5 x 780Ti's on an Amfeltec PCI extender and am frequently running into memory problems. Any recommendations on an upgrade path that doesn't break the bank?

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hi, Balt,

with 5x You should be scoring between 400 to 500 in OctaneBench while having 3GB of VRAM.

pair of properly cooled 1080ti would give You 400+ in OctaneBench & 11GB of VRAM.
4x 1070 would give You a bit more in OB, but also less VRAM.

In general I would advice to get less but ore powerful cards & keep them for few years. However for some 1070/1070ti give more speed for the same amount of money (given You have where to place them) & if less VRAM is not an issue, then why not.

A lot depends on Your own needs - long term upgrade plans & other bits like physical space, portability, etc.
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balt
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Interesting advice, thanks! I'm surprised we're still in the 1080 generation - I've been away from this for a little over year when the 1080 was just released, it seems the 780 and onwards generations came much quicker. I'd have expected 1280 or higher generation wise by now... :-) possibly something new in the pipeline coming soon?

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Estebanmn
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balt wrote:Interesting advice, thanks! I'm surprised we're still in the 1080 generation - I've been away from this for a little over year when the 1080 was just released, it seems the 780 and onwards generations came much quicker. I'd have expected 1280 or higher generation wise by now... :-) possibly something new in the pipeline coming soon?

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1180 supposedly before august of this year, according to the latest rumors since Nvidia is giving a keynote about a (already released by then, we assume) "Next Generation Mainstream GPU" at Hot Chips on August 20.
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pixym
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Maybe you will not have memory issue with Octane 4 Out of Core feature…
Work Station : MB ASUS X299-Pro/SE - Intel i9 7980XE (2,6ghz 18 cores / 36 threads) - Ram 64GB - RTX4090 + RTX3090 - Win10 64
NET RENDER : MB ASUS P9X79 - Intel i7 - Ram 16GB - Two RTX 3080 TI - Win 10 64
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fedoragfx
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I might hold off on buying new GPUs for now because the new out of core feature is coming in octane 4 which might fix the issue, either that or wait for the new gtx 1180 rumored to be coming out within the next few months
Windows 10 | GTX 980 Ti + GTX 1060 3GB | Xeon W5590 x2 | 32gb DDR3 1333mhz
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