m2 ssd - lanes sharing

Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:44 pm

Hey guys,

right now i´m using a 2011-3 system with an i7-5820k (28 lanes) with two 1080ti.

is this account right?

1080ti (16 lanes)
1080ti (8 lanes)
m2 (4 lanes)

In the future I want to buy a 6950 (40 lanes) and add one 1080ti.

1080ti (16 lanes)
1080ti (8 lanes)
1080ti (8 lanes)
m2 (4 lanes)

Would you recommend using a m2 sdd for booting system or reserve the 4 lanes for octane?

kind regards

Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:10 pm

Hmmm.. I just checked mine (2011-3 with i7-5820k), and both of my 980Ti Hybrids are showing 8x in NVidia Control Panel > System Information... So maybe yours is running at 8x / 8x / 4x...

Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:54 am

FrankPooleFloating wrote:Hmmm.. I just checked mine (2011-3 with i7-5820k), and both of my 980Ti Hybrids are showing 8x in NVidia Control Panel > System Information... So maybe yours is running at 8x / 8x / 4x...

thanks frank, maybe i should have asked: if a m2 ssd in general is worth it or should i stick to normal ssd, for having more lanes for gpu rendering?

Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:56 pm

In my opinion, the benefits of a m.2 far outweigh the hit you would take on lanes. It is my understanding that most of us in most cases could work at 8x or even 4x on all GPUs and never even notice. And that only beasts that render animations full-time really need 16x on all GPUs.

Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:41 pm

FrankPooleFloating wrote:In my opinion, the benefits of a m.2 far outweigh the hit you would take on lanes. It is my understanding that most of us in most cases could work at 8x or even 4x on all GPUs and never even notice. And that only beasts that render animations full-time really need 16x on all GPUs.

thanks frank, i think i will go with one m2 for my operating system, cheers!