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NVIDIA Pascal SLI Modes Explained by Nvidia. There are a lot of questions about SLI in GTX 1080 and 1070. So here is Nvidia presentation on multiple GPU use.
This video was recorded at U.S.A. Texas Austin Nvidia Global Presentation of GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. After the agreed NDA date we are making the record publicly available for all technology enthusiasts. There are great many details about new Nvidia Pascal architecture, new 16 nanometer production process, new drivers, software features and VR (Virtual Reality) in this series.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Review: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 İncelemesi - Technopat (Turkish language)
Gaming enthusiasts rely on NVIDIA SLI technology to deliver the very best gaming experience at the highest screen resolutions and graphics settings. One critical ingredient to NVIDIA’s SLI technology is the SLI Bridge, which is a digital interface that transfers display data between GeForce graphics cards in a system.
Two of these interfaces have historically been used to enable communications between three or more GPUs (i.e., 3-Way and 4-Way SLI configurations). The second SLI interface is required for these scenarios because all other GPUs need to transfer their rendered frames to the display connected to the master GPU, and up to this point each interface has been independent.
Dual SLI Interface Connectors on GeForce GTX 1080
Beginning with NVIDIA Pascal GPUs, the two interfaces are now linked together to improve bandwidth between GPUs. This new dual-link SLI mode allows both SLI interfaces to be used in tandem to feed one Hi-res display or multiple displays for NVIDIA Surround.
Dual-link SLI mode is supported with a new SLI Bridge called SLI HB. The bridge facilitates high-speed data transfer between GPUs, connecting both SLI interfaces, and is the best way to achieve full SLI clock speeds with GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs running in SLI (NOTE: The GeForce GTX 1080 is also compatible with legacy SLI bridges; however; the GPU will be limited to the maximum speed of the bridge being used).
Using this new SLI HB Bridge, GeForce GTX 1080’s new SLI interface runs at 650 MHz, compared to 400 MHz in previous GeForce GPUs using legacy SLI bridges. Where possible though, older SLI Bridges will also get a speed boost when used with Pascal. Specifically, custom bridges that include LED lighting will now operate at up to 650MHz when used with GTX 1080, taking advantage of Pascal’s higher speed IO.
Two GeForce GTX 1080 Graphics Cards Connected with SLI-HB Bridge
The GeForce GTX 1080’s new SLI subsystem provides more than double the bandwidth between GPUs compared to the SLI interface used on prior generation GeForce GTX GPUs. This is particularly important for high resolutions like 4K and 5K and surround.
Since the GeForce GTX 1080 now supports different types of bridges, it is important to understand which bridges work best for the intended use case. Below is a simple table highlighting recommend configurations:
With the additional bandwidth provided by the new SLI interface and SLI HB bridge, GeForce GTX 1080 SLI will provide gamers with a smoother gaming experience compared to prior SLI solutions as seen in the figure below:
Frame Times with GeForce GTX 1080 running Shadow of Mordor at 11520x2160 with the new SU bridge (blue) vs the old SU bridge (black). Notice the large spikes with the old bridge, which indicates more stuttering.
New Multi-GPU Modes
Compared to prior DirectX APIs, Microsoft has made a number of changes that impact multi-GPU functionality in DirectX 12. At the highest level, there are two basic options for developers to use multi-GPU on NVIDIA hardware in DX12: Multi Display Adapter (MDA) Mode, and Linked Display Adapter (LDA) mode.
LDA Mode has two forms : Implicit LDA Mode which NVIDIA uses for SLI, and Explicit LDA Mode where game developers handle much of the responsibility needed for multi-GPU operation to work successfully. MDA and LDA Explicit Mode were developed to give game developers more control.
The following table summarize the three modes supported on NVIDIA GPUs:
In LDA Mode, each GPU’s memory can be linked together to appear as one large pool of memory to the developer (although there are certain corner case exceptions regarding peer-to-peer memory); however, there is a performance penalty if the data needed resides in the other GPU’s memory, since the memory is accessed through inter-GPU peer-to-peer communication (like PCIe). In MDA Mode, each GPU’s memory is allocated independent of the other GPU: each GPU cannot directly access the other’s memory.
LDA is intended for multi-GPU systems that have GPUs that are similar to each other, while MDA Mode has fewer restrictions—discrete GPUs can be paired with integrated GPUs, or with discrete GPUs from another manufacturer—but MDA Mode requires the developer to more carefully manage all of the operations that are needed for the GPUs to communicate with each other.
By default, GeForce GTX 1080 SLI supports up to two GPUs. 3-Way and 4-Way SLI modes are no longer recommended. As games have evolved, it is becoming increasingly difficult for these SLI modes to provide beneficial performance scaling for end users. For instance, many games become bottlenecked by the CPU when running 3-Way and 4-Way SLI, and games are increasingly using techniques that make it very difficult to extract frame-to-frame parallelism. Of course systems will still be built targeting other Multi-GPU software models including:
Enthusiast Key
While NVIDIA no longer recommends 3 or 4 way systems for SLI, we know that true enthusiasts will not be swayed…and in fact some games will continue to deliver great scaling beyond two GPUs. For this class of user we have developed an Enthusiast Key that can be downloaded off of NVIDIA’s website and loaded into an individual’s GPU. This process involves:
This video was recorded at U.S.A. Texas Austin Nvidia Global Presentation of GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. After the agreed NDA date we are making the record publicly available for all technology enthusiasts. There are great many details about new Nvidia Pascal architecture, new 16 nanometer production process, new drivers, software features and VR (Virtual Reality) in this series.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Review: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 İncelemesi - Technopat (Turkish language)
Gaming enthusiasts rely on NVIDIA SLI technology to deliver the very best gaming experience at the highest screen resolutions and graphics settings. One critical ingredient to NVIDIA’s SLI technology is the SLI Bridge, which is a digital interface that transfers display data between GeForce graphics cards in a system.
Two of these interfaces have historically been used to enable communications between three or more GPUs (i.e., 3-Way and 4-Way SLI configurations). The second SLI interface is required for these scenarios because all other GPUs need to transfer their rendered frames to the display connected to the master GPU, and up to this point each interface has been independent.
Dual SLI Interface Connectors on GeForce GTX 1080
Beginning with NVIDIA Pascal GPUs, the two interfaces are now linked together to improve bandwidth between GPUs. This new dual-link SLI mode allows both SLI interfaces to be used in tandem to feed one Hi-res display or multiple displays for NVIDIA Surround.
Dual-link SLI mode is supported with a new SLI Bridge called SLI HB. The bridge facilitates high-speed data transfer between GPUs, connecting both SLI interfaces, and is the best way to achieve full SLI clock speeds with GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs running in SLI (NOTE: The GeForce GTX 1080 is also compatible with legacy SLI bridges; however; the GPU will be limited to the maximum speed of the bridge being used).
Using this new SLI HB Bridge, GeForce GTX 1080’s new SLI interface runs at 650 MHz, compared to 400 MHz in previous GeForce GPUs using legacy SLI bridges. Where possible though, older SLI Bridges will also get a speed boost when used with Pascal. Specifically, custom bridges that include LED lighting will now operate at up to 650MHz when used with GTX 1080, taking advantage of Pascal’s higher speed IO.
Two GeForce GTX 1080 Graphics Cards Connected with SLI-HB Bridge
The GeForce GTX 1080’s new SLI subsystem provides more than double the bandwidth between GPUs compared to the SLI interface used on prior generation GeForce GTX GPUs. This is particularly important for high resolutions like 4K and 5K and surround.
Since the GeForce GTX 1080 now supports different types of bridges, it is important to understand which bridges work best for the intended use case. Below is a simple table highlighting recommend configurations:
With the additional bandwidth provided by the new SLI interface and SLI HB bridge, GeForce GTX 1080 SLI will provide gamers with a smoother gaming experience compared to prior SLI solutions as seen in the figure below:
Frame Times with GeForce GTX 1080 running Shadow of Mordor at 11520x2160 with the new SU bridge (blue) vs the old SU bridge (black). Notice the large spikes with the old bridge, which indicates more stuttering.
New Multi-GPU Modes
Compared to prior DirectX APIs, Microsoft has made a number of changes that impact multi-GPU functionality in DirectX 12. At the highest level, there are two basic options for developers to use multi-GPU on NVIDIA hardware in DX12: Multi Display Adapter (MDA) Mode, and Linked Display Adapter (LDA) mode.
LDA Mode has two forms : Implicit LDA Mode which NVIDIA uses for SLI, and Explicit LDA Mode where game developers handle much of the responsibility needed for multi-GPU operation to work successfully. MDA and LDA Explicit Mode were developed to give game developers more control.
The following table summarize the three modes supported on NVIDIA GPUs:
In LDA Mode, each GPU’s memory can be linked together to appear as one large pool of memory to the developer (although there are certain corner case exceptions regarding peer-to-peer memory); however, there is a performance penalty if the data needed resides in the other GPU’s memory, since the memory is accessed through inter-GPU peer-to-peer communication (like PCIe). In MDA Mode, each GPU’s memory is allocated independent of the other GPU: each GPU cannot directly access the other’s memory.
LDA is intended for multi-GPU systems that have GPUs that are similar to each other, while MDA Mode has fewer restrictions—discrete GPUs can be paired with integrated GPUs, or with discrete GPUs from another manufacturer—but MDA Mode requires the developer to more carefully manage all of the operations that are needed for the GPUs to communicate with each other.
By default, GeForce GTX 1080 SLI supports up to two GPUs. 3-Way and 4-Way SLI modes are no longer recommended. As games have evolved, it is becoming increasingly difficult for these SLI modes to provide beneficial performance scaling for end users. For instance, many games become bottlenecked by the CPU when running 3-Way and 4-Way SLI, and games are increasingly using techniques that make it very difficult to extract frame-to-frame parallelism. Of course systems will still be built targeting other Multi-GPU software models including:
- MDA or LDA Explicit targeted
- 2-Way SLI + dedicated PhysX GPU
Enthusiast Key
While NVIDIA no longer recommends 3 or 4 way systems for SLI, we know that true enthusiasts will not be swayed…and in fact some games will continue to deliver great scaling beyond two GPUs. For this class of user we have developed an Enthusiast Key that can be downloaded off of NVIDIA’s website and loaded into an individual’s GPU. This process involves:
- Run an app locally to generate a signature for your GPU
- Request an Enthusiast Key from an upcoming NVIDIA Enthusiast Key website
- Download your key
- Install your key to unlock the 3 and 4-way function
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