Titan X SLI and Power Limit Doubt

[wsarahan]

Hi guys

I just got 2 Titans X and was taking a look at MSI Afterburner

What the power limit does? I read something at the internet but it`s not 100% clear to me

Here i can improve from 100 (Default) to 110 (Max)

If i improve will it improva my performance? Even without changing the core clock or the memory clock or voltage... i do not wanna OC the vga`s but i saw that with the power limit we have a temp limit that in linked and with 100% (Default) is 83C and with 110% goes to 91C

So i`m confused now, is it safe just to improve the power limit? Woth it? And what about if my VGA goes up to 83C what will happen? The clock will go down as well?

Please guy i need advices to what to do here

Thanks

 

[Sabrewings]

The power limit is how much total power the card can consume. Stock its 250w and the max is 275w. I'm not sure if it will do anything without an increase in clocks, but it might.

It's totally safe if you want to up it just to run a few tests and see. The card will still obey the temp limit. On my 980 Ti with EVGA's PrecisionX software, I have the power limit and temp limit cranked to the max, with priority flag set to the temperature. This means that it will pay more attention to not going over the temperature limit than it will care about going over the power limit. This works well for my case because it's water cooled and I've never seen it go over 40C even in fake benchmarks designed to push heat. Gaming is usually around 30C, so telling it to only slow down for temperature keeps my card completely unthrottled at all.

For your case, if you don't need the extra performance I would leave it alone. If you feel like you want to try and get more performance with no risk of overheating, try break the link between the two. EVGA's software will allow you to do this so you can turn up the power limit but leave the ultimate max temperature the same. This could help in situations where the card needed a brief sprint, but keep you under the max temperature threshold.

 

[wsarahan]

The power limit is how much total power the card can consume. Stock its 250w and the max is 275w. I'm not sure if it will do anything without an increase in clocks, but it might.

It's totally safe if you want to up it just to run a few tests and see. The card will still obey the temp limit. On my 980 Ti with EVGA's PrecisionX software, I have the power limit and temp limit cranked to the max, with priority flag set to the temperature. This means that it will pay more attention to not going over the temperature limit than it will care about going over the power limit. This works well for my case because it's water cooled and I've never seen it go over 40C even in fake benchmarks designed to push heat. Gaming is usually around 30C, so telling it to only slow down for temperature keeps my card completely unthrottled at all.

For your case, if you don't need the extra performance I would leave it alone. If you feel like you want to try and get more performance with no risk of overheating, try break the link between the two. EVGA's software will allow you to do this so you can turn up the power limit but leave the ultimate max temperature the same. This could help in situations where the card needed a brief sprint, but keep you under the max temperature threshold.

Does it worth in my case with my sli here to increase to 110 instead of 100? What will I gain in the real world? Can I damage something doing that

Thanks