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Thursday, October 09, 2014 3:29 PM
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I have an old SLI bridge cable that is a single to single plug. Does it make a difference from the dual plug bridges I've seen are available?
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Re: SLI bridge, single or dual?
Thursday, October 09, 2014 4:12 PM
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Enacku, besides the obvious physical difference, the operation of the 2-way SLI bridge is the same as a 3-way or 4-way bridge. If you wanted to you could use a 4-way bridge to sync two cards. Here is a diagram that will give you a pretty clear idea of how a 3 or 4-way bridge works http://tpucdn.com/img/07-10-12/3wayslibridge.jpg. Basically each subsequent card needs to communicate directly with the "master" card or the card plugged into the primary PCIe slot on your board.
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Re: SLI bridge, single or dual?
Thursday, October 09, 2014 4:22 PM
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I wish you could cut off the middle connectors of a 3-way bridge...... I'd be able to use it on two triple slot cards on my motherboard, and keep my x-fi pci-e 1x card...... but the way it is, the middle connectors land right on top of that slot!
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Re: SLI bridge, single or dual?
Thursday, October 09, 2014 4:27 PM
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Enacku, besides the obvious physical difference, the operation of the 2-way SLI bridge is the same as a 3-way or 4-way bridge. If you wanted to you could use a 4-way bridge to sync two cards. Here is a diagram that will give you a pretty clear idea of how a 3 or 4-way bridge works
http://tpucdn.com/img/07-10-12/3wayslibridge.jpg. Basically each subsequent card needs to communicate directly with the "master" card or the card plugged into the primary PCIe slot on your board.
Thanks for the visual image, had no clue the connection worked like that in 3 way.
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Re: SLI bridge, single or dual?
Thursday, October 09, 2014 4:31 PM
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hmmmm, looking at that diagram, I almost think I could indeed cut the middle connectors off and have it work? lol
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Re: SLI bridge, single or dual?
Thursday, October 09, 2014 6:13 PM
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I know there are 2-way bridges out there that are longer to allow for connectors further apart. Check NewEgg.
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Re: SLI bridge, single or dual?
Thursday, October 09, 2014 6:28 PM
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NVidia has the 2 way double space bridge & it looks fantastic.
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Re: SLI bridge, single or dual?
Thursday, October 09, 2014 9:51 PM
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hoserx
hmmmm, looking at that diagram, I almost think I could indeed cut the middle connectors off and have it work? lol
A flexible SLI bridge would be a better alternative to "modding" your 3 way bridge.
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