I have tried 3 sli bridges and both fingers. Could my Intel i7 6800K be to blame?
unless you got some way to test this ??
as a joke anymore I like to say SLI = Sudden- Loss of Income . just seems to be getting more a afterthought these days then it use to be back when .
unless you / your buddy got another SLI build to test the 2 card in to see if something goes there or not ?
just seems if the 2 cards are recognized and at full x16 [though 2cards on that CPU your using should be at 16 x8 not both at x16 each seeing that's a 28 lane cpu and the board is speced as that ]
- Support x16/ x0/ x0/ x0, x16/ x16/ x0/ x0, x16/ x16/ x0/ x8, x8/ x16/ x8/ x8 with the CPU that supports 40 PCIe lanes.
- Support x16/ x0/ x0/ x0, x16/ x8/ x0/ x0, x8/ x8/ x8/ x0, x8/ x8/ x8/ x4 with the CPU that supports 28 PCIe lanes.
• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/X99A-GAMING-PRO-CARBON.html#hero-specification then
''Max # of PCI Express Lanes = 28 ''
https://ark.intel.com/products/94189/Intel-Core-i7-6800K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz so if the 2 card are all showing there at full x16 with out a plx chip ???????
another sad thing is evga 970 cards and matching them for sli is a thing with them as sais like from here the 970 was not a ''true '' NVidia card [assume any brand ]
If you've already worked your way though our GTX 980 review, then you'll know that unlike that card, Nvidia is not producing a reference model of the GTX 970, the second enthusiast-grade Maxwell part that replaces the GTX 770 in the product stack. The images on this page do not reflect a ready to buy product. Instead, Nvidia's AICs will be able to purchase the GPU and memory chips, but after that it's up to them, and this will undoubtedly lead to a high degree of variability when it comes to PCB and cooler design as well as factory overclocks. [bit-tech.net]
Furthermore, as we mentioned in our GTX 980 review, GTX 970 has been a pure virtual (no reference card) launch, which means all of NVIDIA’s partners are launching their custom cards right out of the gate. A lot of these have been recycled or otherwise only slightly modified GTX 700/600 series designs, owing to the fact that GM204’s memory bus has been held at 256-bits and its power requirements are so low. [Anandtech .com]
as the 2 state no reference desgine ?? so may not have to hold to NVidia spec like sli compatibility would fall under ??? who knows ,