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2019/03/21 15:02:25 (permalink)
I have a EVGA GTX 980 4GB that I want to use an SLI bridge with a NVIDIA TITAN Xp 12gb. 
 
Is that doable? 
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    the_Scarlet_one
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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/21 15:07:18 (permalink)
    I don’t see why it wouldn’t work... but why put an sli bridge on?


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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/21 17:39:43 (permalink)
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    I don’t see why it wouldn’t work... but why put an sli bridge on?

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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/21 17:42:48 (permalink)
    Wait .. why wouldn't I? 
     
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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/21 17:52:50 (permalink)
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    Wait .. why wouldn't I? 

    Because they won't run in sli together.


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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/21 18:53:16 (permalink)
    That's ... uuuuh .. what I was asking? 
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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/21 19:04:57 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jaroberts24 2019/03/22 10:54:10
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    That's ... uuuuh .. what I was asking? 


    Just because you can connect an sli brdige with another card doesn't mean you can run the cards in sli.


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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/21 20:20:44 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jaroberts24 2019/03/22 10:51:38
    Yeah, what sajin said.. the finger line up and you can connect the cards... you said you want to use the cards with an sli bridge, which makes it sound like you would want the cards together with the sli bridge as support.

    “Will the cards work in sli IF I connect them?”. No... doesn’t work like that.

    “What are the requirements for SLI?” <- that is where you should start.. since the SLI bridge and SLI finger location is standard and didn’t change until recently.

    Same GPU core (Titan Xp GP102 > GTX 980 GK104. Not the same core)
    Same VRAM quantity (Titan Xp 11gb > GTX 980 4gb. Not the same VRAM quantity)
    Same Architecture (Titan Xp Pascal > GTX 980 Kepler. Not the same architecture)


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    Re: Bridge a GTX980 with a Titan? 2019/03/22 10:53:28 (permalink)
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    Yeah, what sajin said.. the finger line up and you can connect the cards... you said you want to use the cards with an sli bridge, which makes it sound like you would want the cards together with the sli bridge as support.

    “Will the cards work in sli IF I connect them?”. No... doesn’t work like that.

    “What are the requirements for SLI?” <- that is where you should start.. since the SLI bridge and SLI finger location is standard and didn’t change until recently.

    Same GPU core (Titan Xp GP102 > GTX 980 GK104. Not the same core)
    Same VRAM quantity (Titan Xp 11gb > GTX 980 4gb. Not the same VRAM quantity)
    Same Architecture (Titan Xp Pascal > GTX 980 Kepler. Not the same architecture)

     Ahhh that makes sense .. thank you.
    Yeah, my end goal is to have them work in concert with each other. Didn't realize that "SLI" is an action (assumed it was just the name of the connection).
     
    I'm relatively new to the world of PC building so you guys have been very helpful. 
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