2018/01/06 17:29:17
bcavnaugh
GunslingerOCS PM me your Address and I will send you the two below Items.
EVGA Pro SLI Bridge V2 (4-Way) 100-4W-0042-LR
http://www.microcenter.com/product/452904/pro_sli_bridge_v2_4-way
EVGA Pro SLI Bridge (2/3-Way) Model  100-3W-0031-LR
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998086
2018/01/06 17:32:21
Sajin
bcavnaugh
Sajin
Wow, that motherboard is whack. Both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth. 
 
Note: You'll get higher scores using a high bandwidth bridge. I would suggest using the 100-4w-0042-LR bridge for the 1,5,7 config as the bridge should run at 650 MHz vs the 400 MHz bridges your board ships with.


That is because an HB Bridge cannot support 3-Way SLI


HB bridges have several differences, one of those differences is they run at 650 MHz. All led sli bridges run at 650 MHz.
2018/01/06 17:38:37
bcavnaugh
Sajin
HB bridges have several differences, one of those differences is they run at 650 MHz. All led sli bridges run at 650 MHz.

Yes Most of us Know this, But they still do not Support 3-Way or 4-Way SLI.
I have 4 HB Bridges and one HB Bridge from NVIDIA.
 
This makes no since "Wow, that motherboard is whack. Both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth. "
 
2018/01/06 17:42:49
Sajin
bcavnaugh
This makes no since "Wow, that motherboard is whack. Both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth. "

It makes perfect since. I looked up a review on the board and didn't like it, so I said it was whack, and both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth.
2018/01/06 17:47:14
bcavnaugh
Sajin
bcavnaugh
This makes no since "Wow, that motherboard is whack. Both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth. "

It makes perfect since. I looked up a review on the board and didn't like it, so I said it was whack, and both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth.


Then Please Post a Link to a 3-Way HB SLI Bridge so we call all buy one, or two.
2018/01/06 17:48:38
Sajin
bcavnaugh
Sajin
bcavnaugh
This makes no since "Wow, that motherboard is whack. Both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth. "

It makes perfect since. I looked up a review on the board and didn't like it, so I said it was whack, and both 3-way bridges aren't high bandwidth.


Then Please Post a Link to a 3-Way HB SLI Bridge so we call all buy one, or two.


I would consider 100-4w-0042-LR to be a hb bridge as it has a feature of a hb sli bridge. I already linked it too.
 
100-3W-0032-LR is a hb 3-way bride as it also runs at 650 MHz.
2018/01/06 17:58:11
arestavo
GunslingerOCS
If that's the case, that is :censored: retarded.
 
The bridge you have pictured is not even on EVGA's product page...
 




Welcome to the brave new world of only 2-way SLI support.
2018/01/06 18:13:14
GunslingerOCS
CraptacularOne
That's what I thought Gunslinger, its the lanes that's limiting you as it seems there isn't proper support for a 3 lanes with at least 8x going to all of them. 
 
Out of curiosity are you running a PCI-E NVMe? You didn't specify whether or not when I mentioned it the first time. I'm asking again because the board may be pulling 4 lanes from one of your slots to feed the SSD. If so I'd suggest using a regular SATA SSD plugged into one of the SATA headers to test it and see if the lane allocation you need 8x8x8 appears in the bios. 




No NVMe in the house, just plain old SSD's.
 
2018/01/06 18:15:28
Sajin
Are my posts being ignored? Seems like it. You need to move your cards to slots 1,5,7 to get 3-way working.
2018/01/06 18:19:25
CraptacularOne
GunslingerOCS
CraptacularOne
That's what I thought Gunslinger, its the lanes that's limiting you as it seems there isn't proper support for a 3 lanes with at least 8x going to all of them. 
 
Out of curiosity are you running a PCI-E NVMe? You didn't specify whether or not when I mentioned it the first time. I'm asking again because the board may be pulling 4 lanes from one of your slots to feed the SSD. If so I'd suggest using a regular SATA SSD plugged into one of the SATA headers to test it and see if the lane allocation you need 8x8x8 appears in the bios. 




No NVMe in the house, just plain old SSD's.
 


My next step would then be to get in touch with ASRock and see if they have perhaps a beta bios for you that will give you the proper PCI-E lane allocation to enable 3 way SLI. Maybe ask one of the admins on the ASRock forums?
 
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