nVidia SLI Bridge Clip

[tinkertech]

Can any one tell me where I could purchase the nVidia SLI bridge clips. I have found site where they describe both the pcb type and the flixible type but not mentioned is a place to buy them at. Can any one point me in the right direction? thanks in advanced.

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[micker377]

From what I see, you have to have a motherboard designed for dual PCI-E video cards, and the "clips" come with the motherboard.

 

[LloydSev]

he's correct in saying that the SLI clips generally come with the mobo. Here's a good article from HardOCP which details what setup they are using, including the clip included with the Asus Mobo.

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Njk2

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[paparazi]

tinkertech
To date I have used DFI, Gigabyte, MSI and Asus SLI motherboards.
Each motherboard comes with it's own SLI bridge and because the spacings between the 16X PCI-E slots vary from board to board the bridge is unique to the motherboard it is supplied with (for instance the Asus SLI board has a much larger spacing between it's 16X PCI-E slots) so the bridge is wider as a result.
Only SLI motherboards will operate two PCI-E cards in SLI mode.
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[tinkertech]

Thanks for all the good advise, problem is none of these Mobo makers sell the bridge by themselves. It is sold as part of the total package and the some don't offer it at all. I will be building two systems very soon with dual VGA cards and need to have that bridge. It is a Tyan board. Anyone with insights into Tyan?

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[paparazi]

tinkertech
Only SLI motherboards are SLI capable!

Every new boxed SLI motherboard comes supplied with it's own dedicated SLI bridge.

The manufacturers don't sell the bridge seperately because it is supplied with a new motherboard.

It couldn't be any clearer.

Are you sure Tyan make an SLI capable motherboard? even their newest socket 939 K8E Tomcat only has a single X16 PCIe slot DEFINATELY NOT SLI CAPABLE.

I've had a look on the site and it doesn't suprise me that they don't produce such a board.
Tyan are know for their server boards so an SLI gaming board would be unlikely from this company.

I think you might be confusing things a little between a motherboard that can utilize 2 VGA cards seperately and SLI which literally makes two cards function as one.

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