Still no idea when these are coming out, or how much they'll cost, but EVGA will introduce their own custom SLI High-Bandwidth (HB) bridges. These are designed for the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 cards in two-way SLI mode to share frames in high-speed 1440p, 4K, 5K, and Surround configurations. As TAP mentioned on our live stream, if the bridge was overloaded, it would fall back to communicating PCIe, which should be doing other things at the time.
NVIDIA's SLI HB connector.
We didn't have a presence at Computex, so you'll need to check out Fudzilla's photo for EVGA's.
As for EVGA's model? Without pricing and availability, all we can say is that they have a different aesthetic from NVIDIA's. They also, unlike NVIDIA's version, have RGB LEDs on them to add a splash (or another splash) of colored light inside your case. Three versions will be offered, varying with the distances between your cards, but, as the SLI HB spec demands, each of them only supports two at a time.
FYI: EKWB are making their
FYI: EKWB are making their own SLI HB bridge too!
After it turned out that the bold angular design of Nvidia’s bridges collided with the terminals of EKWB’s new EK-FC1080 waterblocks, EKWB have decided to produce their own SLI HB Bridge which would also be suitably styled to match EK’s waterblocks.
No word yet on when this new product will be available.
Why are we still using these
Why are we still using these old things in 2016? Even AMD, which isn’t saying much, evolved out of them. Come nvidia with the tubes and get rid of these!
They are improved 2 lane
They are improved 2 lane bridges not the same.
The purposely did this to do without PCIE lanes for better performance
There’s still plenty of
There’s still plenty of unused bandwidth on pcie…
you’re not getting the point
you’re not getting the point better communication between GPUs
He’s right, pcie has plenty
He’s right, pcie has plenty of brandwidth available. Using the bridge isn’t “better” bandwidth. DX12 doesn’t use it anyways, only the old APIs still use it.
This is not progress.
Lol clearly you knowledgeable
Lol clearly you knowledgeable than the engineers at nvidia
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also im sure in time we
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also im sure in time we will have nvlink on mainstream MB then they will do without bridge but no relying solely PCIE bus is not best solution.
DX12 does, in fact, use it…
DX12 does, in fact, use it… just only in Linked Implicit and Linked Explicit modes. Unlinked Explicit doesn't, though.
MSI also has custom SLI
MSI also has custom SLI bridge for the 10×0.
Apparently you can convert
Apparently you can convert these into Space 1999 Stun Guns: http://www.huxter.org/words/?p=686