SLI Bridge necessary for SLI?

topic^^^SLI Bridge necessary for SLI?
Yes it is necessary but shouldn't be even the least bit of a problem since alot of cards come with it or you have to spend a whole whooping $15-$20SLI Bridge necessary for SLI?
[QUOTE=''mastershake575'']Yes it is necessary but shouldn't be even the least bit of a problem since alot of cards come with it or you have to spend a whole whooping $15-$20[/QUOTE] Thanks I plan to SLI my 8800GT but i dont think my first 8800GT came with one. Newegg doesn't seem to have a Sli bridge seperate. Do you know any major website that may offer them?
Well if you have an SLi motheboard it probably came with that.
[QUOTE=''bigblunt537''] [QUOTE=''mastershake575'']Yes it is necessary but shouldn't be even the least bit of a problem since alot of cards come with it or you have to spend a whole whooping $15-$20[/QUOTE] Thanks I plan to SLI my 8800GT but i dont think my first 8800GT came with one. [/QUOTE] Yeah my bad, I mean't most SLI motherboards come with it not cards. If for some reason your motherboard didn't come with one then just get one from one of these sites http://www.nextag.com/sli-bridge/search-html
Thanks. My motherboard did come with one but I had no use for it a year and a half ago and right now i have no idea where its at and it sucks even more because i moved a few months ago.
Its not really necessary with modern mobo's, the lanes provide more than enough bus width. Older mobo's do need one. I have an ASUS P5NE-SLI (not the newest, but still modern) and I see no decrease or increase with removing or adding the connector.
Well my motherboard was the first micro atx sli motherboard and it was released by EVGA.http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188007I'm not sure if thats old or modern....
[QUOTE=''spank_thru101'']Its not really necessary with modern mobo's, the lanes provide more than enough bus width. Older mobo's do need one. I have an ASUS P5NE-SLI (not the newest, but still modern) and I see no decrease or increase with removing or adding the connector.[/QUOTE] Don't you need the SLI bridge to enable SLI though?
Graphics card should come with it. I think the newer cards like the GTX 200 series do but I never got one when I purchased an 8800GT. My ATi HD4870 came with a crossfire bridge. From personal experience, I have yet to come across a motherboard with included ATi or SLi bridges. They are suppose to come with your graphics card.
[QUOTE=''spank_thru101'']Its not really necessary with modern mobo's, the lanes provide more than enough bus width. Older mobo's do need one. I have an ASUS P5NE-SLI (not the newest, but still modern) and I see no decrease or increase with removing or adding the connector.[/QUOTE]You also need to enable SLI... the lanes are still not connected... so without the sli bridge, sli won't work.
[QUOTE=''Elann2008'']Graphics card should come with it. I think the newer cards like the GTX 200 series do but I never got one when I purchased an 8800GT. My ATi HD4870 came with a crossfire bridge. From personal experience, I have yet to come across a motherboard with included ATi or SLi bridges. They are suppose to come with your graphics card.[/QUOTE]They usualy come with Mobo, I never had a bridge with a card.
The motherboard manufacturer should be able to send you a replacement for a couple of $.