Posted February 25, 2019 I have a rig with two different GTX 1070 Tis in it atm is it worth it to get an HB SLI Bridge? And why are they like £50 a pop? I'm using the one that came with my MSI X370 Gaming Plus mobo right now, mostly gaming in 1080p but occasionally i'll use DSR or in-game render resolution settings to crank it up to 4K when the framerate allows it, but i'm using a 1080p monitor (with no plans in sight to switch to anything higher res cuz IPS is far more important to me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 25, 2019 10 hours ago, Lyssers said: I have a rig with two different GTX 1070 Tis in it atm is it worth it to get an HB SLI Bridge? And why are they like £50 a pop? I'm using the one that came with my MSI X370 Gaming Plus mobo right now, mostly gaming in 1080p but occasionally i'll use DSR or in-game render resolution settings to crank it up to 4K when the framerate allows it, but i'm using a 1080p monitor (with no plans in sight to switch to anything higher res cuz IPS is far more important to me) nope, rocking 2x ribbons myself since the strix and G1 gaming aren't equally wide the HB bridge isn't ideal, but I got one with my Asrock Taichi so used it for a while till one day I was cleaning the pc and doing some maintenance I thought I'd try 2x ribbons since that'd put less physical strain on the GPUs being pulled together by the bridge (again not same width) and found no performance drops at all. also no increase of stuttering either. Spoiler CPU: R5 1600 @ 4.2 GHz; GPU: Asus STRIX & Gigabyte g1 GTX 1070 SLI; RAM: 16 GB Corsair vengeance 3200 MHz ; Mobo: Asrock Taichi x470; SSD: 512 gb Samsung 950 Pro Storage: 5x Seagate 2TB drives; 1x 2TB WD PurplePSU: 700 Watt Huntkey; Peripherals: Acer S277HK 4K Monitor; Logitech G502 gaming mouse; Corsair K95 Mechanical keyboard; 5.1 Logitech x530 sound system 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100101 01110011 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 00101110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) Author 9 hours ago, Cryptonite said: nope, rocking 2x ribbons myself since the strix and G1 gaming aren't equally wide the HB bridge isn't ideal, but I got one with my Asrock Taichi so used it for a while till one day I was cleaning the pc and doing some maintenance I thought I'd try 2x ribbons since that'd put less physical strain on the GPUs being pulled together by the bridge (again not same width) and found no performance drops at all. also no increase of stuttering either. Huh, okay, thanks Mind if i ask what resolution you're playing games at? Edited February 26, 2019 by Lyssers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2019 Used my 1080’s at 1440 and surround 1080. Used a regular bidge, a default hb bridge and a fancy rgb hb. Like the fancy ones when they match the board with light up logos. Prolly why they cost so much. The matte black one that came with my board looks great too. Sure they don’t close much as at. Prolly best to use 2 regular ones or a oem hb, results will be the same anyway. Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Lyssers said: I have a rig with two different GTX 1070 Tis in it atm is it worth it to get an HB SLI Bridge? And why are they like £50 a pop? I'm using the one that came with my MSI X370 Gaming Plus mobo right now, mostly gaming in 1080p but occasionally i'll use DSR or in-game render resolution settings to crank it up to 4K when the framerate allows it, but i'm using a 1080p monitor (with no plans in sight to switch to anything higher res cuz IPS is far more important to me) If you watch YouTube videos about this, as I recall the data says that while the HB bridges do offer a measurable and consistent improvement over ribbons, the actual percentage improvement was very small, like 5% or less IIRC. If you want every last FPS bump, then I suppose it could be worth it to you but if you're on a tight budget there are more effective places to put that money. HEDT: i9 10980XE @ 4.9 gHz, 64GB @ 3600mHz CL14 G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4, 2x Nvidia Titan RTX NVLink SLI, Corsair AX1600i, Samsung 960 Pro 2TB OS/apps, Samsung 850 EVO 4TB media, LG 38GL950G-B monitor, Drop CTRL keyboard, Decus Respec mouse Laptop: Razer Blade Pro 2019 9750H model, 32GB @ 3200mHz CL18 G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4, 2x Samsung 960 Pro 1TB RAID0, repasted with Thermal Grizzly KryonautGaming Rig: i9 9900ks @ 5.2ghz, 32GB @ 4000mHz CL17 G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4, EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Kingpin, Corsair HX1200, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB, Asus PG348Q monitor, Corsair K70 LUX RGB keyboard, Corsair Ironclaw mouseHTPC: i7 7700 (delidded + LM), 16GB @ 2666mHz CL15 Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4, MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Gaming X, Corsair SFX 600, Samsung 850 Pro 512gb, Samsung Q55R TV, Filco Majestouch Convertible 2 TKL keyboard, Logitech G403 wireless mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2019 A better cpu would prolly improve it just as much if not more. Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 26, 2019 13 hours ago, Lyssers said: Huh, okay, thanks Mind if i ask what resolution you're playing games at? playing at 4k Resolution Spoiler CPU: R5 1600 @ 4.2 GHz; GPU: Asus STRIX & Gigabyte g1 GTX 1070 SLI; RAM: 16 GB Corsair vengeance 3200 MHz ; Mobo: Asrock Taichi x470; SSD: 512 gb Samsung 950 Pro Storage: 5x Seagate 2TB drives; 1x 2TB WD PurplePSU: 700 Watt Huntkey; Peripherals: Acer S277HK 4K Monitor; Logitech G502 gaming mouse; Corsair K95 Mechanical keyboard; 5.1 Logitech x530 sound system 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100100 01101111 01100101 01110011 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 00101110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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