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Parallel vs serial bridging

vong
By vong
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So I'm curious to know why some people choose one over the other. Serial makes sense to me but I'm confused as to why someone would do a parallel bridge. Parallel does look nicer but wouldn't it reduce some flow?

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Serial is better for me,parallel gives a slight...and i do mean slight...overall flow rate advantage but it will not affect temps at the CPU and will half the flow going thru each block in Sli resulting in higher GPU temps.

 

Parallel is an aesthetic exercise.

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from what I have gathered is that parallel theoretically keeps the difference in temperature between the cards smaller, but reduces flow just a bit. In reality there is not a really large difference either way, as you said parallel looks cooler lol :D

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