Nvdia drivers

[jjohnthedon1]

Does anyone no if nvdia plan to drop the sli bridge and do the same as amd for better scaling ?

[Suffokation]

I seriously doubt it.

MSI, EVGA and others have started selling custom bridges which is a good chunk of revenue.

[jjohnthedon1]

I seriously doubt it.

MSI, EVGA and others have started selling custom bridges which is a good chunk of revenue.

Do u get better scaling with a custom bridge ?

[arniks8]

Title of the topic is unrelated to your question.

AFAIK Nvidia hasn't announced anything, but I don't think that they would drop SLI bridge soon.

[arniks8]

Do u get better scaling with a custom bridge ?

Nope.

[jjohnthedon1]

Title of the topic is unrelated to your question.

AFAIK Nvidia hasn't announced anything, but I don't think that they would drop SLI bridge soon.

well it is because this would happen via drivers

[Suffokation]

Do u get better scaling with a custom bridge ?

It isn't really much of a difference.

I've heard people saying solutions over the PCI-E interface are better, but it's probably just a guess.

I haven't seen enough information to make a justified answer though.

[don_svetlio]

Do u get better scaling with a custom bridge ?

nope

you get better scaling the way AMD does it - via PCIe bus

[don_svetlio]

It isn't really much of a difference.

I've heard people saying solutions over the PCI-E interface are better, but it's probably just a guess.

I haven't seen enough information to make a justified answer though.

@Prysin

[Prysin]

It isn't really much of a difference.

I've heard people saying solutions over the PCI-E interface are better, but it's probably just a guess.

I haven't seen enough information to make a justified answer though.

While it is notoriously hard to find good data on this, the SLI/CF bridge should be around 2x Gen2 PCIe in bandwidth considering the amount of physical electrical connections there is inside of these bridges.

 

While the transfer speeds are about the same, regardless if it is over PCIe or SLI/CF Bridge, the bandwidth is NOT. That is what makes the difference.

The SLI/CF bridge is also a very exposed part, in terms of heat, and very rarely does it get any air at all blown across it since it is tucked away where it is. While the PCIe certainly do get some air from the GPUs blown onto it (unless using blower cards), it does have a second line of thermal defense. That is being part of the PCB itself. It is capable of spreading the heat out, as most PCBs does have a thin layer of copper inside of them to transfer heat to the entire board in order to avoid hotspots.

[arniks8]

well it is because this would happen via drivers

There should be some hardware changes.