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Enough power to two GTX 960's and a fast SLI bridge?

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What is the fastest SLI bridge for a gtx 960 if someone could link me one.

 

Got a free 4gb gtx 960 to put beside my other one.

 

Also will 550watts G3 EVGA power supply do the job?

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Yes most definitely, it is a 120W TDP Card. But the SLI Elitists will say you need 1000W just to be safe.

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Inb4 people that say don't SLI it.

 

Go for it it was free.

550 might do the job depending on the rest of your specs.

 

shouldn't matter what SLI bridge you choose most of it is just quality control, Brand, Design.

go for one that is trusted and you like and you'll be fine.

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a 550w is more than enough 

afaik, all SLI bridges are created equal; just buy the least expensive one

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1 minute ago, phongle123 said:

Yes most definitely, it is a 120W TDP Card. But the SLI Elitists will say you need 1000W just to be safe.

tdp =/= power consumption

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Just now, rip said:

tdp =/= power consumption


No duh. But it's something to base it off of. Relax my dude.

Model Idle Gaming Torture Power Target
Nvidia GTX 960 Reference (Emulated) 10W 85W 119W 120W
Asus GTX 960 Strix OC 7W 100W 144W 130W
Gainward GTX 960 Phantom OC 7W 100W 133W 140W
Galax/KFA² GTX 960 EX OC 11W 90W 119W 120W
Gigabyte GTX 960 WindForce OC 11W 97W 165W 160W
Gigabyte GTX 960 Gaming G1 15W 108W 170W 160W
inno3D GTX 960 iChill 9W 98W 162W 160W
Palit GTX 970 Super JetStream 10W 108W 133W 140W

 

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8 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

afaik, all SLI bridges are created equal; just buy the least expensive one

Not really.... there are the basic single finger ribbon cables for traditional SLI... there are the rigid dual finger stiff bridges which are often just aesthetic purposes with nice designs/LEDs on them, but they're actually slightly faster/more efficient for operating at higher fps/resolutions with fewer issues, then there are the HB bridges released when Pascal was released which are all dual finger stiff bridges but are designed to operate at even higher framerates/resolutions.

 

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@Being Delirious So beyond those 3 types of bridges, there isn't really a "fastest"... the EVGA bridges are no faster than the Asus bridges or Asrock bridges or whatever. Considering you have 960's you can't hope to push the kind of resolutions and refresh rates needed to warrant anything other than the standard single ribbon cable bridges which come with most motherboards. That being said, if you truly want the "fastest", get yourself an HB bridge which looks nice and call it a day.

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3 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

Not really.... there are the basic single finger ribbon cables for traditional SLI... there are the rigid dual finger stiff bridges which are often just aesthetic purposes with nice designs/LEDs on them, but they're actually slightly faster/more efficient for operating at higher fps/resolutions with fewer issues, then there are the HB bridges released when Pascal was released which are all dual finger stiff bridges but are designed to operate at even higher framerates/resolutions.

 

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these only really madder for high end and pascal 

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2 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

Not really.... there are the basic single finger ribbon cables for traditional SLI... there are the rigid dual finger stiff bridges which are often just aesthetic purposes with nice designs/LEDs on them, but they're actually slightly faster/more efficient for operating at higher fps/resolutions with fewer issues, then there are the HB bridges released when Pascal was released which are all dual finger stiff bridges but are designed to operate at even higher framerates/resolutions.

 

image.png.6b5d3372fb4645ca60d0caf06e2de942.png

 

@Being Delirious So beyond those 3 types of bridges, there isn't really a "fastest"... the EVGA bridges are no faster than the Asus bridges or Asrock bridges or whatever. Considering you have 960's you can't hope to push the kind of resolutions and refresh rates needed to warrant anything other than the standard single ribbon cable bridges which come with most motherboards. That being said, if you truly want the "fastest", get yourself an HB bridge which looks nice and call it a day.

HB won't fit so anything below LED will work, im only playing at 1080p anyways.

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Just now, Zyndo said:

Not really.... there are the basic single finger ribbon cables for traditional SLI... there are the rigid dual finger stiff bridges which are often just aesthetic purposes with nice designs on them, but they're actually slightly faster/more efficient for operating at higher fps/resolutions with fewer issues, then there are the HB bridges released when Pascal was released which are all dual finger stiff bridges but are designed to operate at even higher framerates/resolutions.

 

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this table is only applicable to Pascal cards, not Maxwell ones

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Just now, shadowbyte said:

this table is only applicable to Pascal cards, not Maxwell ones

not at all. this information is equally relevant to previous generation stuff as well.... its just that previous generation stuff likely isn't powerful enough to leverage those kinds of refresh rates or resolutions, and with more widespread support for 3-way and 4-way SLI the "standard" flex bridge was about the only option since you needed to link the cards 1 finger at a time to the card next to it, rather than using both fingers like the LED bridges and HB bridges use (resulting in more bandwidth for higher performance). these inadequate flex bridges were also much of the problem for why there were so many issues with 3-way and 4-way SLI (apart from it just being terrible on its own) thus the declination of support for that feature.

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

these only really madder for high end and pascal 

Sure.... but the OP did say "fastest" which would mean HB bridges, and I was mostly making the comment to correct @shadowbyte so that someone else who is perusing this forum doesn't see his misinformation and take it as fact.

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

real question is why you want to SLI GTX 960s in the first place. 

has 1+ 1 free

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

real question is why you want to SLI GTX 960s in the first place. 

i.got.them.for.free.bruh.

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

sell em and get a single more powerful card. 

fucc dat experiments for the win

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

SLI 960 it is then. You don't argue with another mans experiments. 

 

Also you probably will be able to do it on that PSU. 

alright thx m8

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4 minutes ago, Being Delirious said:

alright thx m8

what cpu btw. cause they also consume power. i9 for example consumes a lot

 

4 minutes ago, Being Delirious said:

alright thx m8

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16 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

how the hell did you wind up with a free 960

I can't even find modern computers here that are used and cheap

my friend said fuck it.

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32 minutes ago, Being Delirious said:

my friend said fuck it.

tell us what benchmark you can get out of it :)
not many people run sli 4gb 960's I'd love to see what it could do!!!

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22 minutes ago, DannyRyu said:

tell us what benchmark you can get out of it :)
not many people run sli 4gb 960's I'd love to see what it could do!!!

will do

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