Where do you buy SLI Bridges?

Porvalsh said:

I'm looking for an SLI Bridge. I purchased a few cards in the classifieds here and want to SLI them. My MSI mobo came with connectors for Crossfire and I had thought that this new Asus P55 Board would too but it didn't.

I've found some on amazon but a lot of people are saying they don't work correctly or only work for a small period of time before failing so I'm unsure what brand to buy and where to get them.

Any advice?

Edit: I'm planning on running the two 8800GTS's in SLI.

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d4rkst4r said:

Hmm... If your motherboard didn't come with an SLI bridge that usually means it isn't SLI compatible.. what model mobo do you have? check it on newegg or the manufacture website to see if it mentions anything about that.

You can buy SLI bridges, but I would be hesitant to until you figure out whether or not you can actually support SLI with that board.

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Porvalsh said:

Asus P7P55D-Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813131405

I bought the retail version rather than open box because I wanted to make sure the SLI Bridges were in there...but they weren't.

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Cornholio_OH said:

Standard Flexible Bridge: http://estore.asus.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=229

Long Flexible Bridge: http://estore.asus.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=3728

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Porvalsh said:

Thanks. After digging around on their forums I finally found a post with those linked. Unfortunately they only send them out Fedex Priority at 22 bucks shipping! I copied the p/n into google and found it on amazon for 13 bucks shipped.

Asus only seems to package the SLI connectors with their higher end motherboards, for instance the P7P55D Deluxe. But dang...that thing probably costs them a buck or two to make or purchase from China... in my opinion it should be packaged with boards that are xfire/sli capable, but I'm not the product manager in charge of that decision. Wish I was, that would be a sweet job.

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onefstsnake said:

Did you buy one yet?

I have one just sitting here collecting dust.

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