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Are all SLI Bridge Connectors the same?

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Colorado S14   09-03-2008 at 03:33:07 PM

I upgraded to a 8800GTS (512mb) in my Dell replacing the original 7900GS. I have a friend that has an XPS 710 with a 7900GS and figured that I could give him my old card so he could run them in SLI. Does he have to buy the SLI bridge from Dell ($50+) or can we just source one online?

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L1qu1d   09-03-2008 at 03:46:26 PM
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yes they should be, other than Tri-sli Bridges which basically has 6 connects (2 for each video card:))

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hoxlund   09-03-2008 at 03:56:12 PM
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Well theres also different length SLI bridge connectors, if you need to buy one still, just go to ebay and buy a non rigid one, here let me show you

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] 0093423909

now of course if your motherboard spaces out the 2 pci-e slots further then that, you'll need something even longer, but dell probably uses standard name brand mobos like asus

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L1qu1d   09-03-2008 at 04:02:32 PM
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well they do now for sure, but before I read that they used altered motherboards, which resulted in a fire when some1 exchanged components in the computer... I can't remember exactly what the problem was though.

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Colorado S14   09-03-2008 at 04:04:52 PM
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Thanks a ton for the info guys!

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