Can SLI work without the Bridge connector?

[Drayvn]

Well the question pretty much is up in the title.

I was chatting away and i was told that SLI can work without the bridge connector, it just takes a performance hit, is this true?

 

[Rage187]

for Nv SLI, no.

 

[Todd33]

Like transfering all data over the bus from card to card? Sure it can work, if you like 2 fps at 640x480. You need extreme bandwidth with super low latency.

 

[Drayvn]

Originally posted by: Rage187
for Nv SLI, no.

Can u explain, so that i can batter him with tons of info

Even Todd, could u explain, sorry i was typing when u posted.

 

[titanmiller]

Yes, Nvidia SLI will work with with out the bridge, it has to go through the PCI Express interface which drastically reduces performance.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: titanmiller
Yes, Nvidia SLI will work with with out the bridge, it has to go through the PCI Express interface which drastically reduces performance.

Link?

Everything I've seen so far indicates you have to use the special SLI connector.

 

[Todd33]

In theory it could work like this old beast

http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/m3d/home.cfm