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New Tyan K8WE may not have SLI bridge cable

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Originally posted by: shanecole
Originally posted by: bennyhunn
Originally posted by: shanecole
Ahh, I got some bridges from japan that fit and as soon as I put it in the next time windows rebooted it came up and said you can enable SLI and my benchmarks jumped up accordingly.

SLI *DOES* work as soon as you bridge the cards so stop spreading disinformation. Like some Sales guy at XXXXX has a clue...
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Please post some pics, I'd love to see it.

-BH
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Here ya go

My rig

Close up of SLI bridge

Screenshot showing SLI enabled

I would have run a benchmark but I've just re-installed on new raptors... No idea why it comes up with only 2gig RAM in 32bit as 64bit comes up 8gig no problem *shrug*

As I said in a earlier post, i have another 10 or so of these bridges sitting around so if anyone is stuck for finding one, let me know and I'll send you one, cost about $10.
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Woah. I stand corrected. 🙂

Nice setup.

-BH

 
That's the CM Stacker case.

shanecole, what's the size of the sli bridge's that you have ? (in inches) I have 2 - DFI Ultra-D's

The space is 1 5/8 " , basically there is a empty pci-e slot between the 2 pci-e video slots.

I think the K8WE is the same layout w/ a 32bit pci slot. If it's the same I'll buy 2 sli connectors from you.


BTW, I'm in the US.
Regards,
Jose
 
I'll measure it up from centre of pins to center of pins, I'm sending 4 away to people at post office tomorrow so if anyone else wants one please let me know save me multiple trips. Tyan promised to send me one too after I emailed the serial no but still no sign from them, bit poorly i say for a board advertised as SLI
 
Yeah, if its possible mr. shanecole, I'd like to get one of those as well. I made the mistake of purchasing a refurbished A8N Deluxe, that came with nothing at all....besides the motherboard, of course. *Sigh* The mistakes of online shopping...Oh well. It happens. I did a little research and found that very few SLI capable video cards come with the connector, which I guess makes sense, because the mobo is supposed to have them. I'm sort of in a rut. If you have any of these connectors left, please try to contact me and let me know, and I'd really appreciate if you could send one out. Or something.

...This kind of sucks. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: TheModdingMaster
Yeah, if its possible mr. shanecole, I'd like to get one of those as well. I made the mistake of purchasing a refurbished A8N Deluxe, that came with nothing at all....besides the motherboard, of course. *Sigh* The mistakes of online shopping...Oh well. It happens. I did a little research and found that very few SLI capable video cards come with the connector, which I guess makes sense, because the mobo is supposed to have them. I'm sort of in a rut. If you have any of these connectors left, please try to contact me and let me know, and I'd really appreciate if you could send one out. Or something.

...This kind of sucks. 🙁
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Sorry but it won't fit on a A8N, the A8N has a wider gap between cards than the Tyan, it would be no use to you.
 
shanecole still got any of those adapters? Tyan support told me they are expecting shipment in the next few weeks of their bridges and that I'd get one (free?). I searched google and it seems you are the man to talk to in order for me to get up SLI faster... email is jlay@laynet-home.com

thanks
 
Yep, still got some left, PM your address and I will send one to you if you are in the US it will be about USD $15 inc airmail.
 
What was the outcome of the original question?

Does the K8WE come with a SLI bridge?

Is SLI officially supported?
 
My K8WE finally arrived yesterday. (whohoo! 😀 -- But next time I'll order the SCSI version instead of waiting for the non-SCSI version to arrive)

No SLI bridge in the package though.
 
Would appear it (still) doesn't come with a bridge, SLI is definitley supported though and its faster than any other SLI implementation as it has full 16x lane for each card (hence you don't need a adapter or jumpers to change it between 16x and 4x (I think) to two 8x ones for SLI like you do on other boards.
 
Not gotten it yet but I am working on a project that calls for this board using the SLI feature. Everywhere I am told that the SLI bridge comes with the Mobo; Tyan better come up with this devise or I'll have to go to the dude who has the extra ones.
 
I e-mailed their tech support and received this automated FAQ reply:
"Where is the SLI connector that should come with this product?
Tyan is currently finalizing the manufactuer of our SLI connector. We
should expect that in the next few weeks that we will have shipment from our
factories to supply this connector. If you did not receive your connector
in your box, simply contact Tech Support and we'll make sure that you get
one just as soon as they are made available."
 
I ordered several to save on shipping and listed them on ebay at near (fees and such) cost... Then I got in mine from tyan but already had a generic one working so I listed it on ebay if anyone is in desperate need of an SLI bridge and doesnt feel like waiting like me. Or jusy pm me and ill hook you up
 
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