Which SLI Bridge

[AdamScott85]

Hi guys, so I ordered a 2nd 980ti MSI which is coming tomorrow, I have opened my motherboard box to look for my SLI bridge and I found 5 different SLI bridges, 2 of them say they are for 3 way SLI, 1 says its for 4 way SLI, but then there are 2 other cheaper looking bridges and 1 says Cross Fire and the other says Nvidia SLI which I guess is the one I use. Now my question is why do 2 of them look so cheap compared to the others and also should I use the SLI one or get a better one? is there any benefit to getting a better one?
Pictures below 5 of them.

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I have saw online some SLI bridges with cool logos on, is that something I could get? Sorry for the silly questions, this is my first time with 2 cards.

 

[Danny75]

Also need to consider the spacing on your motherboard. There are dual SLI bridges of differing lengths. If you go for the longer, bendy type, then shouldn't be a problem.

Here's an MSI bridge, you'd have to check length as above.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI GAMING 2-Way LONG SLi Bridge with LED Dragon Logo= £29.99

Total: £34.65
(includes shipping: £4.66)
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As for performance benefit, I think that would only be the new ones coming out for Nvidia Series 10XX cards, with more bandwidth than the previous.

 

[AdamScott85]

Ahh ok thanks, if there is no benefit other than looks then I will use the plain one for now.

 

[BluD]

Yeah i had the same question not long ago, all the 1080sli talk had me thinking i needed some special bridge but for 980tis the bendy one works fine.

 

[AdamScott85]

Cool, cheers lads.

 

[Borealis]

The flexible ones are in case you have two different cards of varying heights. I have an MSI 980Ti Gaming 6G, but recently acquired an EVGA 980Ti Classified (plan was to originally put the 2nd Ti in another PC). I'm now running them in SLI, but because the cards are different heights, I have to use a flexible bridge. It does look cheap compared to the fixed bridges, but for 980Tis, it'll work just as well.

 

[AdamScott85]

I will pick up one of the better looking ones soon, the MSI ones look cool.