I find really miserly that ASUS does not put an SLI bridge in the bundle of its motherboards and that it must be purchased separately
Hardware & Technical It is pretty the SLI bridge of ASUS
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I think it makes sense now, but not before current generation GPUs. Haven't nvidia moved to the high bandwidth SLI bridge now? Basically using two connectors per card, not just one? So now you have the problem you need the high bandwidth one for newer cards, and a single version for older ones. Both in a box wouldn't make sense, given you know at least one will go to waste, and the vast majority of people will never use SLI anyway. And there is choice of SLI bridge too. The one pictured is rather basic and plain, but if you want RGB LED lighting on them, you can.
How do other manufacturers handle this?
How do other manufacturers handle this?
AMD GPUs don't need them 
AMD GPUs don't need them
Pretty much this. It should be nVidia's job to include SLI bridge with their cards.
That doesn't make sense either. You only need one, so having one per card is silly especially as the vast majority will never SLI. Getting it separately still seems the most logical choice.
In the old days it might be more disposable as they were just flex PCB with a connector on each end, but as the feature demands are going up, so will the cost.
The writer ended his presentation with this conclusion : "Ah ? We are told in the headset that other manufacturers are providing SLI HB bridges with their motherboards. After if you really want the ROG logo on a black PCB, it's up to you to see."
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