3090 NVLink bridges: are there clones of these? why are they so insanely expensive?
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SummaryUser asks whether clones of NVIDIA 3090 NVLink bridges exist and why the official bridges are priced so high relative to the GPU cost.
Why it mattersSurfaces a niche but recurring cost pain point for hobbyists running multi-3090 rigs for local LLM inference, where official NVLink bridges are disproportionately priced.
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