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Sure, ok, here is a technical article specifying the electrical difference between all the bridges.
https://overclocking.guide/nvidia-hb-sli-bridge-technical-review/

conclusion: albeit small, there IS a difference, mainly benefiting to reducing microstuttering. And I saw a reddit comment that the HB bridge eliminated microstuttering that was present with standard bridges.
 
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Nice article.
so if you have existing legacy bridges or LED bridge its not really cost effective to purchase a HB bridge unless you have cash to splash and absolutely must have those few extra frames as well as stuttering reduced.
2 x LED bridges then makes it unnecessary to throw money away as they operate at the higher frequency.
 
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really the only thing I don't like with a hb is there solid and one bridge don't fit all boards like with the std, ribbon bridge if its a longer one it will so with that you may not have to keep buying one to fit as you rebuild or upgrade motherboards , ect..... depending on the cards / boards slot spacing

if they came out with a ribbon hb and you can get the one size that fits all it would be far more worth it in the end [opinion]
 
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