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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 02:46:32 pm    Post subject:
Well, I don't know if it needs 2, but it does have 2 connectors, and the articles i've read say they both need to be connected, although they also say that you can get away with using a y connector to power them both.
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 02:56:47 pm    Post subject:
Maybe it's optional so you can still use the cards if you don't have any free 4-pins connectors left? Y connector is (female?) 8 pins right?
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 03:04:52 pm    Post subject:
I don't think electricity is optional for a video card...
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 03:19:55 pm    Post subject:
No I mean that you have to connect it to something, but they made it so you can choose between connecting a 4-pins connector or an 8-pins connector. I mean, what if you don't have any more 4-pins connectors available for your videocard? This woudl be a nifty sollution providing you still have 8-pins connectors free.
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 04:01:12 pm    Post subject:
8-pins? what's that, the floppy drive power connector?

but no, it has two 4-pinned ones, it's supposedly very power hungry.
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 04:05:11 pm    Post subject:
So they're not placed directly next to eachother?
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 05:37:20 pm    Post subject:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/2...ce_6800-06.html
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 06:43:08 pm    Post subject:
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each of the ports requires a dedicated ATX power cable, and both need to be connected!
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 10:08:46 pm    Post subject:
X1011

You shelled out $500 for a video card?!?
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Posted: 30 Jul 2004 11:36:40 pm    Post subject:
No, my dad shelled out $400.
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Posted: 31 Jul 2004 08:09:07 am    Post subject:
Wow... how'd you get him to pay for that? Neutral
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Posted: 31 Jul 2004 09:57:34 am    Post subject:
Jeebus! I hope that you dont have too many HDD's etc ... that baby takes 2 power connectors! Surprised.
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Posted: 31 Jul 2004 03:32:22 pm    Post subject:
Well, then again, a PSU has like what, 10,15,20 power connector cables?
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Posted: 31 Jul 2004 05:27:52 pm    Post subject:
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Jeebus! I hope that you dont have too many HDD's etc ... that baby takes 2 power connectors! Surprised.

That one isn't mine, i have the X800 pro.

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Posted: 31 Jul 2004 08:34:38 pm    Post subject:
Which takes how many power connectors then?
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Posted: 01 Aug 2004 12:34:27 am    Post subject:
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Posted: 01 Aug 2004 08:16:46 am    Post subject:
That's not too bad...

Still very power hungry though to take more power than the PCI slot dishes out.
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Posted: 01 Aug 2004 01:33:15 pm    Post subject:
*sigh* You don't know anything about video cards do you?

1. It uses the AGP slot
2. Most modern cards need a connector from the PSU
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Posted: 01 Aug 2004 01:53:03 pm    Post subject:
Well, it could use the PCI slot, a lot of them do...

Does your vid card go into an AGP 8x slot?

I say all of this because the video card I have now is connected to the PCI slot and does not have a PSU connector on it.

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Posted: 01 Aug 2004 02:26:55 pm    Post subject:
Yes, it's AGP 8x, and how old is your card?
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