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I was thinking about buying this 8800 GT but then I noticed it has a
6pin PCI-E Power Connection
 
I have a 7600 GT for my PCI E slot and didnt need a special power connector for it, just slide it in the slot and good to go.
 
Now I wanna upgrade to something like this 8800 GT but I am not sure I can, do I need a special power connection for it?
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130318
 
Here is the Power supply / tower I have now:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811156070
 
And just in case, here is the MOBO:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131022
 
Thanks so much for all your help


Message edited by jasno on 05-17-2008 at 02:39:42 AM
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ok simply will this card work? i have a pci e slot, but i dont know if i need a special power line for it or what.
 
anyone have a clue?

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You need to have the 6 pin connector from you PSU to connect to this and many other higher-powered GPUs.  
 
If your PSU doesn't have one of these connectors, you're out of luck.  The power provided through the motherboard isn't enough to use one.  
 
You can get a pretty quality PSU with for a decent price if you look around and don't mind dealing with rebates.
 
Sorry man.  Good luck if you do want to get one and get a PSU too.

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take a look in the case to see if you have one of these hanging around
http://www.techaddicts.net/reviews/tpower750/tp750w_2pcie.jpg
 
if not, you could get something like this to get around that problem
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/12-189-120-02.JPG

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Kari wrote :


if not, you could get something like this to get around that problem
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggI [...] 120-02.JPG


 
it looks like it might actually come with one of those in the package:
 
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-130-318-07.jpg
 
is that the same type of thing there?
 
i did link my power supply and mobo, but when i look at the specs on newegg i cant seem to find anything concerning this, is there a way to tell from the specs there if i have 1 ?
 
 

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yeah, looks like you should already have the adapter cable then. And I looked through the specs of your case/psu over at newegg but it didn't really tell that much about the psu connectors...


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