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hypermonkey
22-08-07, 13:07
this seems a bit weird to me

surely a card like this should at least have a 6 pin pci-e socket

anyone know whether this is wrong or not??
jeaffro
22-08-07, 13:58
The card isn't powerful enough to neet one. It probably gets all the 12v it needs from the PCI-E slot.
coiler
22-08-07, 14:21
The 8600g series uses no where near the power of the 8800's, so no the PCI bus power is all it needs :D
mac124
22-08-07, 17:01
I think the pci expess socket provides somewhere in the region of 75 watts of power so yeah i doubt the 8600's pull that much they require additional power connections.
Lynx
22-08-07, 17:07
How much power does an AGP socket give? because i have a less powerful card than the 8600... the X1600. That has a floppy power connector too, you wouldn't think it would draw more but i would assume so.
jeaffro
22-08-07, 17:33
[quote:b89b47f0f2=\"Lynx\"]How much power does an AGP socket give? because i have a less powerful card than the 8600... the X1600. That has a floppy power connector too, you wouldn't think it would draw more but i would assume so.[/quote:b89b47f0f2]
Well even old Radeon 8900 Pro's needed a floppy power connector to work, AGP slots don't give out much power at all :)
Lovefist233
22-08-07, 17:35
The 8600GT is still a pretty decent card anyway, is yours really bare? mines got like 3 chips and a fan, looks like an empty PCB
hypermonkey
22-08-07, 20:42
yep mine is pretty bare too

and it doesnt matter how powerful it is, its still going to be a big leap from an FX5500...

thx for the help ppl
Hosser
22-08-07, 21:57
[quote:71be188b1f=\"hypermonkey\"]and it doesnt matter how powerful it is, its still going to be a big leap from an FX5500...[/quote:71be188b1f]

Hell yes.
coiler
23-08-07, 10:59
[quote:caf03baa81=\"hypermonkey\"]this seems a bit weird to me

surely a card like this should at least have a 6 pin pci-e socket

anyone know whether this is wrong or not??[/quote:caf03baa81]


If you can afford it I would go for something like this

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+7+Series/XFX+7950GT+Extreme+570M+256MB?productId=27543

They reckon when DX10 games come out the 8600gt is going to be like a fx5200 on DX9!

A good article here

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=235268&highlight=8600gt