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In article <5c45h5dl28l3jgb6ha6cf0kavfd5ur8imk@xxxxxxx>, Multithreaded
says...
>
> The motherboard is an Abit AN8 Ultra with the above chipset, and the
> graphics card I propose to use is a generic nVidia GT220 card that
> cost less than 40 quid so is not a high-end, power-hungry card
> presumably. My noob question is this: there is no Molex connector for
> additional power on the card, unlike the AGP GT6600s I have in three
> of my machines, nor like that of the Radeon 9800XT, also AGP, that is
> in another PC. I notice, on reading the AN8 series manual, that my
> motherboard has an SLI variant that sports a Molex connector near one
> of the two PCI-E 16X slots, presumably to supply extra current to the
> graphics cards. But my board, the plain AN8 Ultra, has no such
> connector. Will there be an issue using power-hungry cards with this
> board, or can the PCI-E 16X specifications handle the extra current
> natively? Also, is the GT220 less power consuming than my AGP cards,
> even though its heatsink and fan are similarly proportioned?
>
> I expect I may be flamed for even posting this niaive question, but
> every PC I've ever built since 2006 (that will be three in total, all
> using more modern Intel and AMD systems newer than AMD Socket 939) has
> used low end graphics cards, and I had just assumed that the higher
> end graphics cards would just be like my AGP ones, sporting that extra
> Molex connector.
>
> Please, someone, just reassure me that taking apart my primo machine
> and fitting this kit will not result in more heartache than I have
> already suffered (see my posts about VIA chipset problems and a PATA
> hard disk dropping into PIO mode).
I ran a 9600GT on that board. The additional power for that card came
off an adapter included with the card that hooked up to a spare HDD
power supply connector. If the card doesn't need the power, there won't
be a socket on it. All cards that need the additional power have a
socket on because there's hardly any motherboards that have an
additional power socket for the graphics.
Just put it together and turn it on...
--
Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
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