8600GT gets power from . . .

[dgsg]

buss or separate power connection?
Thanx in advance.

 

[Cookie Monster]

From the PCI-express x16 slot. A maximum of 75W can be supplied to the card through the slot.

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

I've heard some people are running into mobo/card problems because many of these cards can achieve very good overlocks with add-on cooling. So much so that the 75-watt limit is in danger, and hardware damage can result (might have been gts...). The reason being, as Cookie said- there is no addition 6-pin connections. Although, for various brands, the pcb is shared between the 8600gt and other models, so with a spare 6-pin connector, and some fine warranty-voiding soldering, you just might be able to deal with that. And in breaking your warranty... You'll be free to run voltage mods of both the pencil and resistor variety on it to make good use of the connector!

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Comdrpopnfresh
I've heard some people are running into mobo/card problems because many of these cards can achieve very good overlocks with add-on cooling. So much so that the 75-watt limit is in danger, and hardware damage can result (might have been gts...). The reason being, as Cookie said- there is no addition 6-pin connections. Although, for various brands, the pcb is shared between the 8600gt and other models, so with a spare 6-pin connector, and some fine warranty-voiding soldering, you just might be able to deal with that. And in breaking your warranty... You'll be free to run voltage mods of both the pencil and resistor variety on it to make good use of the connector!

I doubt that since in reality even the 8600gts didnt actually use close to 75watts. in fact the 8600gt will use less than 40 watts under full load and the 8600gts will use about about 15 watts more than that. also there were even some 8600gts cards that didnt even come with the 6 pin adapter on them. it would take something like a core clock approaching 1000mhz and memory well over 2000mhz at the same time to get over 75watts.

here you can see xbit only got 47watts load for the 8600gts http://xbitlabs.com/articles/v...ce8600gts_7.html#sect0