Nvidia 6800 Power question

[mrwabam]

This is prolly pretty dumb but....

Does an nvidia 6800 card need two power supplies plugged in or only if you're running two monitors?

 

[schwachs]

I would like to know the same thing! Thanks!

 

[Banzai042]

I'm going to guess that you're talking about the AGP 6800 Ultra, in which case it needs both of the molex connectors attached at all times, because that card sucked a lot of power. Also, both connectors should be on seperate cables from the PSU if it is at all physically possible to do so.

 

[hans007]

yaeh the 6800 ultra agp always needs 2 power plugs.

if you have a really strong 12v rail you can do it with 1. it dosent mater how many monitors you are using, peak power use is during 3d video.

i know the GT and standard only need 1 plug. on pci-e most of them have 0 or 1 plug.