Y-adapter confusion (simple question)

[Turbonium]

Installing a 6800GT... It says I "need" to use the 4-pin molex Y-cable included with the card. How so?

 

[Paperlantern]

The card should have a 4 pin molex connector on it, simliar to that found on hard drives or cd roms, its for extra juice when your slamming in a real intense game, they say use the Y so that you wont lose a molex connector on you PSU, but if you have plenty, jsut chuck it in a box and use it when you need it =)

 

[LTC8K6]

2 power supply molex connectors plug into the adapter, and the 6 pin PCI-E plug on the adapter plugs into the card. That's for a PCI-E card.

For an AGP card, you need to plug one molex connector into the card. I guess a Y adapter could be used to keep you from losing a molex connector, but you really want the card plugged in by itself.

Edit - Got my 6800's mixed up.

 

[Monkey muppet]

I was always under the impression that power gonig to the 6800GT AGP's should be on a different rail and 'Y' connectors or pass-through types shouldn't be used

 

[Paperlantern]

then why would it be included with the card...