October 13, 200718 yr Please see my specs on the bottom of this post.I've been told that to go to the 8800 series card for DX10, that my 7950 GX2 card has only ONE power connection to my processor, and the 8800 series cards have TW0! Please tell me which card I can UPGRADE to and have it connect properly to my processor. I really want the GTX but I can't seem to find information on how it is connected. I have enough room lengthwise to put in an 8800 card, but I want to upgrade to a 1) Faster card, and 2)DX10 compatible card.Above all, I don't want to buy a card that can't be installed in my Dell XPS 410.I'd appreciate your advice.
October 13, 200718 yr Well, my old 7900 GTO had two power connectors, the same as what my 8800 GTS has. If you can power that 7950 GX2, then you should be able to power an 8800 GT anything - it's just a double power connection to your PSU.Gary 9800X3D | 4090 | 64GB | 2+1TB NVME | 2TB SSD | 2TB HDD | 85/50/43” TVs | Quest 3 | DOF H3 Motion Rig | Buttkicker | T.16000M Flight Kit MSFS @ 4K Ultra DLSS Performance FG 80 FPS | VR VDXR Godlike 80Hz SSW | MSFS VR DLSS Quality, Ultra Preset - Windows 11 Acer Nitro 5 | i5-11400H | RTX 3060 6 GB | 32GB DDR4 | 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz | 2 x 512 GB SSD | Windows 11
October 13, 200718 yr I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but the actual 8800 GTS card I have only has 1 power connector on it. I can't say what the GTX has, I don't have it. You basically just need the PCI express slot and the power adapter for the card at the end, which is a PCI power cord. - Chris Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | Intel Core i9 13900KF | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB | 64GB DDR5 SDRAM | Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling | 1TB & 2TB Samsung Gen 4 SSD | 1000 Watt Gold PSU | Windows 11 Pro | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Thrustmaster TCA Captain X Airbus | Asus ROG 38" 4k IPS Monitor (PG38UQ) Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard | Intel i7 4790k CPU | MSI GTX 970 4 GB video card | Corsair DDR3 2133 32GB SDRAM | Corsair H50 water cooler | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (2) | EVGA 1000 watt PSU - Retired
October 13, 200718 yr I know what you're talking about....I was just looking at pic of a GPU with 2 6-pin PCIe connectors to the power supply....It probably was a GTX....or that high-end radeon card...And they plug into your Power Supply, not your processor heheThis eVGA 8800GTS 640mb version will work, as long as you have one 6pin-connector on your PSU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130071edit: here it is, my bad, the Ultra has 2 6-pin connectors:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814143107 | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
October 13, 200718 yr >Does the GTX have 2 power connectors to the PSU?>>StanDon't know if they all do, but the few I looked at did...check out newegg.com and look at the GTX pictures... | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
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