6990 power question

[gareth170]

hi

has i've sold my 6950 i'm just running a single 6990, do i still need the 4 pin molex SLI / XFIRE Power Connector connected on the motherboard?

 

[HankScorpio]

Take it out to find out dude.

 

[Geeman1979]

hi

has i've sold my 6950 i'm just running a single 6990, do i still need the 4 pin molex SLI / XFIRE Power Connector connected on the motherboard?

I've never used that Molex board connector.I have the same board and ran 6970's in crossfire and now a Nvidia 690 without any power problems what so ever. You should be fine.

 

[Mr. May]

No that is for running 3+ cards to allow more power to the pci-e lanes and not fry the motherboard when extreme overclocking.

Unless your going for records with a tri or quad set up its not needed.

 

[pugheaven]

Why did you sell mate? not getting on with TriFire? Although, I'm thinking you would have glitching in 3DMark11 with that combo due to less shaders... when I tried to pair a 6950 even flashed to 6970, I got problems...