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Asus GTX260

throdgrain

throdgrain

throdgrain

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Hi all

I've just bought a Asus GTX260 as a replacement for my 8800gts.

Thing is, when I installed it it wouldn't run without both power sockets connected to the psu. This would have been difficult as it only came with one cable, but I used the old one from the 8800gts as well :)

Any idea why this would be? I'm not sure - I may be imagineing it - but I think the pc seems to be running a bit slower too, though the game performace is improved :confused:

I suspect my psu may be the problem, its only a cheap one, I think its rated at 600w.
 
The 260 GTX requires both plugs to be connected
Being a cheap power supply that may be the case. But what applications do you think are running slow, can you run benchmarking software ie 3D Win mark 2006 / Vantage or any games which has built in tools like Far Cry 2.
 
If both plugs have to be used I wonder why they only supplied one? That sounds a bit odd ? :(

Games are fine, but windows seems a bit slow, for example when I open My Documents folder the icons come up rather slowly. As I said, I may be just being paranoid and imagining it!

Thanks for letting me know about the 2 leads thing though.
 
throdgrain said:
If both plugs have to be used I wonder why they only supplied one? That sounds a bit odd ? :(

Games are fine, but windows seems a bit slow, for example when I open My Documents folder the icons come up rather slowly. As I said, I may be just being paranoid and imagining it!

Thanks for letting me know about the 2 leads thing though.
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It's not odd, almost all decent power supplies already have at least two 6 Pin PCI-E power connectors already attached, as most modern graphics cards require these. Either your current PSU is an older model before these graphics cards started becoming standard, or the lack of PCI-E connectors implies it's a lower end model not designed to cope with modern cards.

Try updating the drivers to the latest versions. Also what PSU do you have? Make and model?
 
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Well, maybe you dont think its odd that a video card requiring 2 power cables should only be supplied with one, but I do. Sorry, never mind.

I don't know what power supply it is, but it's only a PC world one. I'll have a look when I get a sec.

To be honest I'm home from work now and it all seems fine, maybe I was being paranoid, as I said originally :)
 
throdgrain said:
Well, maybe you dont think its odd that a video card requiring 2 power cables should only be supplied with one, but I do. Sorry, never mind.

I don't know what power supply it is, but it's only a PC world one. I'll have a look when I get a sec.

To be honest I'm home from work now and it all seems fine, maybe I was being paranoid, as I said originally :)
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lol, maybe they should have included another adapter but it's not the end of the world.

Personally I'd be a more little worried about the "PC World" PSU after adding extra load to the system in the form of a GTX260. I'd invest money in getting something decent and reliable to replace it, like a Corsair or Enermax PSU before it goes bang!
 
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