Words of Wisdom.....

HawgsHead · Dec 15, 2006, 07:26 PM

For anyone thinking about installing 2 8800GTX's.You will need a 1KW QUAD power supply to run them.......I have a 1kw PC Power & Cooling PS but only have 2 power cables.The 8800GTX takes 2 power cables per card.But PC Power & Cooling was nice enough to convert it for free.....Good people!

~~hackerx~~ · Dec 15, 2006, 10:13 PM

Actually even a 750W power supply would do.But the problem is that not all power supplies have 4 pci-e connectors.
So u are forced to buy a 1kw power supply.Since only most PSU's above 850W have 4 pci-e connectors.Sad but true.

HawgsHead · Dec 16, 2006, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by hackerx

Actually even a 750W power supply would do.But the problem is that not all power supplies have 4 pci-e connectors.
So u are forced to buy a 1kw power supply.Since only most PSU's above 850W have 4 pci-e connectors.Sad but true.

The tech. at PC Power & Cooling said "They{nVidia} caught us with our pants down this time".

H3X4D3C1M4L · Dec 19, 2006, 05:07 PM

Even still you could rig a splitter I'd imagine, with the proper plugs and all

HawgsHead · Dec 19, 2006, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

Even still you could rig a splitter I'd imagine, with the proper plugs and all

It did come with splitter plugs.But I just wanna do it the correct way.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Dec 19, 2006, 05:23 PM

It only draws essentially 1 amp off the other plug, 75 from the PCI-e slot, 75 from 1 plug (max for the spec) then it only needs 15 more watts from the other

CDsDontBurn · Dec 19, 2006, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hackerx

Actually even a 750W power supply would do.But the problem is that not all power supplies have 4 pci-e connectors.
So u are forced to buy a 1kw power supply.Since only most PSU's above 850W have 4 pci-e connectors.Sad but true.

That is correct. Thermal Take has a 750w PSU out (i forget the model tho) that is on NVIDIA's SLI Zone web page as a "quad SLI certified PSU".

H3X4D3C1M4L · Dec 21, 2006, 04:22 PM

Isn't the Galaxy 850W quad SLI certified? If not it should be

Dec 15, 2006, 07:26 PM	#1
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Dec 15, 2006, 10:13 PM	#2
~~hackerx~~ Banned Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 495 Rep Power: 0	Actually even a 750W power supply would do.But the problem is that not all power supplies have 4 pci-e connectors. So u are forced to buy a 1kw power supply.Since only most PSU's above 850W have 4 pci-e connectors.Sad but true.

Dec 19, 2006, 05:07 PM	#4
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,818 Rep Power: 0	Even still you could rig a splitter I'd imagine, with the proper plugs and all

Dec 19, 2006, 05:23 PM	#6
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,818 Rep Power: 0	It only draws essentially 1 amp off the other plug, 75 from the PCI-e slot, 75 from 1 plug (max for the spec) then it only needs 15 more watts from the other

Dec 21, 2006, 04:22 PM	#8
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,818 Rep Power: 0	Isn't the Galaxy 850W quad SLI certified? If not it should be