The card came with two power cables (6 pin and 8 pin). Do I need to connect both?
1724232
The card has two power input slots a 6 pin and an 8 pin, both of them must be plugged in for the card to turn on.
1724233
Yes. Vanilla GTX 760 comes with a 6+6 power connector. However, the MSI N760 OC requires both 8+6 connectors because it is overclocked.
1724234
Yes. Your PSU should be providing both 6 and 8 pin connections. Mine has 8 pin ones where the last two pins detach.
1724235
You do need both. This card takes a lot of power. If your power supply doesn't have the right connectors you can get adapters on ebay that turn unused molex connections into an eight pin or six pin connectors. I don't remember for shure but I think an adapter may have been included.
442609
It's a molex to PCI power adapter. The card needs its own power hookup. (2 x 4-pin to PCI) And its included with the card.
443874
Yes, the card requires a 6-pin power connector from the power supply. The system won't boot without it being connected. The video card ships with a short cable that is a 4-pin to 6-pin power adapter, in case your power supply doesn't have a dedicated 6-pin power line.
394658
Still researching the question but I "assume" the question related to a requiring a 6-pin connector to power the card - besides the PCI Express slot itself.
543209
That's strange, you need minimum of 500 watts to run one of these cards. What exactly are you doing with your computer? Is your computer connected to it's own isolated power outlet?
797102
According to NVidia, this card pulls 49 watts. It does not have any 6 or 8 pin power connectors. As long as you have at least a 300 watt power supply, it will be fine.
427966
Both 6 pin and 8 pin power connectors are included with this power supply so I don
2166879
Yes, I powered my 7870 with no problem. It requires 2 of 6 pin connectors as well.
2098687
You need to use and plug two PCI-E 8 pin power cables. Using Just one would harm your Card. It comes just with one 8 pin adapter because it is usual that power supplies have one of it. If your power supply has two 8 pin power cord use them directly. Use the adapter just in case ur pwr supply has one on it. But.. if your power supply does not have Any, it is time to buy one new. Remember.. it is NECESSARY to plug both, otherwise you will harm your nice and expensive Card.
646389
This would depend on all the other hardware power requirements. Looking at the specifications on the card shows that it needs 600 Watt Power Supply, with a total power draw of 250 Watts. If you added second card, you would need another 250 Watts which would be 850 Watts. I am not an electrician but it looks like that may be a close call. However, required/suggested is often over engineered. If you can afford two of these cards, you likely can afford to buy a larger power supply if it doesn't. Why would you need two?
1836704
sure you need them both, AMD recommends a 500watts power supply or greater to run this card so if i where you i wont do any risk
11584
Yes, but its a large card requiring a medium to large pc case and at least one 6 pin power connection. hope this helps.
1811180
I don't know. I am not using the power port. My laptop has enough power to the card that everything works fine without an external power supply.
2144039
It will in fact work for you, providing your second power supply has the needed six pin plug also, for your video card. Other wise, you are all set.
2098688
You can use the 8 pin power cable if you have it available the one provided is just an adapter if your power supply doesn't have 8 pin connectors.
1199365
yes but you have tu use the 6 pin power adapter conector and don't forget is a PCI Express 2.0
1420707
the wattage should be fine but you also need supplemental power plugged directly into this card from the psu.