Hello. Would using a 6pin cable on a 6 to 8 pin adapter potentially underpower a graphics card? I've tried searching around the forums, but the answers have been pretty divided regarding this topic.
Long story short, due to the stiffness of my power supply cables (Hard rubber casing at the end keeping the mesh coating on) and giant side panel fan, I am unable to directly plug my power supply into the top 8 pin connector on my graphics card without the cable sticking out and hitting my fan, so my only option is to use an adapter.
Here is my graphics card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127772&cm_re=gtx_760_itx-_-14-127-772-_-Product
And power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028&cm_re=cx_600-_-17-139-028-_-Product
When playing games, I occasionally get small hiccups for just a brief moment, but enough that I notice it. For instance, while playing Alice: Madness returns, there are moments where the game will just stop for a split second, the audio will keep going, then resume as normal. I use this game as an example because it is an older, hardly power demanding game, and this card is more than capable of handling it. I also occasionally get the same sort of issue while streaming videos online. The movie will stop in place for about 1 second, the audio will continue going, then it will catch itself and continue playing as normal.
Rest of my relevant specs include
i5 4690 3.5ghz processor
8 gig gskill ripjaw ram
Gigabyte z97x sli motherboard
So is it possible that using the adapter could be under powering my card?
Long story short, due to the stiffness of my power supply cables (Hard rubber casing at the end keeping the mesh coating on) and giant side panel fan, I am unable to directly plug my power supply into the top 8 pin connector on my graphics card without the cable sticking out and hitting my fan, so my only option is to use an adapter.
Here is my graphics card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127772&cm_re=gtx_760_itx-_-14-127-772-_-Product
And power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028&cm_re=cx_600-_-17-139-028-_-Product
When playing games, I occasionally get small hiccups for just a brief moment, but enough that I notice it. For instance, while playing Alice: Madness returns, there are moments where the game will just stop for a split second, the audio will keep going, then resume as normal. I use this game as an example because it is an older, hardly power demanding game, and this card is more than capable of handling it. I also occasionally get the same sort of issue while streaming videos online. The movie will stop in place for about 1 second, the audio will continue going, then it will catch itself and continue playing as normal.
Rest of my relevant specs include
i5 4690 3.5ghz processor
8 gig gskill ripjaw ram
Gigabyte z97x sli motherboard
So is it possible that using the adapter could be under powering my card?
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