New GPU, need help please

MutatedForm

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Hi,

I just bought a Radeon Sapphire r7 420 2GB and installed it into a intel dx58s0 extreme motherboard, however its pretty old and when I unplugged the old graphics card it had I think a PCI-E cable?

The graphics card was detected by windows however my question is have I properly installed the GPU or does it need to have some form of external power source connected like the old card for it to work properly?

Many thanks
 

MutatedForm

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Is that just a tech advancement considering the old weaker one needed it ?

Found it was a gtx 260