I removed my Matrox 650 dual dvi card because it stopped working and ordered an XFX geforce 7600 GT card. My Matrox had no power connector and the Geforce has a 4 pin connecter and what I assume is an extension splitting into 2 female plugs.
(I found one thread: "4-Pin Molex connection" ... "connect that to the 7600GT AGP"... [There is a link that leads to a totally unrelated webpage.] "How much power does the PSU state?" (Am just briefly quoting and found the thread somewhat helpful but am still confused.)
I have one free power connector in my PC, wrapped together with another that connects to a fan on the side of my computer. That would reach the video card without the extension. There is another that I can't really discover where it is connected to. It would need the extension.
I sure hope I'm making this clear enough to follow, because as of now I have no idea of the correct way to proceed.
First, will any power connector work so I would be safe using the one bound up with the wires connecting to the fan?
Second, do I need to worry about the power my computer has? My inventory says the power supply is "Antec TRUE 550 Watt Quiet Power supply with Dual Smart Fans." The processor is "Pentium 4.3.0 GHz with Hyper threading." Does this sound usable with this card?
Hope you can help. I also ordered another monitor that I'm itching to try out!
Thank you.
(I found one thread: "4-Pin Molex connection" ... "connect that to the 7600GT AGP"... [There is a link that leads to a totally unrelated webpage.] "How much power does the PSU state?" (Am just briefly quoting and found the thread somewhat helpful but am still confused.)
I have one free power connector in my PC, wrapped together with another that connects to a fan on the side of my computer. That would reach the video card without the extension. There is another that I can't really discover where it is connected to. It would need the extension.
I sure hope I'm making this clear enough to follow, because as of now I have no idea of the correct way to proceed.
First, will any power connector work so I would be safe using the one bound up with the wires connecting to the fan?
Second, do I need to worry about the power my computer has? My inventory says the power supply is "Antec TRUE 550 Watt Quiet Power supply with Dual Smart Fans." The processor is "Pentium 4.3.0 GHz with Hyper threading." Does this sound usable with this card?
Hope you can help. I also ordered another monitor that I'm itching to try out!
Thank you.