6-Pin connector

[WG1337]

Hi!
I can trade between a new ATI HD Radeon 3850 from Nvidia 7600 GS.
Just looking at it you can decide which is better.
Why I should or shouldn't trade isn't the question.
The ATI card uses to me unknown power connector - 6pin connector.
My new PC(I have a new pc btw ) says that I need to properly configure the card before I boot, so the power supply is missing, because I didn't plug it, because I can't!
The PSU I'm using doesn't have the 6pin connector so I searched and found that there is a connector that has 6pin at one end and 4pin at the other end.
Like this one here: http://global.ebay.com/gbh/viItem?ItemId=270275785388
Now it just makes me wonder, if I don't have this conncector to the PSU, wouldn't it be dangerous to use this special connector?
Couldn't it make any damage to the videocard or PC?
I mean, if it's not there maybe it isn't suppose to be there.

 

[Kari]

as long as your power supply has enough wattage on the 12V rail to meet the cards needs, a molex-to-PCIe power adapter will work just fine

 

[WG1337]

Well, I think that pin does have 12V(HDD uses 12V right?) and my PSU has 450W, that's the minimum required for the videocard.
Why doesn't PSU's have these 6-pin connectors, any limitations or something?

 

[Kari]

but they do, new ones at least. Yours might be quite old, before the pcie-era.

 

[WG1337]

Well I guess so.
Thanks any way.

 

[maddawg]

you should think about upgrading the PSU. the 8800 requires 450 true but that is just the vid card alone. 600 should be your minimum

 

[Kari]

. the 8800 requires 450 true but that is just the vid card alone.

lol no it's not, read this
http://archive.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=7&t=9354&p=0