Ati radeon hd4870

hi! my question is this!on the hd 7840 board there are 2 power connectors and 1 for fan power!do i have to power both connectors or just one,and is the second connector for bringing juice to an second card in crossfire mode?
the (online)manual of ati sucks
by the way! no technical explaination what so ever!
i,m not connecting the card befor any solid info,otherwise i,m afraid it goes talibang on my mummyboard!lol!

Both, as I posted in your other thread. Could you go into a little more detail on the fan power part?

i only have 1 connector for the card

yes! i was just looking for an suitable adapter to create an second cord for the card.
and than i hope my power supply can handle it?
otherwise....crash and burn! acourding to the manual i'm 50 watt's short

ife got an xpc shuttle with 450watt power supply,aproximatly a year old!

model sd31p
i have in it an intel dual core 2x3000ghz
and 2gig's of memory space (acording to the manual 2 gigs is the maximum for the mummyboard)

It could be very risky to run a 4870 in that computer.

First of all, there is almost no room, and i highly doubt the card will even fit inside the computer.

Second of all your powersupply is a risk to the computer and the card since it is 50 watts short.

Third, heat would definitely become an issue since there is almost no airflow in that case, and with a powerful gaming card like the 4870 heat would no doubt become a problem.

I am sorry to tell you that it is not worth the risk to install a 4870 into your computer, either get a better case/computer all together, or return your 4870.

-Noobster15

Hmm.. your case is limiting you alot here.
Of course if you moved your system from your shuttle case into a Cheap case that has more room.
But I still think heat will be a huge problem, and with all the fans maxed noise will become a problem.
Also your CPU could bottleneck the graphics card.

But with a new Case and A better powerupply your system could be alot more feasible.

Also, you have to remeber that all the heat from the graphics will be very close to your cpu and other essential Motherboard components.

It is spelling disaster at the moment.

i know i,m working on the edga here,but notthing is impossible!ohh i also got an
8800 gt as an back up

i want to play games with it mostly!i think!
ive just read an article on this site!about the back fan's,and that they suck the air out of the shuttle,maybey turning them around would help?so lotd of cool air get's in???

first i need an xtra power suply for the gpu,to create that,ineed an adapter i'm sorry to say

ife turned around the 2 back fans to create cool air flow into the shuttle and i have just enough room to fit an Zalman ZM-F2 Green LED fan (92mm with 2.800 rpm)
int the middle of the suttle!