ATI Radeon 9800 Pro power connection

johne102 · Dec 15, 2003, 01:41 AM

I am a recent convert to ATI, having used NVIDIA cards for years and I have question concerning the power. The manual shows the connection with the hard drive. My question is this: would the card be any more stable if I connected the power directly to a lead from the power supply, or should I use the connection as suggested by ATI ??? My power supply is an ANTEC True Power 480 watt. Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated...

mainman · Dec 15, 2003, 01:46 AM

You have no need to conect it to the hard drive you can just conect it directly to the power suply.

Chaos · Dec 15, 2003, 01:56 AM

They show it that way for those with limited number of molex connections from their power supply I figure....

Dec 15, 2003, 01:41 AM	#1
johne102 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Tucson, Az Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	ATI Radeon 9800 Pro power connection I am a recent convert to ATI, having used NVIDIA cards for years and I have question concerning the power. The manual shows the connection with the hard drive. My question is this: would the card be any more stable if I connected the power directly to a lead from the power supply, or should I use the connection as suggested by ATI ??? My power supply is an ANTEC True Power 480 watt. Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated...

Dec 15, 2003, 01:46 AM	#2
mainman Mr. Nobody Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher Posts: 5,961 Rep Power: 71	You have no need to conect it to the hard drive you can just conect it directly to the power suply. __________________

Dec 15, 2003, 01:56 AM	#3
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	They show it that way for those with limited number of molex connections from their power supply I figure.... __________________