Thread: Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 AGP Dual DVI
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Old 18-04-2009, 12:57   #4
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Re: Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 AGP Dual DVI
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb View Post
you may find the manual says 6 pin is ok? It does look like it is keyed to fit.
Thanks m8, I regret sending that abusive email to the ebay seller now! lol!

I've plugged in the cable and it fits just fine, but is the cable delivering enough juice. As I understand it, 6pin PCIe connectors allow 75W of elec, whereas 8pin deliver 150W. Since the board has a 8pin, this would imply that it needs the fully 150W, or at least over the 75W limitation of 6pin.

I suppose the issue is that I bought this card marked as NEW from ebay, and it does look unused tbfair, but it seems I'm untrusting of the fact the cable and connectors don't tally.

If it were shrinkwrapped then I'd have just assume all is as it's meant to be.
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