7800GT Help - Please.

[trikstadude3]

I've got an Nvidia 7800GT coming to me in the next day or 2.

Thing is, the last GFX card I had in my system was a 7300LE, which I had to give back to a friend. Right now, I'm on Intel GMA 900 , like I was before I borrowed the 7300LE.

Anyway, the 7300LE I just popped into the PCI-E slot, installed drivers, yada yada yada, worked fine.

On the Nvidia forums, I was told that I actually have to plug a power cable of some sort on the inside of my pc. PCI-e 6 pin or something ?


Please help me out, I already had to get a dVI to VGA convertor just so I can plug in my LCD monitor to the card.

-.-

Anything else I have to buy just to get this thing running ?

6 pin power cable thing, I have no idea what the hell it is .

HELP ?

 

[amdfangirl]

Voteban?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Let's give him the benefit of doubt that he's just having a bad day.

 

[trikstadude3]

Let's give him the benefit of doubt that he's just having a bad day.

Wow, I apologise deeply for what I said - I was being an ass. I'm really sorry.

Anyway, I had a PSU failure, should have seen it coming really. Getting a new 550w PSU and I have this friend who's been a PC technician for about 15 years, and he's going to sort it out.


As for the forums that I mod - One is GamesOnly.org, a rather successful gaming forum, come check it out if you please. The other 3 don't exist anymore, some one merged into GamesOnly and the other 2 died.


I do actually have good computer knowledge, but when it comes to hardware, I just get confused.



Regardless, I appreciate your help everyone, and I'm sorry for being such a d**k. Hope I can stick around and become active here.