VGA1, VGA2. Straight to Video Card

[tagxboxliveuniversal]

My power supply is a fully modular system but it only has 6+2pin and 6Pin to connect to the video card. My video card needs 2 8Pin connectors for power. In the box the only way i see how this maybe could work is on my PSU. There is VGA1 and VGA2. And they plug straight into the PSU and one cable end to the video card which is 8pin. But its only 1 8pin. So my question is can i have one cable in VGA1 run to 1 video card power input and another in the VGA2 run to the other video card power input?

 

[jankerson]

System specs?

 

[4745454b]

This falls under my general advice of never use adapters to power a video card. Period. Even if you found a cable that would work and plugged it in, you are forcing your PSU to power something it wasn't designed to do. Which is a bad idea. Horrible even. If you are getting a card that requires two 8pin plugs and your PSU doesn't have it, buy a new PSU. My 450W PSU has two 6+2pin plugs, and I bought this years ago. Please don't force your PSU to do something it can't.

 

[SkyNetRising]

So my question is can i have one cable in VGA1 run to 1 video card power input and another in the VGA2 run to the other video card power input?

Of course - that's how you should do it.
What's the model name of PSU and graphics card?

 

[tagxboxliveuniversal]

So my question is can i have one cable in VGA1 run to 1 video card power input and another in the VGA2 run to the other video card power input?

Of course - that's how you should do it.
What's the model name of PSU and graphics card?

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2, 80+ GOLD 850W, Fully Modular PSU

Sapphire R9 nitro fury 4G GPU

 

[tagxboxliveuniversal]

This falls under my general advice of never use adapters to power a video card. Period. Even if you found a cable that would work and plugged it in, you are forcing your PSU to power something it wasn't designed to do. Which is a bad idea. Horrible even. If you are getting a card that requires two 8pin plugs and your PSU doesn't have it, buy a new PSU. My 450W PSU has two 6+2pin plugs, and I bought this years ago. Please don't force your PSU to do something it can't.

Yup. Im never gonna force it to run something it cant and i want something that comes stock. hate using adapters and never will

 

[SkyNetRising]

Your psu has 4 pcie vga cables:
2 cables with 6+2 pin connectors and
2 cables with 6+2 and 6 pin connectors.

Use 2 cables with 6+2 connectors to power your graphics card.

 

[tagxboxliveuniversal]

Your psu has 4 pcie vga cables:
2 cables with 6+2 pin connectors and
2 cables with 6+2 and 6 pin connectors.

Use 2 cables with 6+2 connectors to power your graphics card.

Ok so what i need to do is use one cable in the VGA1 to the video card and another cable in the VGA2 slot into the video card? Also will that ruin my power supply by running 2 ports to 1 video card? And also im sure this is corrent but i plug the 6+2 pin side into the video card right? Thanks

 

[SkyNetRising]

Ok so what i need to do is use one cable in the VGA1 to the video card and another cable in the VGA2 slot into the video card?

Yes.

Also will that ruin my power supply by running 2 ports to 1 video card?

No. Why would it?

And also im sure this is corrent but i plug the 6+2 pin side into the video card right?

Yes.

 

[tagxboxliveuniversal]

Ok so what i need to do is use one cable in the VGA1 to the video card and another cable in the VGA2 slot into the video card?

Yes.

Also will that ruin my power supply by running 2 ports to 1 video card?

No. Why would it?

And also im sure this is corrent but i plug the 6+2 pin side into the video card right?

Yes.

Ok thank you