BFG 6800 Ultra OC reports insufficent power

Bought card off EBAY with a Zalman cooler, ntune reports 425/1100 and
provides very good display. Problem is that on power up to Windows
NVIDIA reports insufficent power warning & suggests that card will
have reduced POWER, I don't see that. I have a 600W "X" power supply
with minimal power drain.

Thanks,
David

This is the AGP version with dual 4-pin Molex connectors, right?

1. Make sure the two connectors are coming off of different rails.
2. Make sure the connectors are seated snugly.
3. If you are using a splitter, adapter or extender cable, make sure it is
not defective. (Try it in a different location in your case, like going into
an optical drive.)

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"David Showers" wrote in message
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Bought card off EBAY with a Zalman cooler, ntune reports 425/1100 and
provides very good display. Problem is that on power up to Windows
NVIDIA reports insufficent power warning & suggests that card will
have reduced POWER, I don't see that. I have a 600W "X" power supply
with minimal power drain.

Thanks,
David

I have done suggested things by 1st reply. My motherboard is an ABIT
AV8, could this be the problem?

It is an AGP motherboard. The video card has two molex power
connectors on the end; I have powered both separately from an Ultra
600W power Supply.

Thanks,
David

Do you have the additional separate power cable connected to the video card
as required? The motherboard's AGP bus CANNOT supply adequate power on it's
own for the requirements of that card.

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"David Showers" wrote in message
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Bought card off EBAY with a Zalman cooler, ntune reports 425/1100 and
provides very good display. Problem is that on power up to Windows
NVIDIA reports insufficent power warning & suggests that card will
have reduced POWER, I don't see that. I have a 600W "X" power supply
with minimal power drain.

Thanks,
David

Verify the card's clock speed *in 3D* with a third-party utility like
Lavalys Everest. (Leave Everest running in the background, then Alt-Tab out
of the game.) If the clock speeds are nominal, then chalk it up to a system
quirk and stop investigating.

Make sure you don't have the card plugged into a "fan-only" power connector.
I am not certain if Ultra power supplies have those; I know some Antecs do.

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"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

"David Showers" wrote in message
...
I have done suggested things by 1st reply. My motherboard is an ABIT
AV8, could this be the problem?

It is an AGP motherboard. The video card has two molex power
connectors on the end; I have powered both separately from an Ultra
600W power Supply.

Thanks,
David