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R9 290 tri x install help

darkn3ss99
By darkn3ss99
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So the r9 290 tri x came with a few extra cables. Do i even bother using those cables? Also theres a 6 pin and a 8 pin so which one do i connect my psu power to?

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Use both, the card requires both to be powered.

If there's extra cables, yet you're getting an image displayed and decent performance out of your card, I'd assume you're all good. Use the DVI cable if possible. (google it if you don't know what it is)

Also, I'd like to be on the safe side and ask that you double-check to see if you screwed in the card on the left side, to your case where you took out some little metal things that had screws in those...

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


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Use both, the card requires both to be powered.

If there's extra cables, yet you're getting an image displayed and decent performance out of your card, I'd assume you're all good. Use the DVI cable if possible. (google it if you don't know what it is)

Also, I'd like to be on the safe side and ask that you double-check to see if you screwed in the card on the left side, to your case where you took out some little metal things that had screws in those...

Will a hdmi cable work?

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Will a hdmi cable work?

Yes, it will.

I really wish that we'd just make organic hardware already, that grows and adapts to the demands it needs to meet. That way, grannies' computers can be floppy sacks of organicness and the 12 year old Minecrafters will look like the guys that only do bicep curls, and the nerdy programmers will finally have justice, with their body-builder rigs that skipped leg day.


CPU: i7-4770k 4.8GHz | Motherboard: Asus Maximus Hero | RAM: 16gigs 2133MHz | GPU: SLI Gigabyte OC 2gb 770's | Case: INWIN GRone | Storage: 1tb Blue, 60gb SSD | PSU: Silencer MK II 950w | Cooling: Modded H100i

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then you should have all the cables you need. use the ones labeled gpu smakc em in power it up and you should be good to go :) 

hdmi dvi ddvi vga, aslong as its a cable from gpu to screen so u can get drivers etc to work :P

 
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then you should have all the cables you need. use the ones labeled gpu smakc em in power it up and you should be good to go :)

hdmi dvi ddvi vga, aslong as its a cable from gpu to screen so u can get drivers etc to work :P

So i connect this:

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to the 8 pin and then the other to the 6 pin, leaving the other 2 pin out right? This is my first build and i dont wanna screw up. I feel like my build is gonna blow up the moment i start it up :(

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haha iknow that feeling. yes just be sure to plug the one with the 2pin into the gpu and not the other way around. then it wont boot :)

 
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its pretty much just lego. and the failsafe in todays tech really wont let you fuck it up unless you do something out of this world wrong lol 

 
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