How important is it to run a separate molex connector to the 6800NU without anythign else attached? I am thinking I maybe having some instability at startup because of this and am just wondering if anyone else with 420W PSU successfully did this. Mainly wondering because I will have to rewire it this weekend if I need to, but I rather not.
Also, I got 6572 or something like that on 3dmark03. Is that too low or is it just because of my other components? I will live with this either way as a 500% in 3dmark alone going from my old VC to the 6800NU is good. In real world games though Far Cry seems like it may have a slight issue when I look around. It's hard tell sometimes but maybe it's a V-sync issue. I know the CPU affects the new cards a lot in games but 6572 is around 9800 scores.
Specs:
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP
AMD 2400+ Thoroughbred @ 133 mhz FSB
512 PC3200 RAM
eVga 6800NU
Nothing is O/C'ed.
Someone is another post said to make sure AGP aperture is 256mb, enable fast writes and make sure 8x AGP is enabled.
Also, I got 6572 or something like that on 3dmark03. Is that too low or is it just because of my other components? I will live with this either way as a 500% in 3dmark alone going from my old VC to the 6800NU is good. In real world games though Far Cry seems like it may have a slight issue when I look around. It's hard tell sometimes but maybe it's a V-sync issue. I know the CPU affects the new cards a lot in games but 6572 is around 9800 scores.
Specs:
Gigabyte GA-7VAXP
AMD 2400+ Thoroughbred @ 133 mhz FSB
512 PC3200 RAM
eVga 6800NU
Nothing is O/C'ed.
Someone is another post said to make sure AGP aperture is 256mb, enable fast writes and make sure 8x AGP is enabled.