IBM IntelliStation A Pro Type 6217 User Manual page 83

Attention: To get the best performance from the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 and
3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm video adapters, you must connect the video adapter to the
computer power supply. Otherwise, the video adapter will be operating with very
limited power, resulting in a decrease in performance for some applications. Use the
PCI Express x16 power drop to connect the video adapter to the computer power
supply. The following illustration shows the location of the video adapter power
connector:
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
The following illustration shows the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 800 video adapter.
When this video adapter is installed, it overlaps the PCI slot below it. Therefore, you
will have one less PCI slot available in which you can install a video adapter.
Models with the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 video adapter come with a Dual Monitor
System-59 (DMS-59) to dual-analog monitor pigtail cable. If you want to set up two
Video adapter
power connector
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