Question 1

Does this need to be connected to a power supply?

Accepted Answer

yes, the power supply is the 6 prong connector located on the top of the card itself, figured out myself because i had to upgrade my power supply to support the graphics card

Question 2

can I connect 3 hdmi monitors to this card? I am connecting to video projector, computer monitor and a stage monitor (confidence monitor)

Accepted Answer

I have three HDMI monitors connected to mine and it works just fine.

Question 3

Can two monitors be connected to it at once?

Accepted Answer

Yes.  I have my PC monitor and a Roku TV connected as second monitor both with hdmi.  You need to have your main monitor connected in a certain hdmi port or you don't see your bootup screen.  I found that out by trial and error.

Question 4

does this work with windows 10?

Accepted Answer

YES it does, been running Windows 10 since it was released.  Have this exact GPU in my Alienware graphics amplifier.

Question 5

will this card work with vista?

Accepted Answer

No. The minimum supported OS for the 10 series cards is Windows 7. However, you can do some research on various forums and may be able to find a work-around, but the card will never utilize its full potential under a Windows xp / vista environment. My suggestion is that if you wish to run the latest games and purchase one of these cards, install  Windows 7 at the very least.

Question 6

what size power supply is needed for this card?

Accepted Answer

300 watt is what is called for

Question 7

How large (wattage) does my power supply have to be?

Accepted Answer

With this specific card I wouldn't go anything under 430watts. You can get away with a 400watt power supply but I had one and the only way to get it working without my system crashing was to under volt the graphics card by 80% power draw in the gigabyte Xtreme gaming app. So a 430watt or more would be enough to run it perfectly fine.

Question 8

Is it worth the money right now? Or am I best off waiting for the mining craze to end?

Accepted Answer

Id say no. While it is a good card I can't say it's worth over $200. If you can, wait for the price to come down.

Question 9

Will this work with Alienware Aurora R3 as a replacement for my nVidia GTX 590?

Accepted Answer

yes it should work fine considering the power supply has the power cable it needs

Question 10

will this work in a amd  970 gaming motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes it will work, but know that most if not all older AMD am3+ motherboards have PCI-E 2.0 instead of 3.0 so there will be a lot of bottelnecking when it comes to your CPU comunicating with your GPU. I would recomend upgrading to the new AMD ryzen platform before upgrading your graphics card

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