Return-Path: Received: from p3plwbeout04-04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.218.225] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4766060 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:32:46 +0200 Received: from localhost ([72.167.218.243]) by p3plwbeout04-04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with bizsmtp id X7cA1j0035FgiYg017cAkM; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:36:10 -0700 x-cmae-analysis: v=2.0 cv=KfJQQHkD c=1 sm=1 a=rBOEpJqQhQWCDE4kjGr1Uw==:17 a=icx8ymTW2tUA:10 a=v3AIcEYWj2sA:10 a=vnHW6yc4nSIA:10 a=pnyGFoxxU9sA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=bDWiVW_OAAAA:8 a=TZb1taSUAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=3QsYmRbDIlPP9xGYFykA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=rBOEpJqQhQWCDE4kjGr1Uw==:117 Received: (qmail 5807 invoked by uid 99); 6 Jul 2012 19:36:10 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-IP: 66.206.215.2 User-Agent: Workspace Webmail 5.6.22 Message-Id: <20120706123609.89259f98f291d771214680e8971719cb.7f482ba104.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> From: "Robert W. Walker" To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: RE: [AE] OT: Two Graphics Cards in MacPro Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:36:09 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 I have read anecdotal evidence of problems, if not disasters, with=0Apower-= splitters. There are third-party aux power supplies that can be=0Amounted = in a spare drive bay (including optical), provide plenty of=0Aextra wattage= without taxing your onboard PSU. Also external PSU's, but=0Athose are not= too elegant - gotta run cables into the tower through an=0Aopen PCI slot c= over. =0A=0AAnyway, I thought I'd pass along what I found when researching = this a=0Afew weeks ago.=0A=0A> -------- Original Message --------=0A> Subje= ct: [AE] OT: Two Graphics Cards in MacPro=0A> From: Byron Nash =0A> Date: Fri, July 06, 2012 3:26 pm=0A> To: "After Effects Mail = List" =0A> =0A> =0A> I'd like to add a spare GTX28= 5 to my MacPro with a Radeon in it. There=0A> aren't enough power plugs to = go around but I can't seem to find one online.=0A> I keep searching on vari= ous sites and haven't seen the type of Y connector=0A> that it would need. = I'm sure some of you have done this so I'm tapping the=0A> group think on t= his one.=0A> =0A> Thanks!=0A> =0A> Byron=0A