Quote Originally Posted by N19h7m4r3 View Post
Aw! 8 and 6 pin power? No go for my system then.

Guess I'll have to look at the 280's, otherwise I might pick up a 7xxx series card as cheap as possible.

Still interested in TDP information though.
AFAIK you can run any 8 pin power card with a 6 pin, just limited overclocking. Those two extra pins are only ground wires, so it isn't like they actually provide power, and many power supplies just tie those two back into the 6 pin wires anyway. My 7950 has 8 and 6, but my PSU only has two 6 pin and I'm still overclocked (just maybe not as far as I could with the last 2 pins).