Hey there guys, my new geforce gtx 260 just came in the mail, and I don't know what this cable is for. I've attached in image, the cable I'm talking about is second from the left, it's small and grey, with one end that plugs into the video card and another that plugs into two pins on the motherboard. There's an audio symbol where it plugs into the card, but to be honest I have no idea what this is for, I've never seen it. I like to take advantage of extra features, so if you could take a look at it that would be great. I've done some searching with google and wikipedia with no success so far.

Thanks

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Have you checked your User manual?

Cables Included:
1 x DVI-VGA adapter
1 x S-Video cable
1 x S-Video - HDTV cable

It may not be svideo it may be a proprietry output incorperating svideo as a part of it the output of that cable goes to componant. I do not see an svideo cable? I see dvi to vga I see whatever to componant I see something thin I do not recognise and I see a molex to 6 pin pci-e power adapter

Yeah thanks. The user manual mentions nothing about it. It certainly doesn't look like S-video to me, that would be the one on the far right I think.

@zinglebarb: yeah, it's that thin one I'm talking about. So far I have no idea what it's for.

Ok, I have looked at a review at TweakTown, and they say it's a S/PDIF loop-back cable. I don't know what that's for exactly.

Box Contents

BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OC 896MB graphics card
Quick install guide
DVI to VGA adapter
DVI to HDMI adapter
S/PDIF audio cable (1 ft.)
HDTV (component) breakout cable
Dual 4-pin peripheral to single 6-pin PCI Express power adapter
Driver CD

Maybe not exact card you bought but list may answer your question.

Or is your card another model?

Ok thanks that helped me a lot. I found out what it's for at this link.

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Thanks for the tips

You are welcome,glad you found it.