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Jelmore81
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2019/07/25 16:37:14 (permalink)
I'm looking to upgrade my current system graphics card I run 32 gb of ram I'm looking to run it as a gaming system I was looking at a 960 or 970 but I want the best for my pc build. I can upgrade the power supply and the OS if needwd
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    Sajin
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    Re: Graphics card for Dell xps 8300 2019/07/25 16:56:52 (permalink)
    Looks like a 2080 will work in your system... https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/12321049
     
    Note: A RTX 2080 requires at least a 650w psu.


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    Re: Graphics card for Dell xps 8300 2019/07/25 18:39:48 (permalink)
    It's been a while since I've had to worry about people with some of those older Dell systems, but IIRC, the Dell XPS 8300 had a motherboard that didn't support UEFI graphics cards.  If that's still the case, then it won't matter if you replace the power supply and the OS; you'll run into a situation where the system won't boot with picture.  I'm pretty sure the system needs to be an XPS 8900 or newer.
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    Re: Graphics card for Dell xps 8300 2019/07/25 19:11:12 (permalink)
    I've seen people use the evga 960.
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    Re: Graphics card for Dell xps 8300 2019/08/23 08:48:51 (permalink)
    I purchased an RTX2070 as an upgrade for the GTX970 I had installed in my dell. I was sadly out of luck in regards to it working. I ended up building a new rig for the new card. Here's the pic's from nvidia forums from someone else with the same issue(only place I could find an explanation for what was happening with the bios beep code) and also a pic of my dell system with the gtx970 in it.  shot 87 = nvidia post, 88=my comp.
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    Re: Graphics card for Dell xps 8300 2019/08/23 09:04:42 (permalink)
    Dell PC's also normally have a minimum spec PSU which many times means you can't upgrade. 

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