Hello Dell Community,
This is a very annoying question to you all and I know because the Dell XPS 8300 I just a got a couple of months ago is really bugging me out I really like the system and the design and I am not really satisfied with the video card it came with which is the AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3 which is a very low profile card I am tired and bored of playing games on low resolution and low graphics so I am willing to upgrade it.
Specifications:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2320 @ 3.00GHz Turbo 3.3GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6450
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz
MOBO: Dell 0Y2MRG
Hard Drive: 1 Terrabyte Seagate 7200 RPM
Power Supply: I think it is a 460W and It has 2x PCI-E Connectors
I am trying to make sure if my Dell XPS 8300 will run the cards below without changing the power supply
because they say if the Dell XPS 8300 comes with a low profile video card it means that the power supply is a low end as well.
AMD Radeon HD 5850 1 GB GDDR5AMD Radeon HD 6670 2 GB DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 6770 1 GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon HD 7750 1 GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GTX 460 SE 1 GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti GDDR5
Thank you for your time and for your information I am 13 years old and I have no idea on how I am gonna solve this problem
You really should not have tons of questions, but you can ask them here if the other poster does not respond. If you overclock a video card or CPU (cannot be done on the 8300) you increase heat which is why he mentioned having good air flow. Basically, there is not much you can do with the XPS 8300 except to keep it dust free so the air flow from the front to the back is not restricted. Actual gaming cases have multiple case fans to increase air flow to keep things cooler.
There has been some issues with the new 600 series Nvidia cards and the XPS 8300. If you avoid these cards you will be fine. The HD 6950 is a more expensive video card unless your budget has gone up. Most video card designs today will not fully exhaust heat out of the case. Cards with the turbine looking fan placed at the rear of the card exhausted heat out, but most today tend to use larger fans to keep the chip cooler but as a result you do get some heat left inside the case.
For your initial budget, I still think the HD 6850 is your best bet. It is miles ahead of your HD 6450 and will work just fine.
Gaming is mostly about the video card. You have a nice system, but the HD 6450 is just no gaming card. At 13 years old, I really don't know how much you can spend. Some of those I would take off the list since they are a bit dated like the HD 5850 and the GTX 460 SE. The least performer is going to be the HD 6670 even though it is still much better than what you have. The GTX 560 Ti is the best, but there are some in between that you do not list such as the HD 7770, GTX 560, GTX 550 Ti & GTX 560 SE. The only one that may be pushing your power supply is the GTX 560 Ti. If you tell me how much you want to spend, I can tell you which card to get.
About 150$ Dollars.
For that cost, your best buy for performance and cost is the HD 6850.
You have to be especially careful with the XPS 8300. I bought an ASUS GeForce GT 640 this week and plonked it into an 8300 that I bought from the outlet a month ago, and incredibly, the motherboard does not recognize the card. Some genius decided to remove the ability to disable onboard video from the system BIOS, instead having the motherboard detect whether or not the card in the PCI-express x16 slot is a video card or not. For whatever reason, even though my Inspiron 518 from 2008 works fine with this brand new Geforce GT 640, the XPS 8300 does not recognize it, and the line Dell has been toting is that because the 8300 is discontinued, there will be no BIOS update to address the problem. As I understand it, Nvidia is working on a VBIOS update for the video card that will workaround this shortcoming in the 8300's bios.
I guess my point is, make sure that you buy your video card from a store with a good return policy.
And this is why I am hesitating on buying a video card on this system its just not worth the money I spent rather build my own computer any other recommendations or suggestions?
I have several Dells, although not an XPS 8300, and I haven't had any problems with video cards not being recognized.
I second Kelbear's suggestion on the 6850. Or, you might try this: www.newegg.com/.../Product.aspx
Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it I'll be back to this thread soon enough as my exams are going on and I'll think about it thank you guys :)
Will it work perfectly maxed out/oce'd on the xps 8300
I shoved a Radeon 6950 in my XPS 8300 i7-6400 last year.
I've had no problems at all.
I overclocked it and ran 3DMark11 and got a P6000 score.
I turned off OC as it's not really necessary.
You must have good airflow front and back.
All that heat has to get out of the case and away from computer.
May I have your contact details I have tons of questions :)
Thanks, the answer is really clear now I understand but still this is a <ADMIN NOTE: Profane word removed as per TOU> computer.
Cya guys (:
Hi I bought a radeon 6950. I have a few questions since you bought it and are using it.. the xps 8300 has a 460w powersupply and amd is saying i need a 500w power supply.. did you upgrade your power supply to put it in? and also what did you do about the heat that it may cause?
Thanks for your time.
The HD 6950 will work on your stock power supply. See below from someone else on his XPS 8300. I would not worry too much about heat unless you plan to overclock the card. Just leave it at stock speeds and you should be fine.
Hi friend, I am not the guy above, but I just installed a 6950 2BG in my 8300 and it kicks ass! Used existing power supply too which was really cool! (460 watt)
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