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March 16th, 2013 10:00
Compatibilty question
Hello,
I just bought an XPS 8500 which came with a GTX 640 graphics card. I bought the computer to trade and chart stocks across at least 4 monitors. I was looking at the NVS 510 graphics card. Does anyone know if this is compatible with an XPS 8500 or any other card that I should be looking at. Thanks for your help.
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DELL-Chris M
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March 21st, 2013 06:00
alny22,
We have never tested it but it should work. The PNY site says the card only uses 33.4w so the XPS 8500 460w power supply should be fine. Our video card may or may not work. You should download the specific NVS driver just in case.
speedstep
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March 21st, 2013 09:00
The QUADRO NVS510 is an Autocad, 3DMAX, Graphics card not a Gaming card.
Geforce and Quadro both use fermi architecture. Quadro Drivers are usually specific to CAD and Game Patches will not be made for Quadro Drivers or cards as the quadro is not intended to be a gaming card. it is a workstation card.
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rdunnill
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March 22nd, 2013 10:00
This one has four digital outputs: www.newegg.com/.../Product.aspx
HanoverB
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March 22nd, 2013 14:00
Since you are using the card to push 4 monitors for trading stocks, the charting you are doing shouldn't be that intensive on your graphics card and any gaming quality card should be able to handle it. It used to be that you would have to buy a specialized card to have 4 monitors for trading but that's no longer the case.
There are various cards that should work and I would bump up from a 1 GB card to even a 2GB or 3GB card if you are using 4 27-30" displays. I haven't read about a 3GB card working with the XPS 8500 but there are plenty of 2GB cards that are known to work. These are usually PCI3.0 spec and I would stay with that spec if possible as the XPS 8500 is known to be finicky. The card that rdunhill recommends would work fine with your stock power supply, and so would 2GB cards like the GTX 660ti, GTX 660, AMD 7780.
These have 4 ports, usually a combination of HDMI, mini-displayport/displayport and DVI. Stick with a card known to work and you should be able to avoid headaches in setting up your trading station.
HanoverB
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March 22nd, 2013 15:00
I am interested in seeing if that NVS 510 card from Dell works, keep us posted. If Chris says it should work then it probably does.
Here are the specs on the PNY card and it says it up to four digital displays at resolutions up to 3,840 x 2,160 at 60Hz
DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Technology simplifies cable management and support up to 4 displays at 1,920 x 1,200 at 60Hz
www3.pny.com/NVIDIA-NVS-510-for-Quad-DVI-Low-Profile-P3249C364.aspx
At least you have some backup solutions if it doesn't.
alny22
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June 10th, 2013 13:00
Im thinking about going with an amd 7850 or 7870. Do you know of any cards that would work with my 460w power supply? Thanks
DELL-Amogh G
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June 10th, 2013 22:00
Hi alny22,
Dell has not tested either of the cards with XPS 8500. They may or may not work with the system. The power supply shipped with the system is 460 Watt. However, both the cards need at least 500 Watt PSU. I would suggest you to upgrade the PSU if you want to use either of the cards. For Owner’s Manual, you may refer to the link: http://bit.ly/YLvdIh.
Please feel free to reply. I will be glad to assist further.