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Will Dell XPS 8300 A06 BIOS support ASUS Radeon R9 270 DirectCU II OC graphics card?
Hi,
Just bought the above card to replace an old AMD Radeon HD 6450
When I unplug the old card and insert the new one, connect the 6-pin connecter from the PSU to the new card and power on - the new card led goes solid green, the fans run, but there is not output from the card to my monitor (which then goes into power saving mode).
Can anyone confirm if there is anything else I need to do to get the new card to work on the XPS 8300?
XPS-8300 i7-2600 3,4GHz 12Gb RAM
H67 Motherboard (Dell 0Y2MRG)
Win 7 64 bit
new card is ASUS Radeon R9 270 2BG GDDR5
Please help!!!
speedstep
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March 17th, 2015 18:00
It wont with the stock power supply and its likely that it wont post at all due to UEFI bios requirements.
speedstep
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March 18th, 2015 07:00
The 6950 is more powerful than a 7750
Dell validated PCIe 2.0 video cards for the XPS 8300 =
KP8GM AMD Radeon HD5450
HWHRN AMD Radeon HD5670
GCJ42 AMD Radeon HD5770
2XTG4 AMD Radeon HD5870
HCVMH AMD Radeon HD6450
8F60V AMD Radeon HD6670
8PJF8 AMD Radeon HD6770
Y9XH7 AMD Radeon HD6870
4VDWW AMD Radeon HD6950
VH86X Nvidia G405 M116n
X78HM Nvidia GT420
7K9GX Nvidia GTS450
GR23P Nvidia GTX460
FH75P Nvidia GT530
0N3PJ Nvidia GTS545
WGP2G Nvidia GTX560Ti
Peter Hayward
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March 18th, 2015 07:00
I also bought a larger power supply to handle the possibility of the new card needing more power. When I inserted the new R9 270 card, connected the 6-pin cable and powered on the XPS, the R9 270 card's led light came on, the two fans on the card started spinning, but there was no video output from the card. After chatting with ASUS tech support and a separate chat with Dell we determined that the stock 460 watt Dell power supply provided enough power to run the card, but it was not being recognized by the BIOS.
Dell confirmed that the A06 BIOS in the XPS 8300 will not recognize the Radeon R9 270 card. The most powerful graphics card that the XPS will support from AMD is the Radeon 7750. Dell does not plan to release any newer BIOS for the XPS8300 so we are limited to the generation of cards that were known as of that A06 release on 17/20/2011.
garydman
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June 9th, 2016 15:00
I can confirm that the, EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 will work with a Dell XPS 8300 with the Ao6 Bios and the stock 460w power supply. My XPS 8300 came with an HD-6870.
garydman
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June 9th, 2016 15:00
Oh, here is the link for the card I bought.
www.amazon.com/.../ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00