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XPS 8300, GTX 1070 , GPU Upgrade
Graphic card manufacturer and model number: NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card – Black Model Number 9001G4112520001
Bios: A03
Operating System: W7 Ultimate x64
Power supply manufacturer if not Dell 460w PSU : Corsair CMPSU-850TX (2012)
Compatible: Yes, does work
Original card with system that worked: Radeon HD 5870 1GB, EVGA GTX 560 Superclocked 2GB
Installed the card to see how if it would work in this older machine. Both the GTX 1070 and a MSI Sea Hawk 1080 work fine.
Boots up fine in the XPS 8300, no bottlenecks at 1080P testing with Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 @ 60fps and settings pretty much maxed out. As long as you cap frame rates, most modern games play fine.
Rear exhaust, dumps hot air out of case, no problems with temps. Machine does have front intake fan, Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition fan mounted with XSPC Universal Radstand and Asetek 545LC liquid CPU cooler..
Got 3DMark Firestrike score of 12756. Graphics: 17556 Physics (CPU): 8907.
i7 2600 Sandy Bridge processor still works fine for casual 1080p gaming.
SlimJordi
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October 4th, 2018 09:00
Did you change the PSU in order to make the GPU work?
Or did you use the stock PSU that comes with the original system?
HanoverB
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October 4th, 2018 17:00
Yes, there is a Corsair 850W PSU in this machine.
latinstarr82
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May 25th, 2021 07:00
I know this is an older thread and it may not be answered, but do you have a better pic of the entire rig and the complete specs for that particular upgrade? Did you use the XPS 8300 case or switch to another case (looking at the picture it doesn't quite look like the one I have, mine is a completely white case with a black plastic front)? Any help you can provide would be much appreciated as I'm trying to figure how best to upgrade mine.