Aurora R9, upgrade GPU, #8

Question

Hi, I have an alienware aurora r9 with 2060 rtx (not super). I want to upgrade to Nvidia Quadro M6000 24GB. I have checked the specs, it has the following: SPECIFICATIONS   GPU Memory 24 GB GDDR5  Memory Interface 384-bit  Memory Bandwidth Up to 317 GB/s NVIDIA CUDA Cores 3072  Peak Single Precision Performance Up to 7 TFLOPs System Interface PCI Express 3.0 x16 Max Power Consumption 250 W Thermal Solution Ultra-Quiet Active Fansink Form Factor 4.4' H × 10.5' L, Dual Slot, Full Height Display Connectors 4x DP 1.2, DVI-I DL, Optional Stereo Max Simultaneous Displays 4 direct, 4 DP 1.2 MultiStream  Max DP 1.2 Resolution 4096 × 2160 at 60 Hz Max DVI-I DL Resolution 2560 × 1600 at 60 Hz Max DVI-I SL Resolution 1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz Max VGA Resolution 2048 × 1536 at 85 Hz Graphics APIs Shader Model 5.0,  OpenGL 4.53 , DirectX 12.04, Vulkan 1.03 Compute APIs CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL   Is it compatiable to the system that I have.    PS: I want to replace my GPU. IF possibe add it but I dont think its possible to add.

redxps630 · Accepted Answer

that quadro M6000 draws 250 W which is much more power than 160W of RTX2060, you would need Alienware 850W psu for R9 if not already done.

10.5” is close to max length of gpu that can fit in R9.

https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R9-maximum-GPU-length-size/td-p/7418463

https://outervision.com/b/9u47oW

https://www.nvidia.com/content/quadro/pdf/quadro-power-guidelines.pdf

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