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Alienware Aurora R3 Graphics Card Upgrade
Hello All,
I need some advice for upgrading my current graphics card.
I am currently running dual Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 cards which the computer originally came with.
Not sure what would be a good not too expensive upgrade for my system, and also if I should just buy 1 card or contiune with dual video cards.
Let me know if you need any other information about my computer to give a better idea of what I need.
Thanks!!!!
dfernand
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June 18th, 2015 03:00
Well with my Alienware Aurora R3 today I just replaced the single NVidia GTX 590 with a killer GTX 980Ti and it worked ! ... one thing though I researched all those people with the GTX 780 NVidias that didn't work and I suspect they didn't have enough power for that one on the PCIe slot rails i.e. they only got the Aurora R3 with the 500w power supply, I opened up my Aurora R3 and had to remove the power supply and it was a Dell 875w Silver 80 PSU, there's even some label on the graphics cards cables (6 and 8 pin) which reads something like "these connectors are not active with systems with the 500w power supply". One thing to note if you are using a Dell Monitor U3014 and you are using one of the 3xDisplay Ports on the GTX 980Ti then you have to set the monitor to "DisplayPort 1.2 ENABLED", to do this you have to press the OSD on the monitor AND have it connected to the PC (say via DVI cable).
Flyercan
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January 27th, 2016 17:00
Is there an update to this list? Mine will not accept my Asus Radeon R9 270. Stuck using the included Radeon 6950. :(
Tesla1856
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January 27th, 2016 17:00
It should work if you have 875w PowerSupply, and it has the proper-pinned power-plugs natively.
Since it's Aurora-R3 you better get one with a Dual-BIOS switch that supports both Legacy and UEFI Hybrid.
Aurora R3 is maybe just EFI (not true uEFI) so it can't decide which it needs. Save yourself a lot of trouble and get one with a switch on the video-card.
Reportedly, some newer MSI & Sapphire cards have the switch.
You might have to un-snap the Aurora's plastic video-card air guide if new card exhausts into case.
I also have this from my notes that someone wrote:
Just wanted to say that the R9 380 does work. But you have to buy a hybrid BIOS graphic-card like "Sapphire R9 380 Nitro". The Sapphire cards are able to switch the BIOS boot from UEFI to legacy BIOS. There is a small "switch" at the corner of the card you can use. It works fine without any issues.
Flyercan
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January 27th, 2016 19:00
Thanks Tesla, it does have the 800 or so watts PSU and it used to have dual 6950's. I already have the R9 270 and I don't see any switches on it. It requires only one 6pin power connector so I feel the existing power supply/connector is fine. When I install it and power up the tower I just get a black screen. This GPU having to detect the bios EFI or UEFI is something new to me. I had no idea that they did this and needed such info to decide to boot. I thought all GPU's were just plug and play. I tested the card in my other tower using an Asus P8P67 Deluxe mobo and it works fine. The R3's mobo is of the same gen so what can I do to make this card work? Is there a bios setting I need to change before installing the card? It is still running the stock windows 7 and all stock parts except for an SSD and 8gb 1600 ram. I tried the card with the stock ram as well.
Also, is this an AMD radeon thing or Nvidia as well?
Thanks for the help