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April 15th, 2014 00:00
Upgrading GPU with Aurora r3
Hello,
So I have an alienware aurora r3 with a gtx 460 and I would like to upgrade. The card i would like to upgrade to is a gtx 770 evga 4gb edition. Is it possible for me to upgrade to this card, and how can I tell if I have the 875w PSU? The CPU is an I5 2400 with 8gb of ram and the stock motherboard. Thanks in advance.
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Tesla1856
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April 16th, 2014 15:00
Finicky little machine the Aurora-R3. Buy card from retailer with return ability.
Users seems to have slightly better luck with nVidia over AMD for aftermarket video-card upgrades on this machine.
http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19524942.aspx
Evil.D007
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September 9th, 2014 14:00
I have a R3 and have upgraded to an EVGA GTX 760 with no problems. I tried an Asus Radeon R9 280 with no success. I returned it and got the EVGA GTX 760 between it states that it is compatible with Gen. 2.0 busses and most motherboards. I hope that this helps.
Alienware-Naomi
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April 15th, 2014 15:00
Hi!
All the Aurora R3 models have the 875W power supply. The GeForce GTX770 is not a validated upgrade for this system, however, you can check if other users have been able to successfully install this card in their systems.
Here are the validated video cards for your computer:
NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 480
NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 490
AMD Radeon HD 6950
NVIDIA, GeForce GT 545
NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 555
NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 560Ti
NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 580
NVIDIA, GeForce GTX 590
TheDarkAce
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April 15th, 2014 23:00
Ok thanks for the information.
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).