Hello Miguel

I am French. I am in the same position as you. I want to upgrade my video card. Despite my internet searches, I do not know if my hardware is really compatible with the latest GTX 10XX video cards

Alienware aurora R1 of 2011

I7 930 oc ​​3.4 Ghz LGA 1366

12 GB Ram 1600 Mgz XMP

Motherboard X58 Express

Intel chipset P55

SSD Crucial BX 100 1TB

600 Gb Vélociraptor 10000 RPM

ATI HD 5870 1 GB

Power-supply: 875 Watts

Windows 10 Pro Anniversary update

A11 Bios (herited, after switching to Win 10)

Command Center 2.8.1.10

Despite the Pcie-2, the X58 and the SATA 2, I do not want to change anything except my graphics card. My old I7 930 is still fast (especially with windows 10) and a video upgrade is very valuable! An SSD is highly recommended, as the bios update in A9 minimum! And it is better to have the power supply 875 w, even if the 525 W should also work with the latest cards.

In the current state, the GTX 1070 video cards would be compatible with the Aurora R1 (Warning this is not official!), But I have not tested. For example, an Emeritus member of this forum has an Aurora R1 with a GTX MSI 1070 8GB X, it is called Tesla1856 and will be able to inform us, for sure ... For the GTX 1060 cards, I do not know, but even A 3 GB model would be enough on our old horses ... But I have not seen Aurora r1 with GTX 1060 on the forums, no, nothing.

Looking forward to reading you

Cutter

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miguelfgouveia Have a ATI RADEON 5770 1G PCI-e 2.0 and need to replace it...   My desktop alienware aurora is one of the first (service tag xxxxxxx)...   Any suggestions which video card I should get?   Thanks

Thank you very much Tesla1856 for all your details, very useful to the owners of Alienware Aurora R1 !

I will soon buy a MSI 1070 (the same as yours) or a PNY 1070 FE (declared compatible by dell.US).The question I always ask : do Aurora R1 work with the GTX 1060? In theory, this card works but I have not found confirmation. Even the 3 Gb version would be enough ... Has anyone got an answer?

thank you in advance

For my configuration, see my previous message

do Aurora R1 work with the GTX 1060?

Yes, it does. GTX-1060 is same architecture as GTX-1070 and the rest of the Pascal series.

And yet I haven't used Pascal since the TI-99 4a  Pcode card.

I'm guessing Nvidia named it after Blaise Pascal like the programming language.

I have a friend who can still program in Pascal, and IIRC ... still has some usefulness.

The TI-99/4a was my first computer. I was so proud of that machine. Bought it new for $50 in the 1980's. I wrote my first programs on it (backed-up to audio cassette tape of course).

Hello,

Yes, the GTX 1060 is compatible with the Alienware Aurora R1, which can therefore also work with the 1070 or 1080 ...

After much hesitation, I chose a GTX 1060 6 Gb Nvidia Founders Edition (215 euro on Ebay, used). This card *** the air from the fan located at the front of the Alienware Aurora and expels it out of the case, at the back. This allows an optimal cooling of the video card (62 ° C after 2 hours on Far Cry 4 in Ultra, 65 to 70 FPS in resolution 1920X1200). The card is silent, much less noisy than my old AMD HD 5870 !

For installation, I followed the instructions of Nvidia: I simply removed my old AMD, installed the GTX, started the PC and then installed the GeForce Experience that takes care of everything. It went well ! However, before installation, the Intel Chipset and BIOS must be upgraded to 2013 (see Dell Support)

I think a GTX 1060 is largely enough for an old Aurora R1 that is in PCI Express 2 only.

The upgrade remains very interesting for gamers who do not have enough money to redeem Alienware !  So you can DOWN, the video upgrade is top on this old PC!

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Alienware Aurora (2009-2011= R1) / Core I7 930 overclock 3.4 Ghz / Socket LGA 1366 / 12GB Ram 1600 Mhz XMP / Motherboard X58 Alienware 04VWF2 version A2 / Bios A11  2013 (herited after switching to Win 10) / Intel P55 Chipset Update / SSD Crucial BX100 1TB / 600 Gb Vélociraptor 10000 RPM / GTX 1060 Nvidia Founders Edition / Power-Supply 875 Watts / Windows 10 Pro, Full Anniversary Update / Command Center 2.8.11. 0

GTX-1060 is nice, and pretty close to 1070.

Hey, in Nvidia Control Panel, be sure PhysX is set to Auto. Should be using the GeForce GTX-10x0 card. Or maybe, just lock it on the Nvidia card. I've seen machines with it set to CPU before and that is pretty much wrong.
 
Gotta keep these Aurora-R1's gaming if they still work.

You say the intel chipset and bios must be updated to 2013 before installing a bigger Graphics card

???

Hello Im Looking at a......EVGA - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card for my Alienware Aurora ALX R1 ...Will this card work also,,or is the other fore mentioned cards better ..Thanks

Always Recommended to have latest bios BEFORE Changing cards.

ok so i went on the dell website and i tried to download the bios update...It said the version was the same ..the date was different though..should i still download it ??

No.  If you have the latest bios there is no need to re install.

do you know the difference in elpida memory 9-10 A0 and 9-10 B0 .??

That isn't a Dell or Alienware question.   "9-10 A0 and 9-10 B0" isn't any information at all its not even a complete part number.

Even 2gb 1rx8 pc3-10600u-9-10-a0  isn't a part number its a partial specification that is not centric to ANY specific vendor.  9-10 would indicate an incomplete timing spec aka  1333mhz 9-9-9-24 vs 1600mhz 9-9-9-28   speed is absolutely relative because the WAIT STATES keep going up and up and up making the first number almost meaningless. There is no answer to your question in either case due to non information. In other words is 1333 any slower than 2400 ram. The answer is Not Likely.   This is another Mhz myth.  Higher Mhz does not mean better performance.

High Speed RAM - Is it Worth it? DDR3 1333MHz vs 2400MHz Test - YouTube