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February 11th, 2014 06:00
Studio XPS 8100, GPU upgrades?
Good day. I'm hoping an expert can help me.
My computer: Dell Studio XPS 8100 desktop, intel Core i7 870 2.93GHz, 8Mb etc
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 single 1GB memory. From reading, not sold by retail and now no longer available
I do not use the computer to play games. The graphic card fan started making noise, and heated up, perhaps needs changing. I can across this card -EVGA GeForce GT 620 700MHz PCI-Express HDMI would this be a compatible replacement. Ccan you please DETAIL for me a replacement graphics card of about the same 'power' +. One that I can slot in myself, load driver and be up and running. Not into changing other bits and pieces. In anticipation, thank you for your help.
fdes
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March 13th, 2015 04:00
You have always had a "have a constant orange light on the motherboard " this means you have AC power and 5v standby is available. If you have no light there is no power input and therefore you will NEVER turn on.The Standby Power LED on the board itself. Once PC is plugged and power supply is ON, LED lights up even if PC is still OFF. Because the LED is about the size of a flea, some call it flea power indicator.
30yearexpert
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February 11th, 2014 08:00
That system has a PCI Express Gen2 x16 slot = PCI Express 2.0 x16
The old OEM video card is PCI Express 2.0x16 1GB GDDR3 256bit, the new card (GeForce GT 620 1GB) is PCI Express 2.0x16 1GB GDDR3 64bit
The only problem I see is the drop in bits a 256bit to a 64bit, But as you may recall there are multiple memory chips on a videocard. The GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) can read 64 bits at a time from a memory chip but to speed things up it reads from more than one memory chip simultaneously. If it can read from 2 chips at a time the memory bus width is 64 x 2 = 128 bit, if it reads from 3 chips simultaneously the bus width is 64 x 3 = 192 bit and so on all the way up to 384 bit.
GeForce GT 620 1GB requires a Minimum of a 350 Watt power supply. The Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 required a 450 watt power supply, so you have enough power.
So to answer your question, YES you can drop in that new card!
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_studio_xps_desktop/studio-xps-8100_User%27s%20Guide_en-us.pdf
http://www.enthusiastpc.net/articles/00001/3.aspx
30yearexpert
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February 11th, 2014 08:00
You can buy the old card new at ASUS (ENGT240/DI/1GD3/A)
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ENGT240DI1GD3A/
Fdes
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February 13th, 2014 00:00
Thanks for your reply , much appreciated.
the card fan was making noise, i got the card out, cleaned the fan, reseated he heat sink , and refitted it all together.
the noise seems to have gone away now. Quite and peacefull.
thanks
fdes
OurManFlint
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March 13th, 2015 02:00
Hi,
That's good intel on the replacement graphics card. I have the exact same Dell PC, and the nvidia GeForce GTS 240 graphics card has just given up and ceased.
Can I ask your advice on something please? I've replaced the graphics card, but now have a constant orange light on the motherboard - the pc starts up normally and everything is working fine though. I'm just concerned it might be putting another component under some power-related pressure.
The replacement graphics card, which I matched for power supply min/max with help from a guy in the shop, is an Asus Nvidia GeForce GT 610 but it doesn't require a connection directly from the power supply like the GTS 240 did. It is also fan-less so is super quiet. I notice the new Asus version of the GTS240 (from your link) doesn't seem to require that connection either, despite having a fan, although it's hard to tell for sure from the picture.
The GT 610 is PCI2 and just sits the slot without any other connections. The GTS 240 had an additional connection to the motherboard, plus a connection directly from the PSU. Any advice would be much appreciated. Things are working normally but I'm concerned I might be building up trouble for another component.
I love how my pc is now much quieter, but part of me misses the sound of a Harrier jump-jet that the GTS 240 used to make.
Many thanks,
Ash
OurManFlint
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March 13th, 2015 08:00
Thank you! Shows how infrequently I've had the side off the pc - it's been brilliant.