Precision M6800 GPU Upgrade

Question

Hello,

I've been using Dell Latitudes for years now, but when I got the Precision M6800, it just blew me away.

I want to upgrade my GPU, I was wondering what GPUs can run with the M6800 borad an hardware. I need a GPU better than the Quadro K5100m, say a GTX Nvidia with 8GB or a similar one.

Thank you.

P.S. I'm running Debian 9.

DELL-Cares · Answer

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JamesJAB1 · Answer

I have never owned a Precision M6800, but on my old Precision M6700 I upgraded the GPU to an Alienware GTX 980M 8GB card.

Depending on which screen is installed on your machine, you might be able to upgrade to a Quadro P4000 8GB or P5000 16GB. (the screen needs to be mobile DisplayPort because the Pascal series Quadro mobile cards do not output LVDS)

With any upgrade to a GPU that is from a newer model Dell, you will need to mod the .inf file for the drivers to install.

U2CAMEB4ME · Answer

Welcome to the Dell Community @amesec  Look here. https://www.dell.com/community/Precision-Mobile-Workstations/Dell-Precision-M6800-amp-QUADRO-P4000-VBIOS-update/m-p/7682500 Best regards, U2

amesec · Answer

Thank you for the reply, it's a wonderful bonus to the other reply by @JamesJAB1 This probably solves the Linux driver issue's than, as well as the BIOS problem if faced.

amesec · Answer

OK, so the GTX 980m also works on the system. That's actually great, that could work, as it's already better than the K5100m.

I wasn't aware of the Quadro P4000 8GB or the P5000 16GB. I don't know if the display is compatible, I will have to check that somehow. The M6800 has all three display output ports.

And I also use Linux, so I will have to check how the drivers would work with those GPUs.

Thank you very much for the reply.

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