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April 5th, 2020 06:00
XPS 8700, current GPU upgrades?
Hi,
Just wondering what are the best current GPU upgrades for the 7 year old XPS 8700? These are my specs:
i7-4790 CPU @3.60GHz
RAM 16GB
64-bit OS
GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 745
Thank you any help is appreciated. Stay safe!
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redxps630
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April 5th, 2020 21:00
it depends what your future plan is. do you plan to stay put w i7-4790, upgrade to 4790k on the same motherboard, upgrade to 8900 motherboard in the same case, or move to a whole new machine? buying a faster gpu gives you some future proof, although the future horizon is always moving.
based on bottleneck calculator, GTX 1060, 1650, rx 580 are close to perfect match for i7-4790 (0%). the faster GTX 1660 is still good (9%). anything <10% is not considered bottleneck.
according to calculator GTX1080 will be mildly bottlenecked by i7-4790 (14%). but it has better future proof. recommended system power is 500W. 8700 stock psu is 460W.
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April 5th, 2020 07:00
GTX 1060 (6gb) or RX 580 (8gb) depending on which team you prefer
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April 5th, 2020 17:00
GTX 1660 should work if bios is updated to current. Non Dell cards will require secure boot OFF.
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April 5th, 2020 20:00
I put in a Corsair CX750M (but a 650M would have worked just as well) and a Zotac GTX 1080 Ti Mini 11GB Graphics card. Very fast now.
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Anyone have some advice on upgrading my 2014 Dell XPS 8700 Graphics Card?
Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Haswell 22nm Technology - Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.4 GHz
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 at 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0KWVT8 (CPU 1)
Graphics
FHX2300 (1920x1080@60Hz)
DELL 2009W (1050x1680@60Hz)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7500 Series (Dell)
Storage
447GB INTEL SSDSC2BW480A4 (SATA (SSD))
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM164 (SATA )
1863GB Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 (SATA )
3726GB Western Digital WDC WD40EZRZ-22GXCB0 (SATA )
7452GB Western Digital WD My Book 25EE USB Device (USB (SATA) (SSD))
3726GB Western Digital WD My Book 25EE USB Device (USB (SATA) (SSD))
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GHA2N
Audio
Line 6 TonePort UX2
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Computer type: Desktop
Installation Date: 8/8/2019 4:12:45 PM