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Hello, I bought an Alienware Aurora R12 without a video card. When I tried to install a basic GeForce 710, all I get is a white screen. I looked at the Aurora R12 video card compatibility list and only a few high end cards are listed, primarily GDDR6 cards. Is there a cheaper card that will work with this system?
I also read that secure boot can be disabled and the system will probably accept a cheaper lower end card. How can this be done without any video display? I do not have access to a compatible card to install, disable secure boot, then swap a cheaper card.
Thank you for your input.
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 11:00
The reason I recommend this specific item is due to it shipping with BOTH brackets AND display port to HDMI.
Works fine in all my machines. YMMV
Its not a screamer and its not crazy expensive over priced.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265057438420
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 04:00
That is a rather old card (2014) and the specs here only confirm Windows 7 and 8 compatibility. This list shows compatible GPUs although you may have seen it already. This forum post will help. Especially read the post by speedstep.
I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer
Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 06:00
Thank you for your response. I did not know a GT 710 was that old. Yes, I have seen the list of compatible cards and the cheapest card on the list is about $400. I will look at the forum link you posted and see what I can possibly do to get video to work.
Again, Thank you for your response!
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 09:00
@Dizzyh wrote:
Thank you for your response. I did not know a GT 710 was that old. Yes, I have seen the list of compatible cards and the cheapest card on the list is about $400. I will look at the forum link you posted and see what I can possibly do to get video to work.
Again, Thank you for your response!
That's just the list of cards that the R12 was sold stock with. Dell only validates their PCs with cards that it is sold with the system. This isn't the same as what would be supported by the system.
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 09:00
As an aside, Nvidia announced last month that they're discontinuing game ready driver support for Kepler GPUs like the GT 710.
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 09:00
Thank you for your reply. Do you know of any lower end card that’s readily available that will work. The PC will be used just for web browsing, email, word etc. Perhaps a 1030 card will work?
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 11:00
Thank you very much!
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 11:00
Yes its an older card and yes its not very fast.
However I am not the only one that tested it with OEM UEFI windows 10 compatible systems.
https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=25542
AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB GDDR3 Desktop Video Card.
Compatible Dell Desktop Systems:
-OptiPlex 7040
-OptiPlex 9020
-Optiplex 3020, 7020, 9020
-Desktop Video Graphics Cards Full-HeightR7 250 does run recent games at 30 FPS 1080p , if you change to 720p it will be more fluent. Its not crazy expensive because it doesnt hash fast for coin miners. Good, Fast, Cheap, Pick any 2. Cant have all 3 and be under $100
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 11:00
Thank you very much! Exactly the solution I was looking for! I just ordered a card via the eBay link.
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Posted July 23rd, 2021 11:00
@speedstep tested this card personally with and without secure boot and it worked fine under both conditions: DELL 9C8C0 AMD Radeon R7 250
You can find these on Ebay for very cheap: Ebay links
It should allow you to enter the bios to disable secure boot and whatever else needs to be disabled to make an older card work.