Best graphics card for Alienware X51

[Brostiff]

I'm looking to replace my GTX 745 with something better.

Any ideas on what the best graphics card that will fit in the X51 without any kind of mods?

 

[lightcloud]

Maybe try the 770 or 780. Or you could with for the 800 Series.

 

[sourodip]

Upgrading options are limited but you can. So which processor you have? Can u provide it's specs?

 

[Brostiff]

Upgrading options are limited but you can. So which processor you have? Can u provide it's specs?

Specs are

Windows® 8.1, 64Bit, English


4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-4460 Processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 745 with 4GB DDR3

8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz

1TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 64MB Cache

 

[lightcloud]

Upgrading options are limited but you can. So which processor you have? Can u provide it's specs?

Specs are

Windows® 8.1, 64Bit, English


4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-4460 Processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 745 with 4GB DDR3

8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz

1TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 64MB Cache

Go with the 770 or 780 or 780Ti. Or you can wait for the 800 Series which is rumoured to perform at least 20% better.

 

[sourodip]

The 880 is rumored to be 25% better than the gtx780(non ti) which means that the 880 would be not that fast than the 780ti.

 

[mrplace12771]

cant put 770 or 780 in it. for one the cards are too big and the power supply on x51 is 330watt 760 is the most u can go with the r2

 

[Salvatuon]

Hi there,
I am also planing to buy a Alienware X51 and I would like to replace the default graphics card with my Gigabyte mini GTX 970. Is this possible? I mean is the default power supply of X51 able to run my graphics card?

 

[topaxx]

Hi there,
I am also planing to buy a Alienware X51 and I would like to replace the default graphics card with my Gigabyte mini GTX 970. Is this possible? I mean is the default power supply of X51 able to run my graphics card?

Hello there,
I own a Alienware X51 R1 with a 330W power supply and I recently upgraded the 660 GTX OEM to a GTX 670 SC 4GB from EVGA.
It works without problems and feels like the graphics power is twice as fast as before. The whole system needs about 300W max. I read somewhere that the 900series is not supported because it needs more power. A 760 is the latest version you can fit I think.
But you may get problems with the heating, its not too hot, but very noisy when playing some games.
And you better use a blower fan style graphics card.

 

[ApexReclaimer]

Hi everyone,
I have a x51 R2
CPU: i3 4150@3.5GHz
GPU: 745(OEM)
RAM: 6GB

I'm sorta new to the whole PC gaming scene but would a GeForce GTX 750 Ti EVGA SuperClocked 2GB Edition be compatible with the x51 R2. Im not looking to spend anything past $200 but I would like to effectively upgrade from the 745 OEM because its pretty shit.

 

[Salvatuon]

Hi there,
I am also planing to buy a Alienware X51 and I would like to replace the default graphics card with my Gigabyte mini GTX 970. Is this possible? I mean is the default power supply of X51 able to run my graphics card?

Hello there,
I own a Alienware X51 R1 with a 330W power supply and I recently upgraded the 660 GTX OEM to a GTX 670 SC 4GB from EVGA.
It works without problems and feels like the graphics power is twice as fast as before. The whole system needs about 300W max. I read somewhere that the 900series is not supported because it needs more power. A 760 is the latest version you can fit I think.
But you may get problems with the heating, its not too hot, but very noisy when playing some games.
And you better use a blower fan style graphics card.

Hi again,
Thanks for your reply. I think there is something we need to clarify first. On Nvidia specs page it shows that your graphics card (GTX670) needs 170W of power:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-670/specifications
And on the same page it says 145W for GTX970 which means 25W less than GTX670.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications
So theoretically your X51 should run GTX970 as well. Is this true or am I missing something?

 

[finkenstein]

Upgrading options are limited but you can. So which processor you have? Can u provide it's specs?

I have an i5 processor with a gtx 645 graphics card. What would be the best upgrade for my x51?

 

[Koosler]

I would suggest going with a EVGA 960 or you can even maybe have a look at the 970. Power draw on the EVGA cards are really good. THat would also be the best bang for your buck