Best Graphics Card for Dell XPS 8300

[mghig]

Hi, I'm interested in getting a new graphics card for my XPS 8300 which is currently stock everything, and I don't want to upgrade the PSU or anything else.

Can somebody knowledgeable please inform me which card will fit in my case, will be the appropriate wattage, and will be the best bang for my buck in the $150-200 range.

Thanks!

 

[John_203]

Since a lot of these threads just have problems and no resolutions.

I have a stock XPS 8300, I've upgraded the bios to A06. I just bought a MSI Geforce GTX 960 4G and it works flawlessly. I've been running Fallout 4 in Ultra on 1080p, no issues whatever.

I tried an ASUS R9 380 and it did not POST.

I found a deal for the GTX 970 SSC w/ ACX for the same price as a GTX 960. What are the odds the 970 will work in a stock XPS 8300 too?

If its an MSI one, i think you have fairly good odds. Make sure you can return it though, things may change year to year.

Is the GTX 960 still working fine on your 8300?

I've had no problems at all actually. I'm completely happy with it.

 

[John_203]

Since a lot of these threads just have problems and no resolutions.

I have a stock XPS 8300, I've upgraded the bios to A06. I just bought a MSI Geforce GTX 960 4G and it works flawlessly. I've been running Fallout 4 in Ultra on 1080p, no issues whatever.

I tried an ASUS R9 380 and it did not POST.

I found a deal for the GTX 970 SSC w/ ACX for the same price as a GTX 960. What are the odds the 970 will work in a stock XPS 8300 too?

One thing I just remembered, check the power requirements, the 960 was very similar in that regard to the stock cards. The 970 might draw too much for the stock power supply.

 

[frustrated947]

Not sure, I really think all the Nvidia cards will work on 460 power supply. I got mine because the power wattage was I think 65 watts, that way I was assured my 460 power supply would work, make sure you have a PCI-e connector, I had one on the ATI 5770 hd, so it worked out good.
Dell is going to hurt on this free upgrade to windows 10 for not supporting the XPS 8300 any longer. No one is going to depend on Dell to supply them with drivers if the windows changes again.
Dell should have sent e-mails out to everyone with the XPS 8300 and at least advise the user of what needed to be done to the XPS 8300 to run windows 10. I guessed at mine, because my resolution was flickering sometimes, that the driver was the problem with the AIT/AMD 5770 HD card. AMD didn't have good drivers for the also, Dell should have told us that. I took a chance and got the Nvidia 750-ti, luckily it worked with the 2-gig card, it has DDR 5 memory.
The next time I upgrade my PC, I'm going to have it done locally, and not with Dell, I can't depend on them any more. I always had Dell, not any more.