Question Dell Vostro Video upgrade problem

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I have an old Dell Vostro 460, I bought an GTX 1660 ti to upgrade the video, It goes the splash screen then after a bit it goes to "no signal". It has the 350 watt Power Supply and is connected with the 8 pin connector. It states that this card will work in this computer. any help would be appreciated
 
what state that this card will work in this computer?
GPU upgrade options for Dell Vostro 460 with the stock 350W power supply:
GPUPower consumptionMemoryReq.
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super130 W6 GB DDR6*SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti125 W6 GB DDR6*SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA GTX 1070145 W8 GB DDR5*Dual SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA RTX 3050130 W8 GB DDR6*Dual SATA to PCIe adapter
* Typically, the stock power supply in a business PC does not have the necessary 6 or 8 pin connectors to power the GPU. In such cases, you may need to use a low-power GPU or a SATA to PCIe power adapter. Alternatively, you can change the entire PSU.
 
GPU upgrade options for Dell Vostro 460 with the stock 350W power supply:

GPUPower consumptionMemoryReq.
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super130 W6 GB DDR6*SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti125 W6 GB DDR6*SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA GTX 1070145 W8 GB DDR5*Dual SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA RTX 3050130 W8 GB DDR6*Dual SATA to PCIe adapter
* Typically, the stock power supply in a business PC does not have the necessary 6 or 8 pin connectors to power the GPU. In such cases, you may need to use a low-power GPU or a SATA to PCIe power adapter. Alternatively, you can change the entire PSU.
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GPU upgrade options for Dell Vostro 460 with the stock 350W power supply:
GPUPower consumptionMemoryReq.
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super130 W6 GB DDR6*SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti125 W6 GB DDR6*SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA GTX 1070145 W8 GB DDR5*Dual SATA to PCIe adapter
NVIDIA RTX 3050130 W8 GB DDR6*Dual SATA to PCIe adapter
 
https://www.dell.com/community/en/c...-rx-570-bios-bricked/647f7f3ff4ccf8a8dedb7f71

From that Dell page.

PS 8300 / Vostro 460

I think this is a NON UEFI system.

If there is a newer UEFI bios then secure boot must be off with Legacy Option Roms ON. Otherwise you can ONLY use Radeon HD series

aka HD2400 HD3400 HD4600 HD5770 HD6670 HD7750 HD8000 series.

WILL NOT WORK with ANY R Series card due to the Video Bios not supporting DOS VESA Video mode 103.

I don't know if the GTX 1660ti is UEIF only and does not support in it's video BIOS running on old non UEIF systems.

I know the GTX 1060, 1070 and 1080's will work and that's where I stop on these old systems.