XPS 8910, video card upgrade

Question

I want to purchase a new graphics card for my XPS 8910 running Windows 10 Pro, 64GB RAM. Present card is Nvidia GeForce GT 730. Looking for a recommendation for a replacement card compatible with my computer. Thank you.

George B

ProfessorW00d · Accepted Answer

If you can find an OEM Dell GTX 1080 it is a blower style graphics card that will mitigate some of the aforementioned thermal challenges.

gdbutch · Accepted Answer

Thank you.  I'll do some looking.

JOcean · Answer

PCNight here and Userbenchmark here have some suggestions. However it depends on your PSU. There were 2 rated types available, a 460W and an 850W. The type you have makes a big difference as to the compatible GPU.

redxps630 · Answer

in addition to JOcean’s advice, it may be noteworthy that 8910 has a small interior air flow space due to the psu swing arm design very different from previous XPS models (8900/8700 etc.), which means you probably do not want to upgrade to a high power gpu in this chassis. Otherwise it will turn into a hot oven inside causing overheating problem not only to gpu but cpu etc.  I would suggest a gentle upgrade from gt730 to gt1030 or 1050/1050Ti/1650.  stay away from AMD gpu because they tend to have higher TDP at similar performance level.  Also the cpu of 8910 is intel 6th gen not a good match with modern 3000 series nvidia gpu.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

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gdbutch · Answer

Thank you.  I'll do some looking around based on your suggestions.  I should point out that my 8910 is working flawlessly and I can't justify replacing it.  But my most demanding app is Adobe Photoshop and the AI based Topaz Labs enhancements run very slow.  I'm just looking for a moderate performance improvement when using these graphics intensive applications.

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