Windows 10: What is wrong with my VIDEO Card ??

What is wrong with my VIDEO Card ??





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What is my video card?

The thing is I do not know what my video card is.

 

What is my video card?

This is from Microsoft

In previous OS's the dxdiag tool reported the DirectX level as the highest level that the OS supported. In Windows 10 that was changed to show the highest Direct X level that the video card driver installed supports. There has been some confusion in the
forums with customers thinking that Windows 10 does not have DirectX 12.

Your best bet is to refer to (NVidia\AMD\Intel) sites to see what cards\drivers support full DX12.

 

Looks like it doesn't meet the minimum requirements to run it. Probably not DX 12 capable. May just need a driver update for the GPU

 

I hope so, a NEW 960 or 1050?? are over $150

I'll search for drivers.

Thanks !!

 

Looks like the DX12 requirement is correct.

It's unclear whether the DX12 support needs to be in hardware. One of the features of DX12 is that parts of it can be emulated on older hardware.

The GT720 has drivers that support DX12. These include the latest Geforce drivers at nVidia.com, 384.76. Tried them?

 

Found a NVIDIA Driver Update, only 6 days old. Loaded up the whole NVIDIA "package" for my GT720 OEM DELL. That did not work.
Says I need an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB GDDR5 OEM DELL OH4P1K. Only DELL OEM's will work in Dell XPS-8700 Desktops.

I couldn't afford NEW, so I found a very well kept, low usage Card on eBay for $80 free shipping. I don't even have to change my Dell 480 watt Power Supply and it uses same two connectors on top of card as the GT720 did. It's an OEM DELL NVIDIA so it's compatible with Dell BIOS.

I have a 4 Year Square-Trade Warranty on my Dell, so this "used" NVIDIA OEM will be covered for another two years.

 

The *20 sku of any given generation of NVidia graphics cards are more budget orientated cards where the *70/*80s are high end.

 

WHERE do I find this ??

Both Boards have NO box. And I can't open Computer to look.

 

YES, I sure did !! Strange that same Driver (384.76) is for both GT720 and GTX 960 ?? And NO DX12 for GT720

 

Who or what "says" that? As far as I can tell from a little web searching, and past experience with Dells, that is nonsense. Dell has done some nonstandard proprietary things in the past, but they have never, to my knowledge, blocked the use of non-Dell graphics cards. If you talk to Dell support, they may only recommend cards that they have tested with the 8700. That doesn't mean that others can't work.

Some newer graphics cards require that the 8700's BIOS be updated to A10.

Aside from that, the issues would be the standard graphics card compatibility ones: PSU size, availability of PCI-E power connectors (if needed).

"it uses the same two connector on top of the card as the GT 720 did". I'm confused. The GT 720 is a low-power card (30W), and it doesn't need any auxiliary PCI-E power. Does the Device manager control panel also tell you that you have a 720?

 

You can download a program called Speccy which is widely used on these forums.

 

I have been using Speccy Professional Edition for about two years now. Love it.
I updated XPS-8700 BIOS to A11 on (7-9-2015)
I hurriedly looked at my Dell XPS-8700 manual and saw this:



I haven't open MY Dell in several weeks.
I just opened it and the GT720 has NO POWER CONNECTIONS. The Power cables are just dangling in there, unused.
My Apologies.

 

And about using Genuine DELL NVIDIA Video Cards, I saw on YouTube about 25+ times that NON-DELL will not boot up and give you BSOD ??