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Upgrading Graphics Card

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What I thought was a pretty good system (see my signature) has not been performing as well as I would have thought in FSX, and I think it's my ATI Radeon HD 6450 holding it back. However, I don't know which Graphics cards are compatible with my Dell XPS 8300. Does anybody know where I could find a list of compatible cards? Thanks,boeing247

-Bram Osterhout

Yep it should be the 6450 which may be holding the performance back. The 6450 is a HTPC card just meant to use on mid-level gaming. either you go for a 560Ti or a 6990. Hey even I use a HTPC 5450 card and it is holding back my performance.

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Being Dell, probably none. 1: PSU will be...trash. 2: case will be too small.

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Acutally, you can purchase the 8300 with these cards, too, so it can support more powerful cards: AMD Radeon™ HD 6670 1GB DDR5AMD Radeon™ HD 6770Single AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 Thoughts on the NVIDIA 570?

-Bram Osterhout

Acutally, you can purchase the 8300 with these cards, too, so it can support more powerful cards: AMD Radeon™ HD 6670 1GB DDR5AMD Radeon™ HD 6770Single AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 Thoughts on the NVIDIA 570?
You need a balanced system for FSX and don't jump on buying any card.

Ryzen 5 1600x - 16GB DDR4 - RTX 3050 8GB - MSI Gaming Plus

Yep it should be the 6450 which may be holding the performance back. The 6450 is a HTPC card just meant to use on mid-level gaming. either you go for a 560Ti or a 6990. Hey even I use a HTPC 5450 card and it is holding back my performance.
6990! Overkill. You said above it needs to be balanced and yes, it does. I don't see balance. I could make a really lame joke about a 6990 holding the i7 back but I won't.

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