Sapphire Amd 290x TRI-X compatible?

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I feel you best answer will cost you in the end as most with certain prebuilt find .. heres my disclaimer on this

some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked or fixed'' bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $200 on a card that wount post...
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nice catch bro
that system is kind of old to handle such a strong GPU

 
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I feel you best answer will cost you in the end as most with certain prebuilt find .. heres my disclaimer on this

some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked or fixed'' bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $200 on a card that wount post after you installed it as most find out. then get told its your psu and you spend more and end up right back where you are now, but its up to you good luck..


you got to know the the boards in these computers are not like the ones we use to do custom builds witch are open to upgrading with in the boards compatibly . the bios is custom made for there design and just for the parts they authorize to be used on there computers there only guaranteed to work as is out of the box as you bought it ,


it your money and you can do only what you fell is best
 
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you don't get it them prebuilts may have a proprietary bios don't you see eaven with the custom boards today if theres not bios support quite a few cards don't seem to work on then now ???

company's like acer don't care about you upgrading they sell complete computers and if you need a better one they got one to sell you .. that's how they make there money

like I say its all your call, and anything over what acer sold to you out of the box is all your own risk
 
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best to do is home work search your acer model and find guys that did get cards to work and see what did not avoid the will it ones

look for proof positive posts some cards may work fine and some may not at all prebuilts are just funny like a hp I dealt with a 750 ti did not work [2 of them] but the lesser 750 did [first try] -- go figure
 
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I have doubts that you'll get a 290X working in there, not because of space, date or BIOS concerns, but that motherboard is as weak as a sheet of paper and the power delivery will likely just cut out as soon as its started. Not even considering then that that case has nowhere near enough ventilation for high-end cards, not even a 270X really (unless your ambient stays below ~25C all year).

Simple solution; look at a custom build, you should be able to recycle the CPU, RAM and drives from the acer if you need to.
 
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