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My XPS 8960 has the low-rent NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super card. Dell is offering me an "Optional" NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU VBIOS update. Should I install this VBIOS?
My inclination is to say 'No' because (1) I'm no gamer and my card seems to be working just fine as-is; and (2) an RTX update for a GTX card?
Thanks for your advice.
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Posted November 7th, 2026 01:55
Good job NOT installing it. You stated, "Dell is offering me an "Optional" NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU VBIOS update.". Was that through the SupportAssist or some other Dell software? The generic no service tag XPS 8960 Drivers & Downloads page shows two GPU firmware updates, but nothing for older GTX GPU.
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Posted November 6th, 2026 16:43
I have my answer: No - I should not install this update.
NVIDIA's GTX and RTX cards use a fundamentally different architecture. Installing an incompatible VBIOS can kill my card.