Will improving my graphics card improve overall performance for Win7?


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Right now I have 3ghz processor and 4gb ram running 32 bit OS. My card is relatively crappy (ASUS EAX550GE/TD/256M Radeon X550 256MB ) so would buying a better card improve my overall performance? I am not concerned about it playing games better - just cpu wise

If so - any recommendations - looking to spend 75 to 100 and I love newegg....

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Thanks so you don't think a new card will increase overall performance for browsing and general CPU use? Again I don't care about games

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Oh that's fine then. The graphics card would make slight improvements to the aero effects, but apart from that I can't really thinkof much more.

Question though, do you find it slow? :s

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Oh that's fine then. The graphics card would make slight improvements to the aero effects, but apart from that I can't really thinkof much more.

Question though, do you find it slow? :s

No I don't find it slow - in fact it's pretty good but I have updated everything on my pc and that is the last thing. I wonder if it would make a big difference and I've been reading that video cards have made others snappier.

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The difference won't be huge but it should be noticable. My laptop only has a RadeonMobility x1450 and my desktop has a 4850 and there is a nice bump in smoothness when moving between taskbar thumbnails and other transition effects. Desktop responsiveness is sometimes hard to pin down.

Unlike Vista, you really trade a fair amount of functionality without full Aero. Plus, a competent graphics card always comes in handy in unexpected places.

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if you have a little bit of money laying around it wouldnt hurt to buy a cheap graphics card that supports Direct x 10, you should notice it running smother and using up less RAM than before

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well i went for the gfx card I posted above - 70 bucks after mail in rebate so I'm happy. I don't expect it to be huge (that's huuuuuuuuuuge - stern reference) but it should be worth it considering what I have now. I got the 512mb card memory b/c i didn't think i needed more than that (i have a lot of ram - 4gb). Is that not the right way to look at it? It has a couple of other memory frequencies that seem good and it got great reviews so it should work nicely. I didn't want to break the bank but like another person said - just to get direct 10x in there. Plus my pc should be able to play 1080p flawlessly. I hope it improves more than just the transistion between windows though - I'm sure I'll feel it elsewhere. Also - prob a dumb question but the gfx card has nothing to do with the POP of your picture displayed on your monitor right? That's the monitor itself correct?

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Right now I have 3ghz processor and 4gb ram running 32 bit OS.

Which means, you effectively only have 3GB :pinch:

Install Win7 x64 if you want to use your full 4GB.

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