I have an awesome computer but a crappy video card

Discussion in 'New Build / Upgrade Advice' started by evgeney, Mar 16, 2010.

  1. evgeney

    evgeney Geek Trainee

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    bought this pc about 5 months ago for 1 grand with monitor 23 inches wide full hd included.
    I don't know if it was worth the price with the video card as for the power supply.
    Misc send me some recommendations for a video card which gives me the bang for the buck.
    Also I noticed the system runs some modern games like ****, I was thinking this was caused either by the video card or the 64bit processor.. Can anyone clear this up for me? here is a report.



    edit-- also the system is I think a dell studio xps.



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    Computer:
    Operating System Windows 7 Enterprise Media Center Edition
    OS Service Pack -
    DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
    Computer Name PC
    User Name Joe
    Motherboard:
    CPU Type 4x , 2666 MHz
    Motherboard Name Unknown
    Motherboard Chipset Unknown
    System Memory 6135 MB
    BIOS Type Unknown
    Display:
    Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4350
    Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4350
    Monitor Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB] (N764H96L40JU)
    Storage:
    IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
    IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
    Disk Drive SAMSUNG HD642JJ ATA Device (596 GB, IDE)
    Optical Drive PLDS DVD-ROM DH-16D5S ATA Device
    Optical Drive TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653G ATA Device
    SMART Hard Disks Status OK
    CPU Properties:
    CPU Type 4x
    CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
    CPUID Revision 000106A5h

    CPU Speed:
    CPU Clock 2660.26 MHz (original: 2670 MHz)

    CPU Cache:
    L1 Data Cache 32 KB
    L2 Cache 256 KB (On-Die, ATC, Full-Speed)

    BIOS Properties:
    System BIOS Date Unknown
    Video BIOS Date Unknown
    Memory

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    Physical Memory:
    Total 6135 MB
    Used 2407 MB
    Free 3727 MB
    Utilization 39 %

    Swap Space:
    Total 12268 MB
    Used 2098 MB
    Free 10169 MB
    Utilization 17 %

    Virtual Memory:
    Total 18403 MB
    Used 4505 MB
    Free 13897 MB
    Utilization 24 %

    Physical Address Extension (PAE):
    Supported by Operating System Yes
    Supported by CPU Yes
    Active Yes





    The report goes further in depth I just selected what I deemed important, let me know if you need more statistics.. Thanks
     
  2. edijs

    edijs Programmer

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    The video card looks like a integrated chip and integrated GPU's are not exactly performance beasts. Go for a Radeon 57xx or a Radeon 58xx.

    As to 64-bit CPUs - that will not slow your machine down. It will run just as fast as a 32-bit CPU with the exception that you will have the possibility to use a 64-bit operating system allowing to use 64-bit native applications and install more than 4GB of RAM. In short: 64 bit is 32 bit with additional potential :D .

    Can't really comment on your PSU, though - the specs for that have to be looked up from within the computer case itself.
     

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