integrated graphics v dedicated graphics card

dipsomaniac

am not into gaming just watch sport and the odd video on left handed websites.

currently have integrated ati radion hd 4250 gpu and just bought a cheap (£20) ati radion hd 5450 513mb gddr3 pci card

don't know much about graphics. can anyone say if i will see any benefit if i install the new card

banger9365

if your not playing games integrated graphics are just fine ,see a benfit you will get some ram back that integrated graphics uses

dipsomaniac

banger9365 wrote: »

if your not playing games integrated graphics are just fine ,see a benfit you will get some ram back that integrated graphics uses

Thanks. Have 8gb ram. Will new card make a difference or should i offer on ebay

Mista_C

banger9365 wrote: »

if your not playing games integrated graphics are just fine ,see a benfit you will get some ram back that integrated graphics uses

Except the 5450HD utilises system RAM, the 512MB card uses another 512MB from the system to bring it to 1GB. My son has the 512MB in his PC, I have the 1GB version which takes another 1GB from the system.

esuhl

Integrated graphics will (probably) not be able to process a fast-moving simulated (i.e. mathematically calculated) 3D environments as well as a higher performance separate card could.

Video images are based on two-dimensional bitmaps so you probably won't notice much (any?) difference in picture quality with a better video card.

Since you have 8GB RAM, you should have plenty free - even if the onboard graphics use 512MB or 1GB.

moonrakerz

Install it and you can then have dual monitors on your PC. Incredibly useful !

dipsomaniac

installed the card and graphics appear worse. windows experience graphics score down to 2.2 from 4.6. have installed all the latest drivers. have i done something wrong or do i uninstall and return to integrated graphics?

TakeThis

dipsomaniac wrote: »

installed the card and graphics appear worse. windows experience graphics score down to 2.2 from 4.6. have installed all the latest drivers. have i done something wrong or do i uninstall and return to integrated graphics?

That's a bummer and a bit strange.

......the Aero graphical user interface will not automatically be enabled unless the system has a WEI score of 3 or higher

What about your Gaming Graphics score? Did that change for the better?

karl-123

integrated graphics are crap unless its a sandybridge my next build is and i5 sandybridge k series
i7 is too dear but who knows

odd problem you have done something wrong mate .......

dipsomaniac

TakeThis wrote: »

What about your Gaming Graphics score? Did that change for the better?

went down also 5.1 from 5.5 just don't understand why it has gone down so much

dipsomaniac

karl-123 wrote: »

odd problem you have done something wrong mate .......

should the hd 5450 definately be better than the integrated hd 4250? all i have done is uninstall the old driver together with ati catalyst software. installed the card in the pcie 2.0 x16_1 slot and re-installed the new ati catalyst software. the correct driver was installed