Shared graphics card

snaver

Can anyone please advise me? I have just bought a new desktop PC with an Intel Core i5 processor. It's working OK, but the only gripe I have is that web pages and the pictures on them are very slow to load. I wondered if this was because it has a shared graphics card (Intel Integrated Graphics), rather than a dedicated graphics card, which all my other PCs have had? All the drivers are up to date and the manufacturer's tech support department said it was the internet connection (which is exactly the same as my old PC). Is there anything else I can do please, or should I buy and install a dedicated graphics card? Any advice or suggestions greatly appreciated.

pappa_golf

a slow graphics card (and that one will not be slow) will affect the loading speed of a web page

snaver

pappa_golf wrote: »

a slow graphics card (and that one will not be slow) will affect the loading speed of a web page

Thanks Pappa. So my Intel integrated graphics card isn't slow... or shouldn't be?

pappa_golf

what is it?


saying "i5" is like saying you drive a ford , which i5 ?

snaver

pappa_golf wrote: »

what is it?


saying "i5" is like saying you drive a ford , which i5 ?

From the information on the device manager, it's an Intel HD graphics 530

stator

Have you tried different browsers? Might give a clue.

Could be the integrated graphics doesn't have access to enough RAM, but that's a blind guess.

debitcardmayhem

Which browser ? i assume you have W10, have you adblockers installed or / and MVPS hosts

snaver

stator wrote: »

Have you tried different browsers? Might give a clue.

Could be the integrated graphics doesn't have access to enough RAM, but that's a blind guess.

Thanks for the idea, Stator. I was using Google Chrome and have just tried Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox and the same seems to happen on both, with some pages and the pictures on them taking longer than normal to load.

snaver

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Which browser ? i assume you have W10, have you adblockers installed or / and MVPS hosts

Thanks for responding. I'm using W10 yes and have tried on Chrome, Edge and Firefox, with exactly the same is happening. I haven't got adblockers and MVPS hosts installed... should I have?

bod1467

Is it all webpages, or just those with lots of image elements?

What's your internet connection setup and speed?

debitcardmayhem

snaver wrote: »

Thanks for responding. I'm using W10 yes and have tried on Chrome, Edge and Firefox, with exactly the same is happening. I haven't got adblockers and MVPS hosts installed... should I have?

I would but that's just me, why put up with waiting for irrelevant content.

EDITED:
Oh and I use noscript on Firefox . These things drive the other half crazy but mainly everything is much faster , but bOD asks a valid question too