Graphics Card For My PC

[rahulkucheria]

Hello,

After a lot of thinking today I finally built my PC, my specs are,

Intel i5 3570 (Non K)
Asus P8B75 m LX mobo
Corsair CX430v2 PSU
Corsair Vengeance 4gb DDR3
NZXT Gamma
Asus DVD Writer

and an old Acer AL1702W

I thought that Intel's i5's inbuilt graphics would atleast help me to get a decent graphics performance, but in windows rating it gives 1.0 which is the lowest. IDC much about it but the screen resolution is also really poor (800x600). I thought it would give me a decent graphics performance which would give me a resolution of 1400x900. Am I doing anything wrong or will the resolution be so low.
Or should I get a new graphics card? If yes which one?

I am already over budget..... Which card would be good for me? All I need is basic HD video playing HD and a better screen resolution.

Thanks

 

[ganeshnokiae63]

whats your budget?

 

[Thetrueblueviking]

Getting a ddr3 at this stage is not advisable at this stage. Just for watching hd videos , I think the HD 2500 should suffice the purpose.There must be some problem with your rig as I dont think the hd 2500 is so bad as to not even play videos @ 1400*900.
For gaming, at least a Radeon 6670 DDR5 is recommended at 5k.

 

[Jripper]

The HD 2500 is more than capable of playing HD videos smoothly.

 

[Thetrueblueviking]

Checked my windows rating - the hd 4000 is rated 6.2.
So theres no reason why the hd 2500 should be rated 1.

 

[Nerevarine]

have you installed the GPU drivers ? because even my HD 2000 gives 4.8 rating

 

[topgear]

yep, Op just needs to latest gfx driversfor his OS and re-run the assessment.

 

[thetechfreak]

@OP Drivers are the issue here mate.

So theres no reason why the hd 2500 should be rated 1.

whats the reason for this? 8800Gt has WEI of 1?

 

[rahulkucheria]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions people. How can I be so dumb? LOL I did not install any of the drivers....

Installed it and it gives me a rating of 4.6 IDC about it.... my screen resolution has improved and I can watch HD videos.

Thanks a ton again

 

[Nerevarine]

OC it in your bios for even better performance in mid-range games