Graphics card, video card, need to upgrade...
My 6 year old Dell XSP 8300 has lost much of the oomph.
Ran a diagnostic with a site called userbenchmarks and it said my original video card, an AMD Radeon HD 6450 was the culprit and only performs 2% of the benchmark.
Naturally I asked Google about a video card upgrade but got too much information.
Products range from $40 to $400.
The upper end for gamers and they need to change power supply and other stuff.
I am no gamer, just need to get better performance.
The present video card is 1GB, will a new card with 2 GB make a difference, or do I need to go more advanced?
The PC has never been modified or opened before and has 16 GB or Ram and 2TB hard drive, most of which is unused.
Hoping there is a plug and play card for a reasonable price out there.
Any recommendations?
(Also, do I keep the old card and instal the new card in an empty slot, OR remove and trash the old card and put the new one in the same slot..?)
Thx.