Hi there,
I have a friend who has a lower end-system using the AMD E-300 CPU (which is soldered to the motherboard) and the graphics card integrated in this CPU (which is a Radeon HD 6310). The performance on his system is quite bad; mundane tasks take a long time to complete, and even video playback from Youtube (something that my friend would like to do a lot of), is choppy. During all these times, the system is cpu-bound, so most likely that's where the problem lies.
My question is this: do you think it would be a worthwhile improvement to get a discrete graphics card, and off-load some of the graphics load from the CPU unit? Would that help in any meaningful way? If yes, can you recommend a card? The motherboard has two PCI Express slots (one x1, and one x16), and the case can accommodate only low-profile cards.
If not, we will look at other upgrade options that include replacing the motherboard/CPU combination with something else. The current motherboard is an Acer D1F-AD.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Best,
Dan
I have a friend who has a lower end-system using the AMD E-300 CPU (which is soldered to the motherboard) and the graphics card integrated in this CPU (which is a Radeon HD 6310). The performance on his system is quite bad; mundane tasks take a long time to complete, and even video playback from Youtube (something that my friend would like to do a lot of), is choppy. During all these times, the system is cpu-bound, so most likely that's where the problem lies.
My question is this: do you think it would be a worthwhile improvement to get a discrete graphics card, and off-load some of the graphics load from the CPU unit? Would that help in any meaningful way? If yes, can you recommend a card? The motherboard has two PCI Express slots (one x1, and one x16), and the case can accommodate only low-profile cards.
If not, we will look at other upgrade options that include replacing the motherboard/CPU combination with something else. The current motherboard is an Acer D1F-AD.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Best,
Dan