[SOLVED] PC much slower since adding graphics card ?

[randelld]

My display didn't seem very good so I bought a second hand graphics card. I don't game or do anything intensive with it.
The card I added is VaporX Radeon 5750.
I have 2x monitors.
Now apps seem to take longer to display and webpages to update.
It's been a long time since I built my pc.
I have a HWmonitor which I'll post below. I connected the GPU power cable but I think it might not be getting enough power

Any pointer would be greatly appreciated


Display Adapters
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Display adapter 0
ID 0x20C0003
Name AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series
Board Manufacturer PC Partner
Codename Juniper
Technology 40 nm
Memory size 1024 MB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x174B)
Model ID 0x68BE (0xE148)
Revision ID 0x0
Performance Level 0
Core clock 157.0 MHz
Memory clock 300.0 MHz
Performance Level 1
Core clock 500.0 MHz
Memory clock 1000.0 MHz
Performance Level 2
Core clock 710.0 MHz
Memory clock 1160.0 MHz

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Please post full system specs including PSU make, model & age.

That is much more useful to us than all that (largely irrelevant) HWMonitor Report stuff.

 

[randelld]

Please post full system specs including PSU make, model & age.

That is much more useful to us than all that (largely irrelevant) HWMonitor Report stuff.

Hi Philip,
Sorry for posting all of that, I thought that was the info needed.
PSU = Corsair CX750M
CPU
Name AMD Athlon II X3 445
Codename Rana
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 445 Processor

System RAM
8Gb DDR3 1800+

Display adapter 0
ID 0x20C0003
Name AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series
Board Manufacturer PC Partner
Codename Juniper
Technology 40 nm
Memory size 1024 MB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x174B)
Model ID 0x68BE (0xE148)
Revision ID 0x0
Performance Level 0
Core clock 157.0 MHz
Memory clock 300.0 MHz
Performance Level 1
Core clock 500.0 MHz
Memory clock 1000.0 MHz
Performance Level 2
Core clock 710.0 MHz
Memory clock 1160.0 MHz
I have uploaded an image of the PSU connection that I have connected to the GPU but it won't let me add here

https://imgur.com/g0yTIk8

View: https://imgur.com/g0yTIk8

PSU connection photo
The cable top left goes to GPU

Hopefully this is the info you need.
Thanks

 

[geofelt]

Please update your post to erase the useless stuff.
You will get more responses that way.

From what I can see, you changed from a very old card to an equally old card.
I am not surprised that you see no difference in speed or quality.

Look for a more modern card like a GTX750ti which sells for perhaps $50 on ebay.
That is about the newest card that will certifiably run on your legacy bios.

 

[randelld]

Please update your post to erase the useless stuff.
You will get more responses that way.

From what I can see, you changed from a very old card to an equally old card.
I am not surprised that you see no difference in speed or quality.

Look for a more modern card like a GTX750ti which sells for perhaps $50 on ebay.
That is about the newest card that will certifiably run on your legacy bios.

Hi Geofelt,
Thank you for taking the time to give me advice.
My reason for swapping the card was purely to get dual monitor outputs on one card, Also wanted a card with Win10 drivers available
I don't do any number crunching or gaming, or even video to be honest so wasn't looking to increase video card speed.
The card I put in has 1Gb of onboard memory so I would definitely have expected it to perform at least as good as the
Asus EAH4350_SILENTDI512MD2LP/ that I swapped out.

Going back to the PSU photo above, could I have plugged the GPU power cable into the wrong connector? Do these PSU outputs make a difference?

 

[geofelt]

Yes, they do make a difference.
The cable to the graphics card should have a 6+2 set of pins which plug into the graphics card. I imagine that your card has only a 6 pin port.
No matter, the +2 is just left dangling.
It is there in case you needed a 8 pin pcie connection to the graphics card.

The other end of the cable should have 8 pins and plugs into the 8 pin port to the right.

 

[randelld]

Excellent. I've got one on order now.

Thanks for your help