Video card need?/suggestions

[xdrumline1]

I have an HP Pavilion p7-1414.

I am constantly getting error messages saying the video drivers stopped communicating. Before that happens, I can see any video fine. Then when it does, the videos go green.

Rebooting does help to solve the problem. But sometimes, its 5 or 6 times in one sitting.

HP has only updated the drivers 1 time. Already installed those and it keeps on happening.

So, would buying a graphics card help solve this problem?

IF so, what cards would you recommend. Ideally, under $100 please. Not a gamer. Do watch a lot of videos on my computer & into editing small family video clips.

Thanks for y'alls help.

 

[Gee Bee]

Are these video online, like you tube?

If so, disable hardware settings in the in video flash player settings and see if it is now ok.

 

[xdrumline1]

Are these video online, like you tube?

If so, disable hardware settings in the in video flash player settings and see if it is now ok.

Some on you tube. Some are embedded in news articles. Already did the did that, but yet still get the green screen.

I typically only get the green screen AFTER I get the error message that pops up in the bottom right hand side, saying the "Display Driver has stopped responding"

 

[Gee Bee]

OK, maybe the drivers for the apu a8-5500 are at fault.

I usually recommend uninstalling AMD drivers using driver fusion in safe mode only.
http://treexy.com/products/driver-fusion


Then reboot and load their one and only latest driver.

 

[xdrumline1]

OK, maybe the drivers for the apu a8-5500 are at fault.

I usually recommend uninstalling AMD drivers using driver fusion in safe mode only.
http://treexy.com/products/driver-fusion


Then reboot and load their one and only latest driver.

Are you familiar with the apu a8? Is it reliable? Or should I go ahead and get a card to have better graphics, less issues?

 

[Gee Bee]

well your not a gamer, just a general pc user it would appear. So no, your APU if this issue is sorted will be fine for watching online video.

 

[xdrumline1]

well your not a gamer, just a general pc user it would appear. So no, your APU if this issue is sorted will be fine for watching online video.

Yeah, not a gamer. What about when it comes to editing home videos?

 

[Gee Bee]

well yes that's different, and would depend on how much you do. That process is still very reliant on cpu though.

 

[xdrumline1]

well yes that's different, and would depend on how much you do. That process is still very reliant on cpu though.

I just started editing family videos. I have A LOT to upright, cut, edit, etc....
I have 6 GB of memory, about to bump it up to a total of 12GB.

Would that also alleviate some of the strain on the APU? (or does it have nothing to do with the APU)

 

[Gee Bee]

it's a bit mote complicated than that. Your cpu is reliant on more than gpu and ram.
For example: the cpu, gpu and ram is fine but your mechanical drive is slowing things down. That drive is replaced with an ssd and cpu utilization suddenly doubled. This is more relevant to CAD or video trans-coding, straight out editing is not as demanding, but i hope you get the theory. Just how complicated can it get...

Transcoding is commonly a lossy process, introducing generation loss; however, transcoding can be lossless if the input is losslessly compressed and the output is either losslessly compressed or uncompressed. The process of lossy-to-lossy transcoding introduces varying degrees of generation loss. In other cases, the transcoding of lossy to lossless or uncompressed is technically a lossless conversion because no information is lost, however the process is irreversible and is more suitably known as destructive.

See what i mean